pinfa-NA is a sponsoring and participating in the Battery and Thermal Materials sessions April 16-19 2023, Troy, Michigan. This the second SPE Automotive Division’s Electric and Autonomous Vehicle conference. The first edition attracted over 600 participants in 2022....
ECHA document identifies most PIN flame retardants as low hazard, no regulatory action needed, including mineral, nitrogen, inorganic phosphate and several types of organophosphorus FR. ECHA (European Chemicals Agency) proposes “a wide and generic restriction” (under...
Proposed EU Act keeps P4 as a Critical Raw Material but fails to recognise its need for fire safety of strategic technologies. The proposed EU Critical Raw Materials (CRM) Act, published 16th March 2023, is open to public consultation to 16th May 2023, then will go to...
pinfa publishes brochure summarising state-of-the art knowledge and testing on PIN flame retardants and recycling. The 20-page document, available in pdf, looks at how PIN FRs impact plastics recycling, and provides examples of recovery and recycling of PIN FRs and of...
James Covello, student in Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU, Cleveland, Ohio) has received the first pinfa-NA Merit Scholarship (US$ 2500): “I have been interested in fire protection research since my first semester as an...
