Roger Avakian for SPE “Fellow Award”

Roger Avakian for SPE “Fellow Award”

Roger Avakian, of Avakian Polychem Consulting, will be awarded the prestigious Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) “Fellow Award” at SPE ANTEC 2020, recognising his contribution to the plastics industry. Fewer than hundred plastics professionals have been awarded this...
Fire code failures cost developer $ 10M

Fire code failures cost developer $ 10M

US$ 10 million damages and costs were awarded in 2017 to purchasers of residential property in the Grandview Riverwalk, Port Imperial development, New York State. A court has now decided that this must be paid entirely by the developer, a subsidiary of Hovnanian...
Dirk Long, EPRI

Dirk Long, EPRI

Dirk Long, EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute), shared the ESA (Energy Storage Association) target of 100 GW of battery storage in the US electrical grid by 2030, to support grid resilience and roll-out of renewable production (PV, wind) and emphasised that...
Hyphosphite PIN FRs for cotton

Hyphosphite PIN FRs for cotton

A research paper tests calcium hypophosphite (CaPi) and magnesium hypophosphite (MgPi) as PIN FRs for cotton fabrics, also with nano-particles of a clay and a silsesquioxane as synergists (sodium montmorillonite, octa-ammonium polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane...