A global provider of custom colour and additive solutions for synthetic fibres and technical textiles, Americhem decided to work together with FRX Polymers in order to produce a new line of flame retardants which would meet their customers’ needs.

Dr Craig MacDougall, general manager EMEA for Americhem Europe is very pleased with the results: “With its unique non-halogenated characteristics, Nofia is the ideal flame retardant additive for melt-spun synthetic fibres, such as polyester.”

Premium performance

Americhem operates seven manufacturing plants and has three representatives’ offices in Monterrey, Mexico and Luxemburg. They offer the premium performance of Nofia in Europe through its exclusive distribution agreement with Massachusetts-based FRX Polymers.

Dr MacDougall commented: “We are pleased to be partnering with FRX Polymers to offer Nofia to the European synthetic fibres industry.”

FRX Polymers

A manufacturer and marketer of a new, environmentally friendly family of inherently flame retardant plastics, offering advanced technologies, such as Nofia, FRX Polymers was founded in 2007 after five years of intensive research in the field of inherently flame retardant plastics.

It now operates two pilot plants in Chelmsford, MA, and a polymer plant in Switzerland. It is so start up its first commercial plant in Antwerp, Belgium.

Nofia retardants

Some of the beneficial features of these flame retardant polymers include:

• Maintain transparency in final product 
• High melt flow
• High limiting oxygen index
• Non-halogenated
• Non-corrosive and non-migrating

Techtextil exhibition

At the exhibition Americhem  will also feature:

• General purpose flame retardants for PP and PE
• nVision colour and additives for nonwovens that include customizable combinations of colour, nDuramax UV stabilisers, nShield antimicrobials, flame retardants, antioxidants, hydrophilics, softening agents, strength enhancers and optical brighteners—all in one pellet.
• Pilot line capabilities that help customers increase speed to market without disrupting productivity on their production lines
• Examples of spunbonded nonwoven fabric from the company’s pilot equipment

www.frxpolymers.com

www.americhem.com