BASF and THOR collaborate to provide customers with comprehensive flame retardant solutions

BASF and THOR have combined their expertise in non-halogen flame retardant additives to provide customers with comprehensive solutions to improve the sustainability and performance of specific plastic compounds and meet stringent fire safety requiremen.

Flame retardancy is an essential element of plastic parts or composites commonly used in transportation, construction, domestic and industrial applications where accidental heat and flame exposure can cause serious damage and endanger liv.

THOR's experts and BASF's plastic additives experts have been working together for many years to develop complex solutions to meet stringent flame retardant specifications, with a focus on alternatives to halogen-containing additiv.

Both parties are active members of the Phosphorus, Inorganic and Nitrogen Flame Retardants Association, PINFA, and work closely together to provide sustainable polymer systems that can withstand ignition and flame propagation during their service li.

Comprehensive expertise in flame retardant additives informs customers and end users, highlighting the synergistic benefits of BASF's halogen-free flame retardant Flamestab® and THOR's phosphonate AFLAMMIT® technology for use in often challenging flame retardants Polyolefins for combustion applicatio.

Armin Eckert, Head of Performance Chemicals at THOR, said: “A thorough and multi-faceted evaluation of additive solutions is critical to reducing time-to-mark.

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