The incident showed the effectiveness of demanding fire and smoke safety standards in underground rail systems. Only the e-bike owner and one other passenger sustained non life-threatening injuries from the bike battery fire and other passengers escaped safely when...
Insurer Aviva UK is warning customers to change battery charging habits, as 1 in 9 households has seen a battery fire. The UK’s leading insurance company, with nearly 19 million customers, says lithium-ion battery fires increased 7% from 2022 to 2023 and 11% of...
Airbus and materials scientists say fire resistant composites saved lives of the 349 passengers in Tokyo plane crash. All passengers on the A350 escaped alive after the aircraft hit a small stationary plane on the runway during landing (see pinfa Newsletter n° 156)....
Mobility Dock EV mobile charger by Lapp uses BASF’s high strength, UV resistant PIN flame retardant polyamide. The Mobility Dock provides a compact, ergonomic, transportable solution to charge electric vehicles from standard household sockets. BASF’s polyamide...
Avient has launched HFFR TPEs with post-consumer recycled or bio-biased content for performance cable applications (Halogen Free Flame Retardant Thermo-Plastic Elastomer). The resin compounds have up to 45% bio-based or 30 post-consumer recycled content. They achieve...
