10 dead, 14 injured in Valencia flats fire

10 dead, 14 injured in Valencia flats fire

pinfa shares the grief of all those impacted by the devastating fire in two blocks of flats, Campanar, Valencia, 22nd February. Flames engulfed a 14-storey apartment block, and then spread and destroyed a second adjoining 10-storey block. The flats were built in 2008...
Flame retardants in EU Energy Transition

Flame retardants in EU Energy Transition

pinfa keynote at European Bureau for Conservation & Development meeting in European Parliament. Adam, Jarubas, Member of the European Parliament, opened the meeting underlining there can be no green transition without the formulation of clear solutions to...
pinfa-NA SPE Flame Retardant Week 2024

pinfa-NA SPE Flame Retardant Week 2024

pinfa-NA’s online event for plastics professionals, with the Society of Plastics Engineers, attracted over 100 participants, with eight strongly attended speaker sessions over four days, plus panel sessions. This National Week of Flame Retardants covered regulatory...
Transparent, adhesive PIN FR solution

Transparent, adhesive PIN FR solution

Evonik’s new phosphorus monomer offers a safe fire safety solution (no leaching risk) for the popular material PMMA. Polymethyl methacrylate is a transparent, high-performance, thermoplastic widely used as a lightweight alternative to glass.  Evonik’s new...
Stress crack proof LSF0H cable compound

Stress crack proof LSF0H cable compound

Avient have launched a PIN flame retardant formulation resistant to stress cracking in armoured electrical cables. Cable sheath materials can crack when subject to tensile stress (curved installation) or pressure (underground), leading to loss installation and...