Mike Bird, Imerys

Mike Bird, Imerys

IMERYS S.A. is a French multinational company which specialises in the production and processing of industrial minerals used in a vast range of applications, including the plastics, rubber, paints, ceramic and paper industries. Imerys’ PIN flame retardants include...
Compounding World innovation overview

Compounding World innovation overview

Special articles on flame retardants and cables show leading companies are centring development on PIN technologies. The articles bring together interviews of FR producers, compounders and production equipment providers, and are accessible online. Compounding World’s...
Solutions for new transport fire challenges

Solutions for new transport fire challenges

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...
E-scooters banned for fire risks

E-scooters banned for fire risks

Transport for London (TfL) has banned electric scooters on buses and the underground because of fire risks for batteries. This follows a fire on a tube train (Parsons Green, 1/11/21), which caused the train to be evacuated and where the scooter continued to burn after...
Flame retardants for battery electrolytes

Flame retardants for battery electrolytes

Flame retardants can reduce the fire risk of the liquid carbonate-based electrolytes in lithium-ion batteries. Two PIN flame retardants (phenoxycylophosphazene, melamine phosphate) and tris (2-chloropropyl) phosphate were tested in a battery electrolyte consisting of...