by pinfa-editor | 28 May, 2021
EU chemicals action plan includes eight active evaluations of halogenated FRs or their synergists and four of PIN FRs. The European Chemicals Agency, ECHA, has published the Community Rolling Action Plan (CoRAP) update 2021-2023, listing chemicals for Evaluation...
by pinfa-editor | 14 Jan, 2020
Daniel De Schryver, Albemarle, presented new polymeric brominated flame retardants for thermoplastic resins (styrenic polymers ABS/HIPS). Advantages include thermal stability (compatible with injection molding), melt blending, aesthetic quality (gloss), colour...
by pinfa-editor | 13 Feb, 2020
The Austrian high-tech 2015 start-up Cubicure, a spin-off from TU Wien, has launched the first ever flame-retardant photopolymer for SLA (Stereolithography 3D-Printing process). Cubicure’s proprietary ‘Hot Lithography’ technology enables additive manufacturing with...
by pinfa-editor | 9 Feb, 2022
Eric Guillaume, Efectis, outlined specific fire risks of photovoltaic systems in buildings. The PV system itself can cause fires, through electrical faults, because of DC arcing, power mismatches with partial lighting, electrical faults in e.g. DC-AC inverters, or the...
by pinfa-editor | 18 Oct, 2018
Workshop on introducing fire safety into EU Horizon Europe programme, and on an “Agenda for a Fire Safe World 2030”. Organised by IAFSS, with ISO TC92, pinfa and others.
