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pinfa-China energy storage workshop
100 participants at pinfa-China Energy Storage System Safety Workshop, Suzhou, 30th November 2023, included upstream suppliers and downstream customers of the energy storage industry.
READ MOREUS National Week of Flame Retardants
22-25 January 2024, online, SPE (Society of Plastics Engineers) and pinfa-NA.
READ MORETried & Tested: Flame Retardant Safety
pinfa infographic explains that FRs are safety assessed and that risk is low because they are embedded in materials.
READ MOREEuropean Fire Safety Manifesto 2024-2029
18 organisations, including pinfa, call for a comprehensive EU fire safety strategy from the next Parliament and Commission.
READ MOREChemical industry transition initiatives call
European Commission open information call on initiatives for the green and digital transition of the EU chemical industry.
READ MOREFire safety and ‘subsidiarity’ in the EU
European Fire Safety Week webinar (available online) examines the EU’s role in fire safety and Member States’ competence, with Theresa Griffin, previously Member of the European Parliament for the UK and Antonio Estella De Noriego, legal expert at Carlos III University Madrid.
READ MOREUN Plastics Treaty targets halogenated FRs
United Nations negotiations on global Plastics Treaty (INC3) considers both plastic waste and plastics additives.
READ MOREEuropean Commission reply on fire safety
Commission says it is “important to address fire safety related to the green transition” in reply to joint letter signed by pinfa and nearly twenty other organisations (see pinfa Newsletter n°152).
READ MOREFire safety in strategic industry sectors
Commission says it is “important to address fire safety related to the green transition” in reply to joint letter signed by pinfa and nearly twenty other organisations (see pinfa Newsletter n°152).
READ MOREPIN FR resin for micro 3-D printing
Boston Micro Fabrication and Henkel PIN FR PµSL printing resin micro-precision passes aerospace fire classifications.
READ MORENon-hazardous FR package for PC-GF
ROMIRA flame retardant, GF-reinforced PC blend with non-halogenated, non-hazardous or non-SVHC-listed additives.
READ MOREHigh-temperature 3D-print resin
Liqcreate photopolymer resin delivers non-halogenated, self-extinguishing fire performance & high-temperature resistance.
READ MORENitrogen phosphorus PIN FR for TPU
Study proposes N-P flame retardant, derived from phenyl hypophosphite, achieving UL 94 V-0 (3.2 mm) in TPU (thermoplastic polyurethane).
READ MOREAmine-reacted APP PIN FR
A Schiff base (an amine nitrogen compound) was reacted with ammonium polyphosphate (APP) achieving UL 94 V-0 (3 mm) at 17% loading in unsaturated polyester.
READ MOREBio-based PIN FR for PET fabric
Phytic acid and chitosan layer-by-layer coating of PET fabric shows semi-durable, non-drip fire performance.
READ MOREFree webinar on new drip suppressants
6th December 2023. Will address alternative anti-drip solutions to PTFE (a PFAS chemical) for fire performance.
READ MOREChemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS)
pinfa’s Q&A (8 pages) provides detailed information for users on regulatory impacts of the EU’s CSS on PIN flame retardants
READ MOREREACH and CLP Classification of melamine
pinfa’s Q&A explains implications for melamine-based flame retardants and for use of melamine itself for fire safety.
READ MORECefic industry manifesto for Europe
Cefic has released its manifesto ‘Teaming up for a Climate-Neutral and Competitive Europe’ outlining its key priorities for the new EU institutional cycle.
READ MOREpinfa input UK Furniture Fire Safety Regs
pinfa welcomes the UK’s commitment to furniture fire safety, supports that FRs be only used where appropriate and underlines that recognised safe PIN FRs are available.
READ MOREUncertain EU chemicals regulation revision
Will the European Commission engage the revision of REACH before end 2023 or whether it will be delayed?
READ MORELuton airport car park destroyed by fire
A fire starting in a diesel-engine car closed Luton airport, UK, for over 12 hours, destroyed 1400 cars as well as the building.
READ MORENetherlands: fire safety of EVs in garages
70-page review by Public Safety Institute NIPV on fire safety of car parks housing electric vehicles.
READ MOREHazards of EVs in car parks and fire-fighting
EVs do not pose greater fire risks than internal combustion cars, but different risks and fire-fighting challenges.
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