by pinfa-editor | 15 Sep, 2020
The UK government has now allocated 1.6 billion UK£ to remove non fire-safe cladding materials from buildings. The new UK£ 1 billion fund will help building owners remove flammable non-ACM (aluminium composite material) from residential buildings > 18 m high. It is...
by pinfa-editor | 19 Oct, 2022
Sabyasachi Gaan, EMPA (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology), outlined developments in recycling of FR thermoplastics and thermosets. Thermoplastics (PET, PE), due to their linear structure, are relatively easy to recycle via mechanical...
by pinfa-editor | 15 Oct, 2019
Pinfa asked the poster prizewinners at FRPM to express their vision of challenges for fire safety and for flame retardants for tomorrow. Weronika Tabaka Interest in environmental protection will push demand for recycled and bio-based flame retardants but also to...
by pinfa-editor | 30 Oct, 2019
The US National Transport Safety Board has reiterated its recommendation to revise the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard FMVSS 302 to require more rigorous materials flammability and smoke emission requirements. The NTSB proposes to align road vehicles standards...
by pinfa-editor | 14 Jan, 2020
TERNA MAG expects that the prospects of market growth for flame retardants will induce new developments in relevant materials and polymeric recipes, on the basis of optimum (technically and cost wise) solutions. This will be driven in particular by stringent...
