By Larry Walton, Photos by Tim Walton It’s not important to know that my brother Chad backed a trailer over our broken sprinkler. The important thing is that we get it fixed. Of course my brother, ...

Springfield, Mo.-based United Poly Systems LLC is extruding a new line of HDPE pipe in the same sizes as traditional copper tubes and iron pipes for a range of applications, particularly water uses.

Private equity firm Industrial Opportunity Partners (IOP) acquired Springfield, Mo.-based United Poly Systems LLC (UPS) with plans to boost pipe production capacity and build on the product mix in a ...

Chauncey grew up on a farm in rural northern California. At 18 he ran away and saw the world with a backpack and a credit card, discovering that the true value of any point or mile is the experience ...

Polyethylene pipes are widely employed in water supply, gas distribution and industrial applications owing to their corrosion resistance, flexibility and cost-effectiveness. Their long-term ...

A video clip showing benefits of polyethylene butt fusion joints for platic pipes. The video demonstrate a burst failure testing showing that failure occurs at the pipe wall and not at the joint ...

HARVEY, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Atkore Inc. (“Atkore”), today announced the acquisitions of two separate but related Oregon-based companies doing business as Cascade Poly Pipe & Conduit (“Cascade”) ...

If you look at enough houses, you will see some with polybutylene pipes, a type of plumbing that has a history of leaks. As a home inspector, I see perhaps three such houses a week -- as many as a ...

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