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Newsletter 182

June 2026
PINFA IN ACTION
Free webinar: upgrading recycled plastics

Free webinar: upgrading recycled plastics

17th June. Madeline Daecher & Dean Dodaro, Polyvel, a leading compounder. How to restore properties of recycled polymers.

pinfa at Electro-Plast 2026

pinfa at Electro-Plast 2026

Fire safety was a central theme across multiple sessions and pinfa presented the wide range of PIN FR solutions available.

pinfa sparks: recycling strategies for FRs

pinfa sparks: recycling strategies for FRs

Over 60 participants at pinfa’s 2nd ‘sparks’ webinar discussed recycling of PIN FRs with Nacho Montesinos Beltrán, AIMPLAS

pinfa-NA new member: JLS Chemical

pinfa-NA new member: JLS Chemical

Chinese producer of PIN flame retardants, JLS Chemical, has joined pinfa NA, which now has 18 members.

POLICY AND REGULATION
REACH revision abandoned

REACH revision abandoned

The European Commission has announced that the revision of the Chemicals Regulation is postponed indefinitely

Web campaign against Sweden ecotax

Web campaign against Sweden ecotax

Sweden’s electric goods federations have launched a website pushing to abolish the national “ecotax” on electric goods

Court says US EPA must reassess DecaBDE

Court says US EPA must reassess DecaBDE

Federal Court of Appeal rejects US EPA decision to not take further action on brominated FR ‘Deca’.

RECYCLING
PIN FRs compatible with PP recycling

PIN FRs compatible with PP recycling

Polypropylene (PP) with PIN FR was re-extruded five times, maintaining fire performance and mechanical properties.

Waste PET upcycled as phosphorus FR TPU

Waste PET upcycled as phosphorus FR TPU

A PIN FR polyester diol, by phosphorus loading in solvent recycling of PET, was tested as PIN FR precursor in TPU

PIN flame retardant EPDM barriers

PIN flame retardant EPDM barriers

The Rubber Company offers non-halogenated FR rubber for barriers in railway, marine, and industry, protective packaging.

Non-halogenated synthetic textile fire safety

Non-halogenated synthetic textile fire safety

Textilcolor, with Alpex, Majocchi, and Trans-Textil roll out application of intumescent fire protection process.

Non-halogenated FR ABS 3D-print filament

Non-halogenated FR ABS 3D-print filament

Formfutura, a global leader in additive manufacturing materials, offers high-speed PIN FR ABS filament.

Supramolecular P-Co PIN FR for PC

Supramolecular P-Co PIN FR for PC

PIN FR achieves UL 94 V-0 in polycarbonate at 2.5% loading, reduces fire gases, improves mechanical properties.

PIN FR polycarbonate without PFAS

PIN FR polycarbonate without PFAS

Science review summarises PIN FR solutions for transparent polycarbonate (PC) without PFAS anti-drip agents.

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