A five-gallon plastic bucket filled with washed stone and a pair of gallon-sized water jugs helped city engineers in Greenville, SC, decide what kind of drainage system to install on a fast-growing ...

PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Performance Pipe, a division of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP, has announced its release of a new polyethylene (PE) pipe whose capabilities significantly improve ...

Polyethylene pipe engineering has evolved into a multidisciplinary field that combines materials science, mechanical engineering and advanced manufacturing technologies. High-density polyethylene ...

Polyethylene (PE) has revolutionized low-pressure pipe system design on a global basis and is testimony to PE's unique combination of properties, which have driven the replacement of traditional pipe ...

Encoma Ltd. has entered the high density polyethylene pipe extrusion market with a new factory in Elm Creek, Manitoba. The plant is equipped with technology from KraussMaffei Extrusion GmbH that ...

IRVING, TX – The Municipal Advisory Board (MAB) of the Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI) today announced the publication of a new technical document that provides data for high-density polyethylene ...

IRVING, TX — A new report that examines the required wall thickness for a fully fused high-density polyethylene (HDPE) water main to withstand the lateral spread from an earthquake or other seismic ...

Construction crews in 2020 will replace many plastic water mains of “the future” that are failing about 60 years earlier than expected in its Highland Park neighborhood. A key factor in the ...

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.