On Aug. 23, a class action lawsuit was filed alleging that some leading PVC pipe manufacturers exploited supply chain disruptions to fix prices and overcharge their customers for PVC municipal water ...

CHICAGO, Aug. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Steel Tube Institute (STI), an organization that brings together key producers in the steel industry to advance the use of steel tubing, announced the launch ...

Today in the submersibles department our hacker [Rupin Chheda] wrote in to tell us about their submarine project. This sub is made from a few lengths of PVC piping of various diameters. There is an ...

June 9 (Reuters) - 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 ...

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Westlake (NYSE:WLK) -2.1% in Tuesday's trading as an electrical contractor has filed an antitrust lawsuit accusing the company, Atkore (ATKR), Otter Tail (OTTR) and seven other manufacturers of ...

An electrical contractor in Minnesota is suing PVC pipe makers over what he alleges is price fixing, and is seeking to make the case a class action lawsuit. George Bavolak of Minneapolis owned ...

Aug 26 (Reuters) - 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 ...

Abstract: Aluminum alloy pipe bends, extensively utilized in aircraft piping systems, are more susceptible to defects in the bend section due to stress concentration, posing significant threats to ...