The European plastic pipes market [electronic resource] : a Rapra industry analysis report / by Trevor Stafford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stafford, Trevor.

Series:

Rapra industry analysis report series.

Rapra industry analysis report series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plastic pipe industry--Europe.

Plastic pipe industry.

Market surveys--Europe.

Market surveys.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (152 p.)

Place of Publication:

Shawbury, U.K. : Rapra Technology Ltd., 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The sources of information for the plastic pipe industry are many and varied, for it has become one of the great industries of the world. Pipelines and tubing are vital to the infrastructure and economic activity of all countries from the poorest of the third world to the richest developed nations. Plastics have progressively displaced longer established materials through four decades and extruded pipe constitutes a major area of application for polymeric materials. The pipes market also involves a very large pipe fittings production and supply sector. The polymer used in this context has a hi

Contents:

Contents; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 THE POLYMER PIPE SUPPLY INDUSTRY; 3 PIPE SYSTEMS MARKET; 4 PIPE MANUFACTURE AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN; 5 PIPE FITTINGS MARKET; 6 PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION; 7 QUALITY CONTROL AND RESEARCH; 8 DIRECTORY; References; Abbreviations

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-281-77538-X

9786611775384

1-84735-169-7

OCLC:

247128684