by pinfa-editor | 14 Jan, 2020
Caroline Braibant, International Antimony Association (I2A) presented the “hazards” of antimony and stewardship measures engaged to enable safe use of antimony trioxide (ATO). The known hazards are lung toxicity, lung cancer, delayed ossification and maternal...
by pinfa-editor | 27 Jul, 2021
New wire & cable compound range from the polymers group centres on non-halogenated FRs to meet regulatory demands. Hexpol’s new portfolio covers high performance materials such as VMQ (vinyl-methyl-silicone), advanced rubbers (e.g. EPDM ethylene propylene diene...
by pinfa-editor | 16 Nov, 2021
pinfa online worldwide event, on fire safety of green energies, from AMI Fire Resistance in Plastics Düsseldorf, 1st December 2021, 16h – 17h30 CET. Speakers will include the US National Fire Protection Association, the National Research Council of Canada, EPRI...
by pinfa-editor | 2 Dec, 2019
Whirlpool is being obliged to recall further clothes dryers, because in the machines as sold, fluff can accumulated and then enter into contact with the heating element. Several million clothes dryers in the UK, sold under brands Hotpoint, Creda, Swan, Proline and...
by pinfa-editor | 13 Jan, 2023
Bernhard Schartel, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und –prüfung (BAM), Germany discussed durability of non-halogenated flame retardancy in E&E plastics. Stability of flame retarded polymeric materials in some applications, such as outdoor furniture, is today a...
