Mike Bird, Imerys

Mike Bird, Imerys

IMERYS S.A. is a French multinational company which specialises in the production and processing of industrial minerals used in a vast range of applications, including the plastics, rubber, paints, ceramic and paper industries. Imerys’ PIN flame retardants include...
Michael Fiala, Georg Baumgartner, Metadynea

Michael Fiala, Georg Baumgartner, Metadynea

Because the company is a specialist supplier of wood composite board resins and finishings, working directly with panel producers, Metadynea can provide specialist PIN flame retardant solutions for fire safety. Use of wood composite products is growing in...
Adrian Beard, pinfa and Clariant

Adrian Beard, pinfa and Clariant

Adrian Beard, pinfa and Clariant, summarised the new EU Chemicals Strategy, which is part of the EU Green Deal, see pinfa Newsletter n°119. This has strong political support and is justified by opinion surveys which suggest that 90% of the European public is worried...
Fire Resistance in Plastics 2021

Fire Resistance in Plastics 2021

This Special Issue of the pinfa Newsletter summarises the 16th Fire Resistance in Plastics Conference 2021 (AMI FRiP) and the European Fire Safety Week hybrid event “New fire challenges of green energy in buildings” co-organised within this Conference by pinfa....
EU public consultation on REACH revision

EU public consultation on REACH revision

To 15th April. Questions on polymers, endocrine disruption, mixture effects, environmental footprint, essential use. This questionnaire is open to the general public, stakeholders and industry, and aims to shape how the EU’s chemical legislation, REACH, will be...