pinfa-NA – SPE Flame Retardants Week
US Society of Plastics Engineers National Week of Flame Retardants with pinfa-NA: 12 online sessions, 80 participants. SPE brings together 22 500 members from over 80 countries and is the most well-known plastics professional society in the world. Sessions at SPE’s 2nd Week of Flame Retardants, co-organised with pinfa-North America, covered formulation of flame retardant polymer compounds, fire testing standards, regulation and PIN FR safety, drip suppressants, ATO and alternatives, smoke suppressants and borates, as well as expert round tables with plastics formulators and PIN flame retardant suppliers. Key conclusions are the wide range of different chemistries for PIN flame retardants and for PIN synergists; the acceleration of regulatory restrictions on brominated FRs and the advantages of proactive reformulation ahead of regulation, implications of possible PFAS restrictions (PTFE) on flaming-drip prevention, benefits of PIN smoke suppressants alongside PIN FRs, synergies of PIN FRs with mechanical and electrical plastics properties.
SPE – pinfa-NA National Week of Flame Retardants, 23-25 March 2026 https://www.4spe.org/i4a/ams/meetings/index.cfm?controller=meetings&action=startRegistration&conferenceID=703®init=1&pageID=9900
