Plastic pipes do not contaminate drinking water
There have been suspicions that harmful substances migrate from plastic pipes into drinking water. A new study by the Danish EPA has acquitted the pipes.
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New concept for production of spolyethylene pipes
Borealis introduced new concept for production of single-stage peroxide-crosslinked polyethylene pipes.
New generation PE adhesive resin of LyondellBasell
LyondellBasell Launches New-Generation PE Adhesive Resin used in Steel Pipe External Coatings.
Analysis of the plastic tube market
Just a few weeks before the International Tube and Pipe Trade Fair, Tube 2008, in Düsseldorf, another sector is reporting successful developments. In addition to the steel industry, which is currently posting one positive result after another, the German plastic tube industry is charting a course for significant growth. As Dr. Elmar Löckenhoff, Managing Director of the Kunststoffrohrverband e.V. (Plastic Tube Association), states in the preface of the KRV business report 2007, the German plastic tube industry is also benefiting from globalisation. - This is shown specifically by the opening of the Eastern European markets - he admits.
