Sappma Calls For Industry Participation In 7th Pipe Quality Survey

The Southern African Plastic Pipe Manufacturers' Association is inviting industry participation in its 7TH Pipe Quality Survey, by calling on companies to submit HDPE pipe samples for selective quality testing by an independent laboratory. “The plastics piping business is a strategic industry where hardware needs to be reliable for extended periods of time. Long term product quality is fundamental and we therefore need to ensure that the plastic pipes being installed are manufactured according to industry standards and that they would be good for a minimum period of fifty years”, explains SAPPMA Chairman, Jan Venter.  As a representative of more than 80 % of the country’s plastic pipe manufacturers, SAPPMA launched its first Pipe Quality Survey in 2011, during which random samples of plastic pipes were tested for product quality and consistency.