Ongoing debate on FRs in furniture

Ongoing debate on FRs in furniture

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...
PIN FR chosen for eco-friendly textiles

PIN FR chosen for eco-friendly textiles

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...
Phosphorus FR for safer car seats

Phosphorus FR for safer car seats

PIN FR can prevent ignition in synthetic leather, reduce flammability of polyester fabrics, improve car fire safety. Daihachi Chemical’s non-halogenated aliphatic phosphoramidate (phosphate ester) flame retardant offers improved fire performance due to its high...
Breeding plants for inherently FR cotton

Breeding plants for inherently FR cotton

The USDA has bred a line of plants which produce inherently fire-resistant white cotton fibres. The breeding is selection, without genetic modification or gene manipulation. 257 interbred lines from 11 initial parent lines already were used (Multi-generational...
Delivering fire safety for end-use applications

Delivering fire safety for end-use applications

Patricia Lamouche, Hager Group Flame retardants are essential for Hager to ensure fire safety and to respect applicable product standards. Access to full chemical data on all molecules in plastics compositions is a priority to support Hager’s sustainability roadmap...