by pinfa-editor | 28 Aug, 2024
Review of physical and solvent recycling of automotive plastics underlines complexity of sorting and technical challenges. An average car today in 2019 contained already c. 160 kg of plastics (nearly 9% of its weight), of which around 50% in the car interior, nearly...
by pinfa-editor | 29 Nov, 2023
EVs do not pose greater fire risks than internal combustion cars, but different risks and fire-fighting challenges. Victoria Hutchison, US Fire Protection Research Foundation (NFPA), at FiVE April 2023, summarised current understanding on vehicle fire risks in car...
by pinfa-editor | 7 Mar, 2022
Modelling study, funded by Kingspan, concludes tenability inside Grenfell flats was independent of insulating material. Kingspan is the manufacturer of one of the insulation cladding products which burnt in the Grenfell Tower fire. The three-part modelling study now...
by pinfa-editor | 28 May, 2021
Alginates loaded with metal ions can provide effective bio-based PIN FRs for textiles, polymers, surface coatings …. Tens of thousands of tonnes of alginates are produced worldwide annually from brown algae, providing relatively low-cost bio-based materials which are...
by pinfa-editor | 9 Feb, 2022
MCPP is a leading materials supplier to the automotive industry for thermoplastic elastomers used in seals, interior parts and wires and cables, as well as supplying consumer electronics and other sector with tailor-designed material solutions. Demand for automotive...
