Way of working and members of PE100+ Association
- Founded on 24th February, 1999 by Borealis, Elenac and Solvay.
- Truly international membership currently comprising 15 member companies: Borealis, Borouge, Formosa Plastics Corporation, Hanwha TotalEnergies, INEOS O&P, IRPC, Korea Petrochemical IND. Co., LTD, LyondellBasell, ORLEN Unipetrol, PetroChina Dushanzi Petrochemical Company, Prime Polymer, SABIC, SCG&Thai Polyethylene, Sinopec, and Tasnee.
- Supported by an Advisory Committee of non-affiliated independent experts
- Works closely with other trade associations
Aims of PE100+ Association
- Assuring consistent quality at the highest level in the production and application of PE 100+ pipe materials
- Establishing a PE100+ logo accessible by any producer of PE pipe materials meeting the enhanced requirements of the Association
- Promoting usage of PE piping systems in general
- Focus towards end-users with more information support
- Creating trust in high quality PE materials globally
Members of the Association
Top articles
PE100+ position letter on ANPT
(SCG) resistance on pipes for pressure applications since many years. With the introduction of PE 100-RC materials in EN 1555, EN 12201 and ISO...
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 There are two approaches to PE100 pipe manufacture: Fully compounded. The polymer producer manufactures and supplies to...
PE100+ Quality Materials List
PE100+ Quality Materials List is valid until December 2025. It is available online and a PDF version can be downloaded at the bottom of this page.
Testing methods
Creep rupture strength - Internal pressure test Constant internal pressure at constant temperature The internal pressure test is standardised in ISO...
Pipe Reaming
PIPE REAMING - TECHNIQUE Pipe reaming , also known as pipe eating , is a trenchless pipe replacement technique that removes the host pipe while at...
Pipe Bursting and Splitting
PIPE BURSTING / SPLITTING - TECHNIQUE Pipe bursting and pipe splitting are trenchless methods used to replace existing pipelines with PE100 or...
What range of pipe dimensions 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...