Pasi Virtanenen, Teknos In the wood and timber sectors, Teknos’ industrial customers today are looking for ‘green’ coating and treatment solutions: water based, VOC emissions free, non-halogenated and if possible bio-based. In the construction sector, demand for fire...
Rolf Albach, Covestro Covestro sees fire safety as an increasing challenge in all applications of plastic foams, in particular in buildings, where such foams offer the best insulation performance, cost effectiveness and adaptability of materials available. At this...
Jelena Vasiljević, University of Ljubljana, presented tests of three DOPO derivatives as additive PIN FRs in polyamide 6 fibres. The FRs were added in the caprolactam melt before polyamide polymerisation. Only PHED proved compatible with the melt extrusion process...
Shuyu Liang, Sika Technology Flame retardants are of increasing interest to Industry, in response to a worldwide increase in fire safety and environment awareness. Sustainability is a key requirement in fire safety, meaning environmentally friendly products, based on...
A study of fire statistics in Massachusetts 2003-2016 shows that fires involving furniture caused 14% of all residential fire deaths. Data was assessed from 158 862 residential fires reported as causing human or monetary damage. Fires with no information on fire cause...