Aliaxis

Pipe manufacturer suffers from slump in building industry / Sales, earnings under pressure

The plastics industry continues to work in a state of emergency / Slumps in demand, cheap imports and ever-new regulations make life difficult for producers and processors / Producers on the other side of the Atlantic also face more difficulties

Aliaxis agrees to share purchase offer / Uponor takeover inches closer

Rival bid from Georg Fischer gets nod from Uponor board, shareholders / Pipe maker valued at EUR 2.1 bn / Aliaxis withdraws offer

Belgian pipe maker buys Valencia Pipe ops

Finnish pipe maker rejects higher offer from Aliaxis

Board rejects Aliaxis bid / Margin edges higher in Q1 / Sales forecast at or above EUR 1.3 bn this year

Belgian pipe maker tables bid for Finnish competitor Uponor / Current offer nearly EUR 2 bn

Acquisition of Italian pipe manufacturer Lareter

Benoît Hennaut from Herige elected new president

Acquisition of fittings producer Harco to widen US presence, pipe product portfolio

Plastic pipe producer to focus on core activities / CEO Laurent Lenoir to depart

European plastic pipe association's next president is Tom Van Gyseghem

Belgian pipes company to merge Friatec and Akatherm FIP

Annual meeting focuses on circular economy and sustainability / Cooperation between producers and converters to be intensified / New members elected to steering committee

Fausto Bejarano appointed president

Benoît Hennaut is new president of French plastics converters association FEP

STR-PVC association launches project for the collection of PVC pipes / Recycler Paprec as partner

Renolit CEO Michael Kundel unanimously re-elected as EuPC president / European plastics processors must work together to defend their interests

New heads for EuPC's Building and Construction working groups

EuPC elects Michael Kundel as its new president / Calls on authorities to safeguard industry's competitiveness

EuPC elects new steering committee members / Discussions on industry concerns / Confirms priorities for Europe

New pipe joint venture with Ashirvad Pipes in India

Belgian pipe producer acquires Chile's Vinilit / Deal strengthens Latin American business

EU authorities raid offices of several producers on suspicion of illegal price fixing / Tessenderlo, Pipelife and Wavin searched