pinfa-NA members participated at ANTEC® 2024, Society of Plastics Engineers Annual Technical Conference, Saint Louis, Missouri, March 2024. With over 400 attendees, the event showcased the latest advances in industrial, laboratory, academic, and international work on...
Tim Reilly and Stephen Scherrer, pinfa-NA, will present on why and where flame retardants are needed at ACS Fire & Polymers, 12-15 May, New Orleans. pinfa-NA is developing a project on the “Value of flame retardant containing materials” to demonstrate that FRs are...
The European Commission has clarified investigations ECHA should undertake in 2024 on flame retardants. This follows publication of the ECHA Regulatory Strategy for Flame Retardants (European Chemicals Agency, March 2023, see pinfa Newsletter n°147). The letter to...
A 2-year Norway – Switzerland research project is developing a database of chemicals used in plastics. Coordinated by Trondheim University and funded by the Norwegian Research Council, the “PlastChem” project intends to develop an overview of all plastics chemicals,...
Revision of the (US) International Wildland Urban Interface Code shows wide discussion on materials fire resistance. The code defines requirements for land use and for buildings within wildland urban interface areas, with the aim of reducing impacts and dangers of...
