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The Utah State University (USU) Buried Structures Laboratory has published a comprehensive study on water main break rates for the United States and Canada. 

MOLECOR announces its participation at NPE 2012, the International Plastics Showcase. They will present its new technology for the production of PVC-O pipes at booth 40033.

China is showing increasing interest in Plastics Pipes and this market is now the biggest in the world. A conference on Plastic Pipes was organised by the PPCA as a spin off from the successful Plastics Pipes XV conference.

24-26 September 2011
Plastic Pipes XVI, the International Plastic Pipe Conference will be held in Barcelona, September 24-26, 2012.

The prototype in PVC, created for the Termared European project, is now working.

Spanish molecular orientated PVC pipe producer Molecor has launched the first 630 mm diameter PVC-O pipe. The TOM brand pipe is produced on Molecor's M OR P 3163 inline pipe orientation equipment at the company's own pipe production company in Mejorada del Campo near Madrid.

A PVC piping system was used to replace an aging cast iron water main in north west Ohio, USA. The use of horizontal directional drilling in conjunction with Certain Teed's Certa-lok Restrained Joint System offered the most cost effective solution to a problem facing Ohio American Water.

The Village of Baldwin, Ill., recently made the decision to replace a failing 40-year-old clay tile sewer main with a new 10-inch gravity sewer, featuring 600 feet of CertainTeed® Certa-Lok™ C-900/RJ restrained-joint PVC pipe.

Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Company has recently received NSF international certification for an innovative PVC pipe that uses recycled material.

The PVC Forum Italia will organise a conference on PVC pipes "PVC pipes: new additives, durability and sustainability" on the occasion of the 'H2O' fair which will take place at Ferrara, Italy between 19 - 21 May 2010

28 April 2010
A roundtable lunch discussion from 12:30 - 14:00 h at the Members Salon, European Parliament in association with PlasticsEurope.

ANYWHERE, U.S.A., February 18, 2010….With prolonged cold temperatures and record snowfalls throughout the country this winter, municipalities throughout the United States are replacing faulty and aging pipes with durable PVC pipe systems.

...by raising the profile of water through a campaign implemented in its members' companies

The body encouraging development of more environmentally friendly buildings in Australia has revised its previously negative view on PVC materials.
The Sydney-based Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) said its new system for rating the plastic should be in force by April following a review that ended in February and considered advances made by the PVC sector.

9-10 November 2010
In 2010, IdentiPlast will set its sails towards London to, once more, gather leading international experts to cover a wide range of topics related to the collection, sorting, identification, recovery and recycling of end-of-life plastics.

NEW HAVEN, Mich., January 8, 2010….A new PVC pipe installation project will prevent further costly and messy sewer back-ups of homes in New Haven, a suburb of Detroit.

With no signs of deterioration after 75 years, a life-expectancy of more than 100 years for PVC pipe is quite realistic. But its unique polymer structure also makes it highly suitable for recycling. So, perhaps, for PVC pipes, the best is yet to come.

Makoto Tanijiri of Hiroshima architects Suppose Design Office has completed an installation at the Diesel Denim Gallery Aoyama in Tokyo, Japan.

STILLWATER, Oklahoma., August 11, 2009....Stillwater Water Utilities workers is using PVC pipe to replace a deteriorated 8-inch sewer line, to be completed by August 2010.

June 29 2009 - The Village Board of the small town of Cassadaga in New York State reviewed plans to upgrade their water supply. Project engineer Greg McCorkhill outlined his latest plans for the Cassadaga Village Board. These plans call for alternate pipe materials, between ductile iron and PVC.

June 22-26th 2009. Chicago
Molecor will assist to the next NPE, the International Plastics Showcase that will be celebrated for five days at Chicago's McCormick Place. Chicago is going to receive an exhibition about the new and emerging plastic technologies, and, among them, there is no doubt that Molecor Technology emphasizes by herself.

Residents in Phase 1 of the prestigious new Saxton residential development in Leeds will be enjoying their homes in peace and quiet thanks to the use of Polypipe Terrain's Acoustic dB12 piping system.

In the week commencing 24 September Danish Natural Science Festival is again focusing on natural science. The objective of the festival is to create enthusiasm for natural science and technology among children and young people. Last year the festival involved around one fourth of the basic schools and around one half of the upper secondary schools in Denmark.

BEIJING, May 1, 2008 (VNS) -- The pristine water the world will see in the main competition pool at the 2008 Summer Olympics flows through a water treatment system that includes 4,300 feet of chlorinated PVC (CPVC) pipe, manufactured by Cleveland-based Lubrizol Corporation

EDMONTON, ALBERTA, April 10, 2008 (VNS) -- Three utilities—two in Canada and one in the United States—have received the first International Awards for Sustainable Infrastructure in recognition of their outstanding performance records, their excellent management of infrastructure assets, and their substantial savings in repair costs.

PRW magazine have reported that plastics are forecast to see the fastest growth rate of materials used to make large diameter pipes in the US over the next few years. According to leading international business research company, Freedonia Group, demand for plastics pipe is set to rise from around 12.5 million metres in 2007 to around 16.5 million metres in 2012. This growth of over 5.5% per annum is an acceleration of the rate of 3.4% shown in the 2002-2007 period.

The Chlorine Chemistry Division, in partnership with the Vinyl Institute, has completed an economic analysis of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in the U.S. and Canada. The study found that PVC products save U.S. and Canadian consumers over $20 billion per year.