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Plastic Pipes Conference Association # 1995 Edinburgh
Lind
The use of random copolymer polypropylene (PP-R) in hot water sanitary systems has grown substantially in Europe over the last five years. Borealis, which is a leading supplier of polyethylene and polypropylene for pipes and fittings, expects that the numerous benefits of PP-R over other materials will see this trend continue, and expand beyond Europe. Ongoing work on standards and specifications promises to further strengthen PP-R's competitiveness.
Many complete pipe and fitting systems are already available in countries such as Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, and Turkey.
This paper discusses the market development of PP-R in different countries, together with the various success factors that have contributed to the substitution of traditional non-plastic pipe solutions with PP-R systems in sanitary tap water installations.
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Polypropylene has, in Europe, during the last decades gradually gained a stronger position as pipe material for non pressure sewerage applications. First heterophasic PP copolymers came into use in indoor sewerage systems, e.g. in Germany and in Scandinavia. Later Structured Wall Piping systems were developed for...
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