News
May 26, 2025
UK first update of Furniture Fire Regulations
As announced in January (pinfa Newsletter n°169), the UK has engaged a first update of the Furniture Fire Safety Regulations.
May 26, 2025
PIN FR recycled PA6 for circuit breaker
Siemens residual current circuit breaker uses DOMO’s 50% recycled non-halogenated FR polyamide.
May 26, 2025
Towards greener intumescent coatings
UBE’s 76% bio-origin glycerol carbonate can potentially replace pentaerythritol in PIN intumescent fire coatings.
May 26, 2025
700°C heat-resistant HFFR cables
Lapp launches PIN flame retardant cable resistant to 700°C heat for industry applications or consumer goods such as cookers.
May 26, 2025
Crosslinkable LSF0H elastomer for cables
Avient have launched a PIN flame retardant cross-linkable highly processable elastomer for performance cables.
May 26, 2025
Tosaf PIN flame retardant for polypropylene
Non-halogenated FR for injection-moulded and extruded PP achieves fire safety and retains materials performance.
May 26, 2025
N-P PIN FRs for epoxy
Three N-phosphorylated iminophosphoranes, with different P oxidation states, were tested, in one case achieving UL 94 V-0.
May 26, 2025
Review of railway seat fire tests
Review of rail seat fire tests shows varying results with different test methods, materials and with material ageing.
May 26, 2025
Phenyl vs phenoxy phosphorus FRs
Both phenyl and phenoxy phosphorus PIN FRs showed improved effectiveness on cotton with more OH terminations.
May 26, 2025
Phosphorus FRs for battery electrolytes
Review summarises 150 studies of different phosphorus-based flame retardants in lithium-ion battery electrolytes: testing safety and electrical performance.
May 26, 2025
AlPi not skin sensitiser, not genotoxic
Tests of the PIN flame retardant AlPi conclude that it is not tested for human skin irritation and sensitisation using human keratinocyte cells, chemical modelling and biomarker analysis.
April 18, 2025
Free webinar: the Boston Nightclub fire
May 28th 17h30 CEST: with Stephanie Schorow, lessons from the Cocoanut Grove Nightclub fire, Boston, 1942.
April 18, 2025
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April 18, 2025
pinfa General Assembly April 2025
Members exchanged with experts and discussed joint actions on PIN FR environmental data, regulations, applications.
April 18, 2025
Update on EU regulatory action on FRs
Information update for pinfa members on implementation of the ECHA Flame Retardant Strategy and implications for industry.
April 18, 2025
pinfa-NA fire safety scientists of tomorrow
pinfa-NA is partnered with Ecotek Lab to sponsor four high school students’ work on flame retardants.
April 18, 2025
pinfa-NA explainer video : do FRs work?
9th educational video (4 minutes) explains how science shows that flame retardants are effective in improving fire safety.
April 18, 2025
pinfa-NA scholarship: intumescent FRs
pinfa-NA will support Taher Hafiz’s PhD on biobased PIN intumescents at Case Western Reserve University, including experimental tests and numerical modelling.
April 18, 2025
PIN FR coatings for fire protection of steel
Intumescent coatings using tannic acid, APP and epoxy showed torch heat resistance up to 20 minutes.
April 18, 2025
pinfa and members partner EU SSbD project
EU-funded PLANETS project will apply the Safe and Sustainable by Design approach to develop flame retardants, plasticisers and surfactants for coatings, insulation foams and childcare articles.
April 18, 2025
1 May: EU update of certain chemical tests
Consultation on updates to chemical test methods including on measurement of dustiness and respirable particles and on a number of alignments with updated OECD test methods.
April 18, 2025
7 May: Canada consultation borate risks
Draft assessment concludes possible environment and health risks from cumulated natural and anthropogenic sources.
April 18, 2025
21 May: UK construction products
Public consultation on UK “Construction Products Reform Green Paper”, part of response to Grenfell report recommendations.
April 18, 2025
2 June: ISO Flame Retardant codes
Consultation open to modify ISO 1043 with more precise code definitions of nitrogen and organo-phosphorus FRs.