Innovations for the operational reliability of modern lithium-ion batteries

Meyer-Galow Award for Business Chemistry 2024 goes to Ruth Bieringer

27-Nov-2024 - Dr. Ruth Bieringer, Vice President Material Technologies at Freudenberg Sealing Technologies, will be awarded the Meyer-Galow Award for Business Chemistry 2024 on December 10th. The prize from the foundation of the same name is based at the German Chemical Society (GDCh) and is endowed with ...

A sustainable bio-industry innovation: product development of bio-based flame retardant additives

ALTANA AG and UB FIGG invest in the Finnish technology company NORDTREAT

24-Jun-2024 - The Finnish sustainability fund UB Forest Industry Green Growth Fund (UB FIGG) and the specialty chemicals group ALTANA are investing in the technology company NORDTREAT. The company specializes in the development and production of innovative, high-performance, and environmentally friendly flame ...

Chemovator, the business incubator of BASF, opens its doors for startups outside of the company

Support in the areas of sustainability, process, research and service optimization, as well as next generation materials

17-May-2023 - For five years, Chemovator has been working under the umbrella of BASF to develop scalable and investable business models from ideas that originated from within the company. As of now, the incubator opens its doors to all early-stage startups working on the successful and sustainable future of ...

Clariant announces further investment in new China flame retardants facility for E-mobility and E&E applications

CHF 40 million investment in second line

21-Oct-2022 - Clariant will create a second production line at its new CHF 60 million state of the art facility for Exolit OP halogen-free flame retardants currently under construction in Daya Bay, China. This additional CHF 40 million investment will further expand access to innovative and sustainable fire ...

Smoke Detector “Sniffs out” Causes of Fire

Alarm Before There Is Even a Fire

13-Jul-2022 - INNOspace Masters is an annual ideas competition that showcases new ideas for space and earth applications. A team from ZARM and IWT at the University of Bremen, in collaboration with the Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Tübingen, has now won the DLR Design ...

BASF and THOR GmbH fight fire together

Leverage combined expertise in flame retardant additives

05-Jul-2022 - BASF and THOR GmbH are combining their expertise in non-halogenated flame retardant additives to provide customers with a comprehensive solution that will enhance the sustainability and performance for specific plastic compounds, as well as meet stringent fire safety requirements. Flame ...

Lifesavers in Demand: New Market Report on Flame Retardants

08-May-2019 - In the event of fire, additives can provide the decisive seconds for rescue. “Flame retardants delay the ignition of flammable materials such as plastics, textiles or wood,” explains Oliver Kutsch, CEO of Ceresana. “They slow down the spread of fire.” For the sixth time, Ceresana analyzed the ...

Fire-retardant coating featuring renewable materials

Coating could reduce the flammability of polyurethane foam

14-Feb-2019 - Texas A&M University researchers are developing a new kind of flame-retardant coating using renewable, nontoxic materials readily found in nature, which could provide even more effective fire protection for several widely used materials. Dr. Jaime Grunlan, the Linda & Ralph Schmidt '68 Professor ...

Fireproofing made of recycled paper

25-Jan-2019 - Scientists at Empa teamed up with isofloc AG to develop an insulating material made of recycled paper. It is ideal for prefabricated wooden elements and even multistory timber houses, and protects the construction against fire. What's more: The additive it contains is harmless to humans, animals ...

Lifesavers in Plastics: Ceresana Analyzes the World Market for Flame Retardants

09-Jan-2018 - The catastrophic fire at Grenfell Tower in London has shown how important fire protection is. “Flame retardants can delay the development of a fire,” explains Oliver Kutsch, CEO of the market research institute Ceresana: “They provide the fire department and those affected with crucial minutes ...