High Concern List Drives Shift To Cleaner World And Safer

The European Substance Of Very High Concern List Drives Shift To Cleaner World And Safer Future

  FRX Innovations, a supplier of eco-friendly flame retardant solutions, announces that its Nofia® product line will benefit from the decision by

the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) on January 17, 2023, to name three common flame retardants as Substances of Very High Concern

(SVHC). This designation brings stringent disclosure and notification requirements. Specifically, if a product contains more than 0.1 percent of a

newly classified SVHC Chemical, customers must be notified within six months of such classification. One of the three SVHC chemicals is TBBPA,

which is the most-used brominated flame retardant. “This will lead to a rapid phase-out of its use in additional applications not already covered by

the EU and U.S. banning brominated flame retardants in electronic display devices such as TVs and monitors. The additional applications

include textile coatings and many uses of the popular plastic ABS, such as in consumer electronics through to larger medical equipment such as

MRI machines,” said Marc Lebel, CEO of FRX Innovations, “In many cases, our Nofia® flame retardants are the ideal alternative solution.”

   Melamine has also been designated an SVHC. “Commonly used as a flame retardant in a range of products, most notably polyurethane foam

for mattresses and furniture ” noted Lebel. “Formulations containing melamine can be replaced by Nofia. These are exciting times with many new

opportunities arising for FRX.