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Since its founding in 1999, the PE100+ Association looks back on a long tradition of annual Advisory Committee meetings, which bring together global Pipe industry experts to give input to the...

The Plastic Pipes Conference Association (PPCA), will celebrate its 50th anniversary in September 2023 whilst holding its 21st conference, PPXXI, at Lake Buena Vista in Florida, between 25th and 27th...
PE 100-RC+ materials have become an essential and well established sub-family of PE 100 compounds. They have a higher stress crack resistance and hence less risk of failure due to damage during...

When the PE100+ Association was first established in 1999 all of the member companies were based in Europe, but that pattern has gradually changed and now 11 of the 14 current members have their...

SHORT SUMMARYPE100 pipes are widely used in the installation, rehabilitation and replacement of pressure systems. They can be installed using a variety of trenchless technologies and so the PE100+...

A number of gas utilities and grid owners have approached the PE 100+ association regarding the suitability of PE 100 pipe systems for the transport of hydrogen. In order to answer to these...

The 38th International No-Dig conference was held in Helsinki between 3rd and 5th October. The aim of the conference and associated exhibition was to highlight how trenchless technologies can...

Kier Infrastructure are undertaking a project to replace an existing GRP pipeline that runs through the Cotswold hills in southern England with a 1200 mm diameter PE100 Pipeline. The original...

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GF Piping Systems is a globally present manufacturer of plastics piping systems for gas and water utilities, for hot and cold water distribution systems inside buildings and for industrial applications. Since 1994 already, +GF+ is using high quality PE100 materials for the production of its polyethylene fittings program. To support high quality PE...
Urs Amacher – Georg Fischer Piping Systems Ltd
Suez Environnement is one of the major and leading water companies in the world providing treatment and distribution of drinking water to millions people, and has an active research center on water and environment (CIRSEE) involved in assessment and development of both technologies and material used in its worldwide business. CIRSEE's work covers...
Philippe Jacq – Suez EnvironnementKM Ho – The Hong Kong & China Gas Company Limited “PE gas pipes have been widely used in our Group in China (including Hong Kong) for gas distribution applications. The use of good quality PE pipes and fittings, and implementation of good installation practices are very important to achieve long service life of the PE gas pipeline system. It is...
K M HO
"Kunststoffrohrverband e.V. (KRV), an association of the plastics pipe industry, is a speaking partner for all applications of the German plastic pipes industries. The target of the KRV and its members is to offer high quality and reliable products. Polyethylene has been established as an important plastic pipe material already since 50 years and...
Dr. Elmar Loeckenhoff - Kunststoffrohrverband - KRV
“High performance polyethylene is now, almost exclusively, the material of choice in the UK(90mm to 315mm) pipe systems and is increasingly being used for larger diameter trunk mains. As an end user, it is of utmost importance that these installations provide long and maintenance free service lives. The work of the PE100+ Association, by setting...
Mike Shepherd
Anna Wroblewska - Wavin - European Sales Manager Renovation “For Wavin company – the leading producer of plastic pipes - the highest quality of products offered to the customers is a matter of the highest importance. The necessary condition for manufacturing the high-quality pipes is the high-quality raw material. For many years Wavin has produced...
Anna Wroblewska - Wavin - European Sales Manager RenovationKey figures
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PE 100-RC+ Quality Materials List
PE 100-RC+ materials have become an essential and well established sub-family of PE 100 compounds. They have a higher stress crack resistance and...
PE 100+ association leads permeation tests for H2 ready certification
A number of gas utilities and grid owners have approached the PE 100+ association regarding the suitability of PE 100 pipe systems for the...
Why choose PE compounds for pressure pipe ?
Simplicity or consistency The simplest way for any polymer producer to operate is to produce natural pellets for a wide range of applications...
PE100+ Quality Materials List
PE100+ Quality Materials List is valid until December 2023. It is available online and a PDF version can be downloaded at the bottom of this page.
What range of pipe diameters is available?
PE100 can be manufactured in a wide range of polyethylene pipe diameters from 16mm to 2000mm. Even larger diameters are possible with the development...
What is SDR pipe and how does it influence the pressure rating of the pipe?
SDR pipe : "Standard Dimensional Ratio" The SDR pipe is the "Standard Dimensional Ratio" and refers to the geometry of the pipe. SDR is defined as...
Founded in 1999, PE100+ Association is a global industry organization made of leading PE manufacturers (today 14) whose objective is to promote consistent quality at the highest level in the production and the use of PE100 pipe material. Safety and quality play critical roles in PE pipe applications. In 1999, three leading PE producers took the initiative to build up the Association to guarantee that PE100+ pipe materials meet the highest possible requirements. By monitoring the most critical properties of enhanced requirements, PE 100+ Association is able to issue a “PE100+ Association Quality Materials List” on a regular basis.
Based on all the concerns detailed above, the PE100+ association approach is based upon the exclusive use of fully compounded PE100 resins that has been so successful in gas and water systems in Europe.
PE100 pipe compounds are usually produced on line using specialised equipment during the pelletisation process. This creates a consistent raw material to be used for quality pipe production thus providing this important peace of mind for the network owner.