Losses caused by fire are
disastrous. Most notable are the victims and firefighters who are killed and
injured. Displacement and devastation of property can be significant. Economic
losses are huge; countries globally spend a not-insignificant portion of their
GDP on loss, prevention, and firefighting. Accordingly, there are people and
companies worldwide dedicated to fire prevention and protection, and the development
of fireproof, non-burning, flame retardant, and flame resistant materials,
without whom the losses would be orders of magnitude greater. We salute them.
For 25 years, BCC Research has
hosted “the Flame Conference,” as a forum for people in the fire retardant (FR)
industry to meet, share, and learn from each other. The conference – called Annual Conference on Recent Advances in Flame
Retardancy of Polymeric Materials – focuses on the development of flame
retardant chemicals and materials such as plastics, textiles, and surface
coatings that inhibit, suppress, or delay the production of flames to prevent
the spread of fire.
Now in its 26th year, the Flame
Conference is the premier fire retardant (FR) event in the United States. It
brings together scientists and other technical specialists for an intensive
seminar that fosters learning and networking among the industry’s best and
brightest. The single track of sessions covers both the government/academia and
commercial/industrial sectors.
“If you want to know about the latest
breakthrough in flame retardant research, the Flame Conference is the
conference to attend,” said one of the Conference’s attendees in 2014. Another
commented, “…it was very good to hear from companies… that offer real world
products that are cost effective.... Everything starts in the lab but at some
point it has to be viable for the market not just in efficacy but in cost,
processing, and value in use.”
The 2015 Flame Conference is scheduled to
be held from May 17th to 20th, 2015 in Stamford,
Connecticut, USA. Register now to take advantage of this opportunity as seating
is limited. Each year this intelligent and intimate conference brings back many
of the same attendees, who rely on it as an irreplaceable and on-point source
of knowledge about the science, technology, design, and manufacture of
flame-retardant materials and coatings.
For
information on the 2015 Flame Conference, visit http://www.bccresearch.com/conference/flame
For information on a BCC Research
report on the flame retardant chemicals market, visit
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