globalpipe  by KWD

A national market potential for the installation of residential fire sprinklers is examined in a new report Residential Fire Sprinklers Market Growth and Labor Demand Analysis, authored by fire protection industry expert Russ Leavitt, SET, CFPS, with contributions by Steven Scandaliato, SET, and Ryan J. Smith. According to the report, the required installation of residential fire sprinklers in newly constructed one and two family houses has the potential to exceed $3 billion annually.

This 37 page document provides a residential fire sprinkler market analysis that projects the market growth potential and labor demand created by the passing and eventual widespread enforcement of amendment RB64-07/08 to the International Residential Code (IRC).

The Residential Fire Sprinklers Market Growth and Labor Demand Analysis, published by Fire Smarts, LLC, is available for download at www.ResidentialFireSprinklers.com .

Vanguard Piping Systems (Canada) Inc. (Vanguard Canada) announced that its parent company has acquired Viega´s remaining interest in the company.
Vanguard Canada is now a wholly owned Canadian corporation manufacturing PEX and HDPE piping products in its facility in Burnaby, British Columbia. The company will continue to sell its products in Canada and now has the opportunity to expand its geographical reach worldwide including the United States.
More: KWD-globalpipe, 2008-10-28, No.296.

With the expansion of its product line far beyond its core high-performance CPVC piping compounds, The Lubrizol Corporation has created a new marketing identity to more accurately reflect its highly diverse offering of CPVC and PEX products and technologies. FBC^TM Building Solutions , the new unit, is named for the company’s core brands (FlowGuard Gold®, BlazeMaster® and Corzan® pipe and fittings). More: KWD-globalpipe, 2008-10-28, No.296.

Within its overall strategic shift away from the production and sale of commodity products, REHAU announced that it will exit municipal PVC pipe manufacturing and supply in Canada, as well as its business as a PEX plumbing systems supplier in the U.S. and Canada.
Production of municipal PVC pipe will end as of October 31, 2008, with sales continuing through March 31, 2009.  The company will also support PEX plumbing systems orders through March 31, 2009, and will provide full-scale customer assistance to ensure a smooth transition into alternative plumbing systems product lines thereafter. (weiterlesen…)