Giulia Spezzati, Avient Avient is responding to customers’ wishes to move 100% halogen-free and is developing new PIN FR solutions to combine this with performance. Sustainability is a key objective, essential to customers’ futures, and non-halogenated fire safety...
Bernhard Schartel, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und –prüfung (BAM), Germany discussed durability of non-halogenated flame retardancy in E&E plastics. Stability of flame retarded polymeric materials in some applications, such as outdoor furniture, is today a...
1.35 million fires in the US in 2021 caused 3 800 civilian fire deaths, 14 700 injuries and 16 bn. US$ property damage. This covers only fires to which fire services responded. The US NFPA (National Association for Fire Protection) “Fire Loss” 2021 report notes that...
Analysis of published research into fire safety and sustainable construction shows interest in insulation materials and timber, as well as smoke, fire emissions and indoor air quality. 2013 published articles were identified and analysed, showing that three of the...
Lanxess (pinfa member) launches high performance PBT for electric vehicles, electronics, with non-halogenated UL 94 V-0. The new polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) compounds combining glass fibre reinforcement, IEC 60664-1 electrical insulation with CTI A (Comparative...
