How do flame retardants improve furniture fire safety, depending on effects: prevent ignition, reduce heat, smoke? Two recent issues of the PolyFlame newsletter (French Chemical Society) present three different positions on whether, or in which conditions, flame...
Major international report proposes cost-benefit methodology for building fire protection measures with five case studies. The 125-page report was commissioned by the US NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) Research Foundation and carried out by Ghent...
SABIC launches non-halogenated flame retardant PC for PFAM 3-D printing for railway fire safety and smoke requirements. SABIC’s new carbon-fibre reinforced compound may be used for PFAM (Pellet Feed Additive Manufacturing) and is certified to produce 3D-printed parts...
Gabriel-Chemie’s new non-halogenated FR offers performance and sustainability benefits for polyolefins. The masterbatches are EN 50642 for halogen-free material and antimony-free and can achieve IEC 61304-2 for low smoke and gas, Glow Wire IEC 60335/4 @ 960°C. They...
Reliance Industries is exclusively using FRX’s polyphosphonate PIN flame retardant in Recron® FS for fire safe, sustainable performance polyester fibres. Reliance Industries (over 100 billion US$ group revenues), produce c. 3.5 Mt fibres and yarns annually and are...
