Plastics Flammability Handbook

Dr. Jürgen Troitzsch is a self-employed consultant and owner of the Fire and Environment Protection Service (FEPS), which, since 1984, has provided international consultancy and scientific expertise on the fire behavior of plastics, flame retardants, polymer markets, and environmental aspects. He holds a chemistry doctorate from Aachen Technical University, Germany, and worked for 10 years on flame retardants, fire behavior of polymers, and fire testing in R&D for a major chemical company. He is known worldwide as an expert in plastics flammability, within industry, associations, academic institutions, scientific councils, and governmental authorities, and is a member of national and international committees. He has provided many studies and expert opinions, published numerous articles and reviews, and presented worldwide more than 250 papers at conferences on all aspects of fires, fire safety, polymers, flame retardants, and the environment. Since 2017, Dipl. Phys. Edith Antonatus is an independent Fire Safety Consultant. She previously held responsible positions at BASF, Dornier Aircraft, and MBB/Airbus, working in fire safety advocacy, fire behavior of plastics, fire safety regulations, testing, standardization, and research projects over the course of 35 years.

"Die Autoren beschreiben in der vorliegenden englischsprachigen neuen Ausgabe vor allem den heutigen aktuellen Stand der Normung im Bereich verschiedener Kunststoffe und deren internationalen Märkte. [...] Insgesamt informiert dieses Buch Entscheidungsträger in der Industrie vor allem über den heutigen Stand wichtiger Normen und Regularien. Informationen zu Flammschutzanwendungen in der Kunststoffindustrie runden das Buch zu einem gelungenen Werk ab." GAK Gummi Fasern Kunststoffe, Juni 2021