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INDUSTRY NEWS
SCG Promoting Their New Very-High Abrasion Resistant PE Pipe at Electra Mining Africa 2026
With 200% Higher Abrasion Resistance than PE100 Pipe it is ideal for slurry transportation, tailings management and dredging pipeline applications
LEGAL NEWS
Lack Of Reliance Dooms Uponor Leaky Pipes Class Action
The judge, U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen, dismissed the plaintiffs’ UCL, CLRA and fraud-by-concealment claims without leave to amend. The central problem was that the homeowners alleged they didn’t even know Uponor PEX piping was installed in their homes until after the pipes leaked. Therefore, they couldn’t plausibly show that they relied on something Uponor said—or failed to say—when they bought their homes.
But there’s an important qualification – The ruling doesn’t mean the court found the Uponor pipes weren’t defective.
Read ORDER by Judge Chen for Binkley et al v. Uponor, Inc. (Declassified)
PVC Pipe Antitrust Litigation – Objection Deadline 8th Sept 2026
FAILURE NEWS
Stress-Accelerated Oxidative Embrittlement in Bimodal HDPE Pipes Exposed to Chlorinated Water
Industry Alert on Susceptibility of Impact Damage of uPVC Pipes
Low-Velocity Lateral Impact Behaviour of Water Pressurized uPVC Pipe
uPVC pipes are very prone to damage due to impact loads from falling objects, vehicular crashes, seismic hazards, and landslide-related debris.
NEW DEVELOPMENTS
New Punch Test to Determine Stresses in HDPE Pipe Butt Fusion Welds [pdf]
Kunststoffe Industries Expands HDPE Pipe Capability to OD5,000 mm
Chinese Develop Novel Composite Pipes
Uponor Patent New Method to Make PEX Pipes
HDPE PIPES
Molecular Insights on the Thermal Welding of Semicrystalline Polymers
Numerical Analysis of HDPE Pipe Deformation under EPS-Derived Aggregates
Effect of Water Hammer on HDPE Pipes
Water hammer study in rigid and viscoelastic pipelines with sensitivity analysis of overpressure and damping
Old Plastic Pipes Create Toxic Legacy Issue in Recycling
Chlorinated flame retardants in end-of-life pipes and ducts create implications for plastic recycling
HYDROGEN TRANSPORT
Failure Assessment and Structural Optimization of Multi-layer Steel Wire Winding Hydrogen Polyethylene Pipelines Under Internal Pressure
PVC PIPES
Numerical Analysis of PVC Pipe Deformation under EPS-Derived Aggregates
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