UFAC has launched a programme to test whether furniture “is free of the most common flame retardant chemicals” … without specifying which these are. The UFAC (Upholstered Furniture Action Council) programme, launched February 2020, appears to refer to the Duke...
Swiss-based global colour and chemicals company Archroma, has launched new water-based, very low VOC polyurethane coatings applicable to wide range of fabrics, nonwovens and papers, for both indoor and outdoor applications, and particularly adapted for synthetic...
Devan Chemicals has launched a new bio-based flame retardant for cotton and cotton/viscose blends, first of a Bio-Flam range under development. Devan Chemicals is a Belgium-based specialist textile chemical company. Bio-flam P307 is halogen-free (to EN 16785-1 2015)...
Several new market studies, prepared before the COVID crisis, anticipate continuing growth for PIN flame retardants, FR plastics, fire protection materials, fire proofing coatings for wood. ResearchAndMarkets estimate global FR market growth of 5.2% per year to 2025,...
The EU BAT BREF document (best available techniques reference document) for the Textiles Industry is open for comment (see below). The “BAT Conclusions” of BREF documents become mandatory for all concerned installations across Europe. The draft BAT Conclusions specify...
