by pinfa-editor | 13 Jan, 2023
This Special Issue of the pinfa Newsletter summarises the 17th Fire Resistance in Plastics Conference 2022 (AMI FRiP) that has taken place in Cologne on 28-30 November 2022. The conference brought together some 150 participants from 22 countries, mainly from industry...
by pinfa-editor | 13 Jan, 2023
Patricia Lamouche, Hager Group Flame retardants are essential for Hager to ensure fire safety and to respect applicable product standards. Access to full chemical data on all molecules in plastics compositions is a priority to support Hager’s sustainability roadmap...
by pinfa-editor | 13 Jan, 2023
Markus Kemmler, Kemmler Consulting Cable producers today often try to meet, with the same non-halogenated product, the fire test requirements of Europe, China and the USA. This is highly challenging, and can be economically not feasible or result in processability...
by pinfa-editor | 13 Jan, 2023
Franck Gyppaz, Nexans, underlined the importance of cables for fire safety and presented a new mineral PIN flame retardant solution. Quantities of cables are increasing everywhere, with demography and with increasing energy demand and new energy uses. One quarter of...
by pinfa-editor | 13 Jan, 2023
Jean-Jacques Flat, Arkema Arkema is looking for sustainable FR solutions with positive LCA, including bio-based, to ensure fire safety whilst maintaining material performance. Flame retardants are needed to enable materials innovation with fire safety in response to...
