Living the plastic pipe dream
- From: Vol 12, Issue 1 (January 2011)
- Category: Market Profile
- Region: Americas
- Country: United States
- Related Companies: Amiantit, Chevron Phillips Chemical’s Performance Pipe, Future Pipe Industries , IPEX, JM Eagle, Solvay, Wavin BV and WL Plastics
Plastic pipe has fared well in the water and wastewater sector, taking market share from traditional materials. Gord Cope assesses its prospects in the wake of the economic downturn.
Pipe is by far the most efficient way to move water from source to treatment plant to consumer to waste treatment and ultimately back to the source. According to consultancy Freedonia, world demand for water-carrying pipe was $186 billion in 2010.
Most pipe is made of steel, concrete, ductile iron or plastic, although figures compiled by independent consultant Dr Jey ...
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