For RadiciGroup High Performance Polymers, pinfa membership is an important step of the journey towards sustainability. RadiciGroup High Performance Polymers is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of polyamide and other engineering polymers. It is part of...
Dr. Anteneh Worku, FR Advisers LLC, has joined pinfa-NA as a professional member. After 20+ years of flame retardant research and development at Dow Chemical, Dow Epoxies and Albemarle, Dr. Worku now provides consulting services to industrial clients concerning...
European producers have announced the self-classification of melamine as a suspected human reproductive toxicant Cat. 2 This follows results of animal testing funded by industry, after ECHA concluded in 2017 that existing scientific data was inconclusive. The European...
New Green Public Purchasing (GPP) for printers exclude all halogenated polymers and halogenated flame retardants. GPP criteria are “voluntary”, but can be used by public bodies to justify tendering criteria with full legal security. The new criteria concern “Imaging...
Pinfa has called for a better inclusion of fire safety in product safety rules in EU consultation on GPSD. The General product Safety Directive 2001/95, now twenty years old, sets general safety rules for products not covered by specific legislation (e.g. products...
