NEWS

LEONI uses PolyOne PIN FR ECCOHTM in cables

LEONI Special Cables GmbH has adopted ECCOH™ low smoke and fume, non-halogen (LSFOH) flame retardant polymers from PolyOne to improve durability and function of specialist communications cables for...

UK furniture regulations consultation opened

The UK Government (BIS) has published for consultation its expected proposals to update and improve the 1988 Furniture and Furnishings Fire Safety Regulations (see pinfa Newsletter n° 43). Deadline f...

EU Ecolabels recognise fire safety

Updated “ecological criteria” for the EU Flower Ecolabel for textile products (5th June 2014) and for bed mattresses (23 June 2014) recognise fire safety and flame retardants as necessary to achie...

Other news

“New” brominated FRs: a review paper, based on 130 reference studies, assesses the ecotoxicology and biodegradability of 11 brominated flame retardants, proposed as substitutes for now restricted...

Nabaltec recognised for environment and consumer safety

Nabaltec, pinfa member and producer of (inorganic) PIN flame retardants has been recognised by the Bavarian State Environment and Consumer Protection for contributing to sustainable development, throu...

Hyperbranched polymeric PIN flame retardants

Hyberbranched polymeric phosphorus-based PIN flame retardants have been researched as an innovative fire safety solution for a range of polymers. The hyperbranched poly(phosphoesther)s (hbPPEs) are sy...

Sony launches high durability, PIN FR, recycled plastic

Sony Corporation, Japan, is putting on the market its innovative inorganic flame retardant recycled plastics SORPLASTM (Sustainable Oriented Recycled Plastic). The material is up to 99% recycled polyc...

Solvay Kalix® for healthcare electronics

Solvay Speciality Polymers has introduced HFFR (halogen free flame retardant) high-performance polyamides for use in mobile healthcare electronic devices (mHealth). The Kalix® 5950 HFFR and 9945 HFFR...

Sweden launches study to reduce residential fire deaths

Sweden suffers around 100 fire deaths per year, relatively constant over the last two decades, with around 90 deaths in residential fires. The national civil contingencies agency (MSB) fixed in 2010 o...

ECHA consultation on ammonium salts

ECHA (the European Chemical Agency) has opened a public consultation until 18th December 2014 proposing to limit ammonia gas emission levels when inorganic ammonium salts are used for fire safety in c...

PIN fire-safety treatment for textiles

Turning Star’s ‘Flame Guardian’ flame retardants are halogen-free saturant and coating treatments for construction, interior applications and timber, with specific formulations adapted to natura...

Polymers in electronics (E&E)

A short video extract of the SKZ “Polymers in E&E applications” conference 2014 can be seen online (in German) Michael Roth, Technical Manager for Thermoplastics, BASF emphasises the impo...

Scientists discuss whether fire risks justify using PIN FRs

In the recently published book on “Polymer Green Flame Retardants” (2014, see image), David Purser and Vyto Babrauskas et al. discuss whether or not the use of flame retardants is justified when c...

Green solutions for polymer fire safety

“Polymer Green Flame Retardants” (Elsevier, 924 pages, September 2014) is a new reference work on fire safety of modern performance materials: “a thorough review of polymer flame retardancy, wit...

pinfa responds to UK furniture fire safety consultation

pinfa has responded to the current consultation (open to 7th October 2014) on modification of the UK furniture fire safety regulations. pinfa reminds that studies carried out for the UK government (BI...

Fire safety for aviation conference

2-3 April  2014 Meeting high performance flammability requirements Link to event website...

REACH Tool

Self-assessment tool  to prepare reach inspection available on the Cefic website. Link This tool is part of the numerous tools Cefic / PINFA  put at the disposal of its members....

Industry position paper on the roadmap on SVHC

New poster on Performance fire safety in vehicles

ERA Technology Conference – E&E Equipment and the Environment (Heathrow)

Please click here to download the Pinfa presentation...

ENFIRO 2-day workshop – Burning Questions

Pinfa 2012 Workshop on FRs in E&E (Tokyo, Japan)

Pinfa organised its 4th E&E Workshop on 14th June 2012 in Tokyo during the JPCA, the Japanese Printed Circuit Board Association. Here you can download the programme and presentations : &nbs...

Recycling of Polymers containing Flame Retardants

PINFA Statement with respect to Recycling of Polymers containing Flame Retardants....

pinfa 2011 workshop on FRs in E&E (Taipei-Taiwan)

pinfa held its 3rd workshop "Building the Future for Flame Retardants in E&E" on 8th November 2011, at the TPCA Offices, Taipei, Taiwan. Great Success ! A detailed report will come soon....