Improve Fire Safety of Wood-Plastic Composites and Plastic Lumber

March 07, 2006

BATON ROUGE, La., March 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wood-plastic composites (WPC) and plastic lumber are quickly establishing themselves in the building and construction industry as superior alternatives to wood and other materials in decking, siding, and roofing applications. The use of these innovative materials -- products that look like wood but can be processed like plastic -- in other applications such as automotive, furniture and pallets, to name a few, is only likely to increase as manufacturers discover easy solutions for flame retarding their resins to meet product safety and regulatory requirements.

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