CLEVELAND — Global demand for plastic pipe will rise 8.5 percent annually through 2017 to 11.2 billion meters, according to a report by Cleveland-based Freedonia Group Inc.
WASHINGTON — The newly formed Energy Efficient Foam Coalition (EEFC) said it is opposed to two U.S. building code proposals that would side-step the current code requirement for a long-standing fire safety test.
MONTREAL -- The city of Montreal is studying whether to include large-diameter PVC pipe in its main potable-water lines. Canada's second-largest city has discouraged use of PVC pipe for potable lines with diameters exceeding 24 inches. PVC pipe producers have felt shut out of construction work because of the policy.
CARY, N.C. -- Vinyl building products major Ply Gem Industries Inc. plans to expand its Fair Bluff, N.C., plant to the tune of $15.5 million over the next three years.
DUBAI, UAE – Future Pipe Industries Group is adding to its U.S. operations with the purchase of Specialty Plastics Inc., a Baton Rouge, La., fiberglass reinforced pipe business, from ITT Exelis, according to news releases from both companies.
MEXICO CITY – Family-owned BMI Plásticos SA de CV is expecting delivery of a KraussMaffei 420 injection molding press this spring with which it plans to launch an environment-friendly venture that's been five years in preparation.
CLARE, N.Y. — County officials have begun repairs on the Dean Road Bridge in Clare, N.Y., using boards made out of 100 percent recycled plastic, according to the North Country Now newspaper.
XIAMEN, CHINA -- Hoping to expand its market share in industrial pipe, Chinese processor Xiamen Sanideng Plastic Industry Co. Ltd. is spending more than 300 million Chinese yuan ($48.2 million) on a new injection molding and extrusion factory.
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VANTAA, FINLAND — Finland's antitrust authority has moved to block a plan by two Finnish plastic pipe manufacturers Uponor and KWH Group to merge their pipe infrastructure businesses.
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