Innovations in flame-retardant textiles and plastics are mainly driven by the demand for highly performant products that have to comply with strict requirements in the field of fire safety, as well as with growing environmental and sustainability requirements.
Given the importance of this theme, Centexbel organizes, in collaboration with Fedustria, a conference on flame retardancy and flame-retardant additives for textiles, plastics, foam rubber and composite materials.
Programme
09:00 Welcoming and introduction on "Evolution, developments, tendencies in FR"
Isabel De Schrijver, Centexbel
09:30 : Lectures
Polymeric and Durable Flame Retardant Systems for Textiles
Lein Tange, ICL-IP
Safe & sustainable use of ATO in plastics and coated textiles
Hans Vercammen, Campine
Key role of chemistry for developing flame retardant polymeric materials
Fouad Laoutid, MateriaNova
Scientific posters presentation
11:00 : Coffee break
11:30 : Lectures
Our Developments in Halogen Free Flame Retardants for Textile Finishing
Wael Ali, Deutsches Textilforschungszentrum Nord-West
Performance of bio-based FR for textiles
David De Smet, Centexbel
12:30 : Lunch
14:00 : Lectures
FARBioTY: flame and ageing resistant biocomposites
Marc Vanhoomissen, Veramtex
Treated hemp fibers fire behaviour
Lily Deborde, Univ. Rennes
Flameproof finishing of protective garments by laundry technology
Lenka Martinková, InoTEX
15:30 : Coffee break
16:00 : Lectures
Intrinsic flame-retardant fibres and polymers
Wouter Verbouwe, Basaltex
Development mineral fibre and derivate products allowing to handle and protect structures at extremely high temperature
Bernard Voss, Isomatex
Valbree: Recovery of Waste Plastics in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Containing Brominated Flame Retardants
Stijn Steuperaert, Centexbel
17:30 : Closing and drink
18:00 : Conference dinner
Conference dinner
Your travel companion is welcome to join the conference dinner. Please indicate his/her participation on the registration form.
Venue
Van der Valk Hotel - Akkerhage 10 9000 Gent
Date
5 October 2022 - 18h.00
Price:
60,00 euro per person
Speakers
Isabel De Schrijver, Centexbel
R&D manager Plastic characterisation, processing & recycling
Lein Tange, ICL-IP
Sustainability Director
Hans Vercammen, Campine
Business Unit Manager
Fouad Laoutid, MateriaNova
Scientific Leader of the polymeric & composite materials unit
Wael Ali, Deutsches Textilforschungszentrum Nord-West
Research associate
David De Smet, Centexbel
Researcher "Textile Functionalisation & Surface Modification"
Marc Vanhoomissen, Veramtex
Managing Director
Lily Deborde, Université de Rennes
Lenka Martinková, InoTEX
TAA, new technologies
Wouter Verbouwe, Basaltex
Technical Manager
Bernard Voss, Isomatex
Business Development Manager
Stijn Steupereart, Centexbel
Consultant environment and toxicology
Scientific posters
If you would like to present a scientific poster at the 2022 FR Conference, fill in this form and send it back to Ann De Grijse
List of submitted scientific posters
The list below will be completed with new entries until August 31st
Physical mechanism of environmentally friendly flame retardants on recycled ABS
Rodriguez, M. Herrero, M. Asensio, M. Santiago-Calvo, J. Guerrero, E. Cañibano, M.T. Fernández and K. Nuñez
Fundación Cidaut
Flame Retardant Polyamide 6 Core-Sheat Fibers for Textiles & Carpets
Dr. Mark Steinmann, Angela Funk, Dr. Simon König, Dr. Martin Dauner, Joseph Faymonville, Karolina Jagla
Deutsche Institute Für Textil- und Faserforschung
Organoboron-Based Smoke Suppressant Flame Retardants for Natural Fibre Reinforced Composites
Dominic Danielsiek, Wael Ali, Yannik Leven, Laura Chromik, Jörg Müssig, Nina Graupner, Jochen S. Gutmann and Thomas Mayer-Gall
Organisation
Conference fees
The registration fee covers the conference sessions, proceedings, coffee breaks and lunches.
The conference dinner is not included and has to be ordered separately.
VAT not included
Payment upon reception of the invoice.
10% early bird discount for registrations before 15/8/2022
Registration
Venue
Van der Valk Hotel Gent
Akkerhage 10
9000 Gent
Sponsoring
300 EURO PROMOTION PACKAGE
Publication of your corporate logo
- on the conference website
- on the welcoming slides
- on all conference-related publications
800 EURO PROMOTION PACKAGE
Promotion stand
Publication of your corporate logo
- on the conference website
- on the welcoming slides
- on all conference-related publications
CORPORATE LOGO - technical specifications
- your corporate logo will be published on the website upon reception
- please send us your corporate logo in the best quality
- format: preferably eps; other formats: jpg, png, tiff or gif
- size: 300 dpi
PROMOTION STAND
- the conference participants will visit the promotion stands during the reception, coffee and lunch breaks
- the stands may be installed on the conference day from 8.00 am onwards
- table on demand
- electricity on demand, please bring along your own extension leads
FR testing & research at Centexbel
Testing
Centexbel's fire laboratory is completely equipped to analyse the burning behaviour of textiles and plastics, and to issue the necessary certificates. In conformity with the applying national and international standards and with the European regulations, Centexbel carries out tests which results are valid in all EU member countries, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
R&D
Research in alternative FR-additives and systems
Although the necessity to develop fire-safe products is compelling, the possibilities to apply commonly used fire retardant agents are restricted for ecological reasons. In our research projects we try to reconcile "legislation, ecology and economy".
The FR4TEX project run from 2011 to 2016 and aimed at:
- mapping the most important industrial fire retardants and their applicability in the textile sector
- upgrading fire-retardant textiles through the evaluation of alternative systems and an optimal harmonisation with the textile sector (coating and extrusion)
- raising awareness on the issue, new legislations and labelling (REACH, OEKO-TEX®, EcoFlower)
The BioFRLeTex project (2019-2021) was set up to develop non-toxic, durable and biobased FR coatings and finishes. It is known that phosphorylated bio-based polymers (e.g. modified lignin) have a FR effect through barrier layer formation. It is also known that the combination of phosphorus and nitrogen-containing compounds often acts synergistically and is therefore already used in conventional FR systems. This principle should now be transferred to proteins.
LIFE-FLAREX (2017-2020) aimed to reduce the impact on the environment, human health and workers safety, of current flame retardants used in the textile sector, and their future alternatives, by identifying the best technologies available, both from the performance and from the sustainability point of view.
Valorisation of plastic waste electric and electronic equipment containing brominated flame-retardants.