Adrian Beard, pinfa and Clariant The EU’s “Chemical Strategy for Sustainability” (April 2022, pinfa Newsletter n°138) will bring major changes to chemicals regulation in Europe and these are today being initiated, including the recast of the EU chemicals regulation...
Chris Slootweg, University of Amsterdam The phosphorus cycle today exceeds planetary boundaries and leads to widespread water quality deterioration (eutrophication). Nearly all phosphorus use is in agri-food (fertilisers, animal feed, human food) and fire safety...
Gaëlle Fontaine, Centrale Lille France Tests assessed smoke and fire behaviour of cross-laminated timber under different oxygen concentrations. Cross-laminated timber is a sustainable building material made from dried wood sections bonded by adhesive. Tests used ISO...
Lei Chen, SABIC A key challenge to Electric Vehicle (EV) battery pack design is the battery pack structure which includes battery cooling and cell separation to prevent propagation of the whole battery pack in case of failure of one cell. PIN FR performance...
Richard Clay and Stephen Blair, Polymer Compounders Limited (PCL) Based in the UK, PCL supply several thousand tonnes per year of performance thermoplastic polymer compounds to a broad range of customers in automotive, healthcare, industrial, white goods and...
