EU consultation on digital chemical labelling

EU consultation on digital chemical labelling

Public and stakeholder questionnaire on how to provide online information, via labels, to consumers for chemical products such as, detergents, fertilisers and “chemical products, such as glues, paints, solvents, lamp oils”. Open to 16th February 2022. The proposal...
Interview / vision – Colleen Wade, best paper award

Interview / vision – Colleen Wade, best paper award

The predictability of heavy timber (or mass timber) structures in fire is often given as a benefit, and while this is generally true in relation to standard fire resistance tests, it is not necessarily the case in real fire events. To enable engineers to better design...
Stranded energy

Stranded energy

This is the term coined for the dangerous situation where an incident results in damaged batteries containing energy with no means to empty this out as electricity. This is a major challenge in e-vehicles but also in energy storage facilities. In an incident in...
Flame retardant anti-corrosion coating

Flame retardant anti-corrosion coating

Axalta non-halogenated flame retardant protective and decorative coating for metals in buildings, mobility, offshore. The treatment is an all-in-one (no primer) spray-on thermosetting and protects from sunlight, water and salt and abrasion and provides electrical and...
Performance PIN masterbatch for PE foams

Performance PIN masterbatch for PE foams

Tosaf launches new phosphorus flame retardant for polyethylene foams for insulation, packaging, construction. The new non-halogenated PIN FR is effective at 10 – 15% loading and acts by a phosphorus gas-phase mechanism, inhibiting burning by blocking free radicals. It...