by pinfa-editor | 20 Mar, 2024
pinfa keynote at European Bureau for Conservation & Development meeting in European Parliament. Adam, Jarubas, Member of the European Parliament, opened the meeting underlining there can be no green transition without the formulation of clear solutions to...
by pinfa-editor | 30 Oct, 2019
A five minute video summarises a stakeholder meeting on the Swedish chemicals ecotax on flame retardants, Stockholm, 17th September 2019, where Henrik Edin (IT Telekomföretagen) and Hans Wendschlag (Hewlett Packard) presented the case for a revision of the tax. This...
by pinfa-editor | 13 Feb, 2020
The US Congress voted on 17th December 2019 the “Safer Occupancy Furniture Flammability Act” (SOFFA, H.R.2647). This must now pass the US Senate. If the bill is finally adopted, then California Technical Bulletin 117–2013 would become a US federal standard for...
by pinfa-editor | 21 Jul, 2019
The natural mineral clay rectorite (which contains aluminium, calcium, silicon and sodium) was modified by reaction with sodium pyrophosphate then tested at 10% in a waterborne PIN intumescent fire retardant coating, consisting of ammonium polyphosphate, melamine,...
by pinfa-editor | 24 Mar, 2021
Thermal runaway and fire test of large cell battery shows high toxic emissions and dangers to firefighters. Seven tests were carried out on large (300 Ah, 0.54 kg) single cell LiFePO4 cathode lithium ion battery, as used in buses or for energy storage. The battery was...
