Compounding to material requirements

Compounding to material requirements

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...
Polymeric P FR selected for airport seating

Polymeric P FR selected for airport seating

FRX polyphosphonate PIN flame retardant has been selected to ensure fire safety of airport polyester seat fabrics. The polyphosphonate is combined with polyester to produce a fabric blend achieving airport fire safety requirements. FRX and Sichuan EM Technology are...
FR edition of the Handmaid’s Tale

FR edition of the Handmaid’s Tale

Fire resistant publication of Margaret Atwood’s book is a protect against book-burning, censorship and anti-abortion.. The launch video shows the book resisting a flame thrower. The publisher, Penguin Random House said “In the US and around the world, books are being...
Sekisui Alveo launches PIN FR foams

Sekisui Alveo launches PIN FR foams

The specialist in polyolefin foams has launched non-halogenated FR versions of Alveolit TA and TL foams. Sekisui Alveo, Switzerland, is a world leader in cross-linked polyolefin foams, particularly in roll formats, for applications such as transport door seals and...
Polyphosphinoboranes as PIN FRs

Polyphosphinoboranes as PIN FRs

New class of polymeric phosphorus- and boron-based PIN FRs synthetised and fire tested on cotton at lab scale. Poly(phenylphos­phinoborane) was synthesised by dehydropolymerisation of phenylphosphine-borane using an iron-based pre-catalyst in toluene, in a process...