SFPE Handbook of Fire and the Environment

SFPE Handbook of Fire and the Environment

New 500 page reference work from the Society of Fire Protection Engineers on fire impacts on the environment, including mitigation and sustainability. Chapters cover fire fundamentals, historically significant fires, firefighting chemicals, emission measurements, fire...
EU JRC reviews SSbD approaches

EU JRC reviews SSbD approaches

Commission report analyses objectives and existing tools for assessment of “SSbD” for chemical, but ignores durability. The 184 page report reviews existing frameworks relevant to “Safe and Sustainable by Design” (SSbD), as preparation for defining a framework for...
pinfa GA addresses the Green Deal

pinfa GA addresses the Green Deal

pinfa members working together on opportunities offered by for PIN flame retardants by the EU Green Deal. 23 representatives of 16 pinfa member companies met in Düsseldorf and online, 24th May 2022, at pinfa’s General Assembly, the first to be held in person for over...
New chairman of pinfa-NA: Carolyn Pressley

New chairman of pinfa-NA: Carolyn Pressley

Pinfa North America has elected Carolyn Pressley, Budenheim USA, as Chairman for 2-year term, from 1st July 2022. She will lead the organization at the start of its second decade since incorporation. Carolyn is Head of Sales Americas-Polymers for Budenheim USA Inc....