A 2023 chocolate factory explosion in West Reading, Pennsylvania, was caused by natural gas leaking from a degraded Aldyl A pipeline and worsened by a damaged steam pipe and other environmental ...

Thermoplastic pipe extruder Ipex USA LLC acquired Silver-Line Plastics Corp., which manufactures pipe at four U.S. sites. Founded in 1962, Asheville, N.C.-based Silver-Line produces a broad range of ...

Two federal lawmakers representing a city where a natural gas explosion at a chocolate factory killed seven employees are calling for removal of Aldyl A piping, the trademarked name of a polyethylene ...

Thermoplastic piping supplier IPEX recently announced that it is investing in a major expansion that will impact three of its US pipe extrusion facilities. The company, headquartered in Oakville, ON, ...

PG&E crews began carving out sections of the street to gain access to the old plastic pipeline, known as Aldyl-A. "The lines you see here along the road and outside the homes, those are the main lines ...

Work continues on replacing the original force main pipeline on the City of Sterling’s wastewater treatment system. Crews are in the process of threading 1,000-foot lengths of 16-inch PVC pipeline ...