Newsletter 172

pinfa poster at SETAC outlines the industry perspective for flame retardants, sustainability, recycling and regulation.

Avient, 3M and NeoGraf have joined pinfa-NA, bringing membership to 17 companies working to advance PIN FRs.

pinfa was active at the 20th FRPM conference, presenting on SSbD FRs and giving best young researcher Awards.

Study by Cefic, with consultancy UNITY, reveals key actions to accelerate circularity in the chemicals industry and beyond (pinfa is a Cefic Sector Group).

Bain & Company say plastics recycling could reach cost parity with virgin plastics, but needs ?400 billion investment.

Fatal fire in 4th floor flat in Reims, France, 6th June, started with a scooter battery fire, next to a freezer and a washing machine.

QBE Insurance identified nearly 300 e-bike fires in the UK in 2023, up +70% year-on-year says Adrian Simmonds, Practice Leader at QBE, in International Fire Safety Journal (IFSJ).

UK Government publishes risk screening assessment of 124 flame retardants identified as used in the UK, updating a previous screening from 2003 (Peter Fisk Associates)

Tender for 390 000 ? to provide support to promote substitution of BFRs, in automotive, construction and cable applications.

The European Commission has added the halogenated flame retardant Dechlorane Plus to the POPs Regulation.

William Blythe (pinfa member) launches new inorganic zinc and tin based synergist and smoke suppressant.

Automotive supplier Kostal Kontakt Systems adopts BASF?s PPA with non-halogenated FR for high current connectors.

Ecobat launches 100% PCR (post-consumer recycled) polypropylene with PIN flame retardants for UL 94 V-0.

AlPi showed effective fire performance in epoxy resin, achieving UL 94 V-0 (3 mm), including with glass fibre.

Tests show that aging deterioration of PIN FR cable sheath depends on environmental conditions: