Webinar: selection of flame retardants

Webinar: selection of flame retardants

pinfa-NA, CAMX provided a dynamic one hour webinar on FR additive selection for fire safety on 18th October 2023. For material and product developers, R&D professionals, product designers, and sales and marketing teams. Access the webinar at...
Fire safety missed in Batteries Regulation

Fire safety missed in Batteries Regulation

The revised EU Batteries Regulation does little to address battery fire safety, despite other ongoing EU actions. The newly revised Batteries Regulation 2023/1542 (12th July 2023) aims to ensure that batteries are safer and greener (carbon footprint, raw materials,...
US EPA proposes SNURs for three FR

US EPA proposes SNURs for three FR

The US has proposed Significant New Use Rules (SNUR under TSCA section 6) for TCEP, TBBPA and TPP: tris(2-chloroethyl) phosphate, 4,4’-(1-methylethylidene)bis[2, 6-dibromophenol], triphenyl phosphate. This requires notification of proposed new uses, whilst EPA carries...
Call for fire safety in EU buildings directive

Call for fire safety in EU buildings directive

Associations say fire safety, especially for new energy systems, should be better integrated into the EU EPBD (Energy Performance of Buildings Directive). The call comes from EuroFSA (European Fire Safety Alliance, of which pinfa is a partner), FEEDs (Forum for...
UK consults on Furniture Fire Regulations

UK consults on Furniture Fire Regulations

Public consultation on recast of UK’s 1988 Furniture Fire Safety Regulations open to 24th October 2023. The consultation includes a draft regulatory text “to illustrate the approach”. UK public consultation on recast of the 1988 Furniture Fire Safety Regulations, open...