Peter Mapleston, Compounding World and AMI, closed the session, underlining the interest of the dialogue, enabled by this hybrid session, between flame retardant and materials industries, present at the Fire Retardants in Plastics Conference, and global experts and...
Adrian Beard, Clariant, and pinfa panel moderator, underlined that PIN flame retardants can ensure fire safety of materials used in batteries and in accompanying cables and electrical systems, and can also improve electrical safety by ensuring insulation (e.g. CTI...
Kazuo Ninomiya, Asahi Kasei, panellist for pinfa, noted that new regulations on battery fire safety are needed to drive development and deployment of high fire performance materials. PIN flame retardant suppliers will work actively with materials suppliers and...
Corina Neumeister, Nabaltec, panellist for pinfa, noted that non-halogenated flame retardant solutions today exist for many energy applications, including for the specific performance and safety requirements of e.g. photovoltaics and electric vehicle charging systems,...
Dirk Long, EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute), shared the ESA (Energy Storage Association) target of 100 GW of battery storage in the US electrical grid by 2030, to support grid resilience and roll-out of renewable production (PV, wind) and emphasised that...
