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The global demand for plastic pipes has grown exponentially and, over the next few years, is set to increase for a large variety of applications: from water and gas supply networks, rainwater drainage ...

Polyvinyl chloride, better known as PVC, is a versatile material that’s used in a wide variety of piping applications. It can be as thin and flexible as a wall covering or as rigid as an industrial ...

Houston-based Westlake Corp. is launching a new product in the United States — molecularly oriented PVC (PVCO) pipe — and will manufacture it at a new 190,000-square-foot plant in Wichita Falls, Texas ...