TAGS: Flame Retardants
FRX Innovations congratulates North American regulatory bodies continuing to take action against common halogenated flame retardants. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced that potassium perfluro butane sulfonate, known as KPFBS, is being added to the Toxic Release Inventory along with other fluorinated chemicals.
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As a group these chemicals are known as “forever chemicals” as they build up in human bodies over time and never break down. Although this action does not restrict the use of this common flame retardant additive, FRX feels that this action is yet another catalyst for OEMs to move away from this class of halogenated flame retardants where alternative chemistries are available, including its
Nofia® additives.
Marc Lebel, chief executive officer of FRX stated, “
We continue to see governments and regulators take actions against major halogenated flame retardants. FRX’s Nofia® line of flame retardants offer OEMs a safer alternative to these legacy products while maintaining exceptional performance and efficacy. Our industry is at a turning point to meeting the demand from consumers, regulators and politicians for safer and sustainable materials in their everyday products. FRX has spent the past 15 years preparing for this moment and we are excited to bear the fruit of our investment.”
FRX has been built on over US$120MM of investment and is in commercial production at its fully permitted facility in Antwerp, Belgium from where FRX is currently supplying its Nofia® flame retardant product line to a growing number of multi-national OEMs around the world.
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Source: FRX Innovations