An electrical contractor has filed an antitrust lawsuit in U.S. court accusing Westlake, Atkore and other major PVC pipe manufacturers of conspiring to overcharge municipal and commercial buyers.

The class action lawsuit alleges that from at least 1997 through at least Jan. 1, 2009, the majority of the PVC pipe manufactured and sold by J-M Manufacturing Co. Inc. (JM Eagle's corporate ...

There are quite a few PVC gluing tips you can try to keep your project running smoothly, but the most savvy ones include working quickly with the primer and glue while also not skimping on these ...

Contractors and other commercial purchasers of PVC pipe have secured their first settlement in a lawsuit in U.S. court accusing some of the industry’s largest manufacturers of conspiring to fix ...

The Erie County Water Authority (“Erie”) filed a Class Action Complaint in the United States District Court (Northern District of Illinois) against seven PVC pipe manufacturers alleging ...

While PVC comes in a spectrum of brights, you'll still want to learn how to paint PVC if you’ve got a more sophisticated palette in mind. Here, the steps for a coat that sticks.

Commercial and municipal buyers of PVC pipe won a $6 million settlement with one party in a federal lawsuit accusing some of North America's largest extruders of conspiring to fix prices and ...

The Erie County Water Authority in Buffalo, N.Y., filed a class-action lawsuit on Nov. 8 against seven PVC pipe manufacturers and the Oil Price Information Service (OPIS), accusing them of ...

PVC pipes for drinking water systems are safe and more environmentally friendly than metal pipes, plastic industry representatives said.

Despite the plumbers union raising health concerns about the product, restrictions on the use of the plastic pipe have been removed.

The Ninth Circuit further explained that “permitting future class action named plaintiffs, who were unnamed class members in previously uncertified classes, to avail themselves of American Pipe ...