Pipelife

Next step of Irish expansion underway / Plans include more extrusion capacity, training

Supply of chemically recycled PE for water pipes in Vienna

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

Plant expansion and new construction in Scandinavia / Technology to manage heavy rainfall

Agreement to buy Norwegian plastic pipe specialist Isoterm / Spending of EUR 200m earmarked for growth in 2018

Fifth "China International Plastic Pipe Conference" in Hangzhou in October / Sino-European cooperation

Steady growth forecast for the region's well-developed processing sector / AMI database

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

Maarten Roef becomes new president of TEPPFA

PVC pipe makers target growth in China / Exhibition in Shanghai / New leadership roles at PVC4Pipes

Sector characterised by consolidations in Europe / Germany remains largest producer / Top 10 companies account for 40% of output / Wavin is market leader / AMI reports

Pipes and fittings producer reports stable first-half earnings

First-time consolidation of plastic pipe manufacturer benefits brick manufacturer Wienerberger / Sales and earnings on the increase

Life is a roller coaster ride, the European plastics industry finds again in 2012 / Forces majeures and consolidation / North-South profitability gap grows as the shadow of Middle East and China shrinks

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

Wienerberger takes full ownership of the plastic pipe maker / Acquisition reduces dependency on housebuilding

Authorities investigate possible plastic pipe cartel / Inspect offices of Wavin, Pipelife and Tessenderlo

Last remaining French pipe plant sold to Pipelife / Desperate focus on window profiles

Total withdrawal from Iberian market / Workers take action as trading activities cease in Spain and Portugal

Specialities business helps boost sales and operating profit in first half of 2010 / Vinyls sees slight gains