Polyvinyl chloride pipes have become the backbone of modern plumbing, drainage, and irrigation systems worldwide. Understanding the intricate manufacturing process behind these ubiquitous construction ...

KUNMING, CHINA — China's plastic pipe production grew 10 percent last year, to 12.1 million metric tons, fueled by increasing urbanization, expansion of rural drinking water systems and government ...

Macon, Ga.-based Cherokee Culvert Inc. is making its first foray into the plastic pipe market with a high density polyethylene composite product for storm water and culvert applications. After 50 ...

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A proposed ASTM International standard aims to use best practices to prevent contamination in manufacturing polyethylene pipe and fittings. W. CONSHOHOCKEN, PA – A proposed ASTM International standard ...

A report warning cities against the use of PVC pipes in water systems sparked swift and resounding criticism from the plastics industry, its advocates and at least one leading scientific expert.

On Tuesday, President Biden announced a new rule from the Environmental Protection Agency that will require the replacement of nearly all the lead pipes in the U.S. within 10 years, an effort to ...

The updates to Federal Pipeline Safety Regulations for plastic piping systems used to transport natural or other gas reflect changing technologies and issues affecting plastic pipe and respond to ...

Thermoplastic piping supplier IPEX recently announced that it is investing in a major expansion that will impact three of its US pipe extrusion facilities. The company, headquartered in Oakville, ON, ...

The Planet Plastic company has built in Irpin (Kyiv Region) the first solar-powered polyethylene pipe production plant in Ukraine. The company has said this in a statement, the Ukrainian News agency ...

By Stephen Clapham It may shock people to learn that cancer is the most dangerous threat to firefighter health and safety. In fact, cancer is the leading cause of fire fighter line-of-duty deaths. ...

The plastic pipe manufacturing sector is feeling the economic pinch, with domestic plastic pipe production capa- city outweighing demand, says Southern African Plastic Pipe Manufacturers Asso- ciation ...