Plastics and composites for sustainable EVs

Plastics and composites for sustainable EVs

20-21 September 2021, online, with leading automotive OEMs and suppliers. pinfa panel on sustainable flame retardants. Conference speakers include Renault, Ford, Lux Research, Audia Plastics, DAFO Vehicle Fire Protection, TUV, Technovative Solutions, Tofas, AMTE Power...
New PIN FR epoxy adhesive for aircraft

New PIN FR epoxy adhesive for aircraft

Henkel launches non-halogenated flame retardant epoxy meeting aircraft fire, smoke and toxicity requirements. The two-part Loctite epoxy adhesive reinforces and bonds thermoplastic and thermosets and can serve as a matrix resin on fibreglass. It does not contain...
New performance for polymer PIN FR

New performance for polymer PIN FR

FRX Polymers shows successes with polyphosphonate PIN FR in demanding medical and automotive applications. The company’s polymeric phosphorus PIN FR has received OEM approvals for use in FR PET in medical equipment instrumentation and in PC/PBT blends in automotive...
Asahi Kasei

Asahi Kasei

A leading Japanese polymer manufacturers, Asahi Kasei has joined pinfa to take forward safe and sustainable FRs. Asahi Kasei is a global technology company with over 44 000 employees worldwide and operations in Materials, Homes, and Health Care. The Materials division...
Performance of kaolin with PIN synergists

Performance of kaolin with PIN synergists

Quarzwerke HPF has developed an olefin compound for automotive using kaolin and non-halogenated synergists. The project, for E&E and automotive applications, developed with an automobile manufacturer and a compounder (confidential), uses a specific flaky...