AIMPLAS and Pinfa to host the IV edition of the ‘Fire-retardant Plastics Conference’

Pinfa (Phosphorous, Inorganic and Nitrogen Flame Retardants Association) and AIMPLAS have organised the IV edition of the ‘Fire-retardant Plastics Conference’, which will take place on 4 April at AIMPLAS. Divided into three sessions, this one-day conference will provide attendees with an overview of the latest developments and trends in fire-retardant plastics.

In the first session focused on new developments in bio-based flame-retardant additives, the French enterprise C2MA Mines Alès will present the challenges and possibilities of bio-based flame-retardants; the Belgian firm Materia Nova will explain the preparation of the new flame-retardant polylactide through reactivation, and the Universitat Rovira i Virgili will talk about bio-derived flame-retardant polymers. AIMPLAS will take part by talking about the progress of bio-based flame-retardants for polyamides and thermosets.

The second session will focus on the Circular Economy. For that reason, the Austrian company MGG polymers will discuss the challenge of recycling halogen-free flame-retardant polymers. Finally, the Swiss enterprise Clariant will explain the sustainability of phosphorous-based flame-retardants.

The one-day seminar will conclude with the session on new trends and future applications in which fire-retardant plastics are a key element. For this purpose, the American enterprise Dupont will talk about flame-retardants in the e-mobility sector, while Clariant will discuss flame retardants in 3D printing applications. Budenheim will address the application of phosphorous and nitrogen-based flame-retardants in new sectors, IMDEA Materials will develop the issues related to the molecular and functional design and, finally, AIMPLAS will conclude with intrinsically flame-retardant polymer synthesis and the advantages of its processing by reactive extrusion as a more efficient process.