FLAME RETARDANTS GO GREEN IN ASIA-PACIFIC REGION AS ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION TIGHTENS
May 1st, 2011
BY MARK ROWE
WITH awareness growing in regards to their impact on the environment, the chemical make-up of fire retardants is becoming increasingly targeted by legislation around the world, and the Asia-Pacific region is no exception.
According to global paints and coatings company AkzoNobel (SPELLING CHECKED) - which recently opened a EUR7 million fire protection laboratory in the UK to serve as its global headquarters for fire retardant research - increasingly stringent worldwide regulations mean that the demand for more environmentally-conscious fire ...
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