Polyvinyl chloride pipes have become the backbone of modern plumbing, drainage, and irrigation systems worldwide. Understanding the intricate manufacturing process behind these ubiquitous construction ...

As it transitions to processing of lead-free PVC compounds, plastic pipe processor Skoplast (Odolanow Kaczory, Poland) also changed its extrusion heads, with new 3LRK pipe heads replacing the feed ...

Plastics Extrusion Machinery LLC, which makes downstream extrusion equipment for PVC pipe and custom profiles, has acquired technology from BellTech Machinery, a downstream equipment maker in Costa ...

Machine sales across the board in pipe and profile extrusion are looking up, spurred by end-markets getting healthy again. Building construction is the hottest market; wood fiber composites the ...

Plastics extrusion expert Peter Heilmayr died on Aug. 18 at age 87. Heilmayr had suffered a stroke at his home in Broadway, Va., according to his family. He was "surrounded by his family and the music ...

Perth-based Polyline Pipe Systems has joined forces with Aboriginal-owned mining and services business Karlayura Group to use Polyline’s mobile pipe-extrusion technology in WA’s Pilbara region.