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New range of renewable heat exchange and cleaning fluids for heat pumps and solar heating by Climate Center for exclusive distribution

Climate Center has entered an exclusive agreement with Advanced Engineering to distribute the latest range of heat exchange and maintenance chemicals for use in heat pumps and solar heating. The range comprises six heat transfer and flushing fluids specially formulated for use with heat pumps and solar-powered heating systems. Climate Center’s Robert Franklin said: “As gas and electricity prices escalate, renewable heating is becoming increasi... [more]

Polypipe Terrain increase free training days

Polypipe Terrain is expanding its range of training open days by popular demand. The free hands-on training days, which focus on sharing best practice and important installation techniques, are both product and project specific. New dates have just been announced in May and June for the manufacturer’s Soil & Waste Training Day at its purpose-built Centre of Excellence in Aylesford, Kent. This interactive training programme is designed to gi... [more]

Global Pipes and Pipe/Hose Fittings Market to Reach US$152 Billion by 2017, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on Pipes and Pipe/Hose Fittings market. World Pipes and Pipe/Hose Fittings market is forecast to reach US$152 billion by the year 2017. Growth in the market is expected to steadily rise driven by resurgence in demand from construction, oil and gas, mechanical engineering, automotive engineering, and agriculture and irrigation industries. In the long-term, economic development and urbaniza... [more]

Saint-Gobain Pam UK supplies pipeline solution for listed building in London highlighting German culture

Iron technology leader Saint-Gobain PAM UK, part of leading international materials company Saint-Gobain, has been appointed to supply its cast iron Timesaver Heritage rainwater system for a cultural building in London. The Goethe-Institut is a German government building highlighting the German arts, as well as promoting international cooperation between the UK and Germany and offering the chance to undertake a variety of language courses. ... [more]

Finnish company launches new innovative high speed steel and plastic pipe cutting machines

Exact Tools Oy, who have developed a complete new method to cut pipes, released a brand new range of steel and plastic pipe cutting systems along with cutting accessories onto the UK market .These new innovative solution providers are available exclusively through Wilkinson Star Limited (Exact Tools UK Division), the Worsley, Manchester based industrial equipment supplier. The award winning innovative PipeCut range of pipe cutting systems are ... [more]

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Global Plastic Pipes Industry
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Plastic Pipes Group seeks Ofwat meeting over leak comments
The Plastic Pipes Group (PPG), the trade body representing UK plastic pipe producers, has requested a meeting with water industry watchdog Ofwat to discuss comments it made concerning the credibility of HDPE water pipes.

Water pipe leaks due to bad installation, says BPF
The British Plastics Federation’s (BPF) plastic pipes group has attacked Ofwat for its ill-advised and groundless comments about leak problems with HDPE water pipes.

Plastic water pipes – an easy media target…
So the truth is out about Ofwat’s ‘HDPE pipes leak’ comment. And it was all a storm in a teacup in the end.

Water Watchdog: New Pipes Prone To Leaks
The water watchdog has told Sky News that plastic pipes used to replace the leaking Victorian network are prone to leaking soon after they are installed.The revelation comes after industry regulator Ofwat ...

Digging in for progress
THE Devonport Regional Homemaker Centre site has been a flurry of activity in recent weeks with more than a dozen bulldozers and graders levelling the massive site.