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In recent years in Europe the terms Environmentally Friendly, Carbon Neutral, Sustainability, and Global Warming have gone from terms used in marketing presentations, at high level meetings and government policies, to things we hear and see every day.

The ordinary consumer is now paying attention, to the products they buy not only from a practical and cost standpoint but also from a “am I doing my bit “perspective.

As a Chemical supplier Nanoflam has been considering these issues for several years, with compliance to regulations such a COSHH and REACH defining what Chemicals we can use and how we can handle, label and dispose of them in a way that’s best for the environment.

Flame Retardants for Home furnishings are a major part of our business and we have spent a lot of time and effort to develop next generation products that enable us to move to Greener solutions and move away from traditional Brominated systems that has severed us well technically.

In Europe REACH has identified many traditional “Old School” flame retardants as SVHC (Substances of Very High Concern) which starts a process leading to an eventual ban on the Chemical. The USA, with the Cal Prop 65 regulations and other State and Federal laws is following similar path.

Moreover, industries are stepping up and asking their suppliers to meet more stringent requirements than current legislation demands.

At Nanoflam we have a combined experience on formulating and application of flame retardants of over 150 years. We work closely with current suppliers on new and novel solutions, but also cultivate new technologies, stepping outside traditional textile areas and working with suppliers of Flame retardants in other industries to find cost effective technical solutions that meet our needs.

We have developed a new range of products for all our traditional coating areas, that we market under the Nanoflam Eco brand, these are Halogen-Free Flame retardants and other product ranges include Formaldehyde Free and Ammonia free formulations.

In the development process we wanted to produce compounds that were as sustainable as possible, had the lowest carbon footprint and met the highest Environmental standards. I hope that you will agree with us that we have succeeded.