pinfa has published a 50-page brochure detailing FR applications for materials in tomorrow’s transport vehicles: airplanes, ships, trains, buses, and cars. Designers, manufacturers and transport operators increasingly rely on flammable materials to reduce weight...
Underwriters Laboratories expert says US fire deaths are increasing with changing design and content of homes. Steve Kerber, VP Research at UL and Director of the UL’s Fire Safety Research Institute, shares research that shows that fire remains an important problem...
One third of UK underwriters are willing to cover fire safety risks in building works to replace defective cladding, and nearly all of the remaining two thirds offer only partial coverage. Three quarters considered that the UK construction industry has not yet learnt...
A new 4% yearly tax on property developers’ profits will fund building fire safety remediation for the coming decade. The tax, announced in the Government’s budget, aims to raise UK£ 2 to 5 billion to remove and replace dangerous building cladding materials, following...
APP with bio-based cobalt phytate reduce heat release, smoke production, density and toxicity from polyurethane foam. The recognised workhorse PIN flame retardant, ammonium polyphosphate (APP), was dosed at 33% loading in polyurethane rigid foam during foaming...
