News & Events

Performance Pipe HDPE Used to Expand Water System in San Antonio January 19, 2012
  Performance Pipe DriscoPlex® 4000/4100 HDPE pipe was used to expand water system in San Antonio by fusing together 45 ft sections of pipe to make one longer pipe of 1,000 ft.
 
City of Tallahassee First to Use HDPE Pipe to Replace HOBAS Pipe Using Pipe Bursting Construction Method January 20, 2011
  Tropical Storm Fay hit Tallahassee causing widespread flooding and 14" of rain to spill into sewage pump station basins. Pipe bursting trenchless repair was the most logical choice; however bursting HOBAS piping had never been attempted before.
 
New Study Confirms PE is Leak Free and Corrosion Resistant in Potable Water Applications July 27, 2010
  Study of disinfectants on PE pipe conducted by Jana Laboratories is completed and the report is now available.
 
Lake Oswego Project Using Performance Pipe Products Featured in U.S. Mayors Newspaper July 19, 2010
  The City of Lake Oswego, Oregon is featured in the July edition of the U.S. Mayor's Newspaper for their wastewater pipe project that used Performance Pipe DriscoPlex® 4100 Polyethylene HDPE wastewater pipe products.
 
Introducing Autocoiled Packaging for Natural Gas Tubing June 03, 2010
  Performance Pipe is now offering its ½”, ¾” and 1” coils of natural gas tubing in stretch-wrapped autocoils. Historically this tubing has been banded.
 
Performance Pipe Responds to Inquiries on Non-Standard Packaging Materials May 26, 2010
  Performance Pipe assures all current and prospective customers that we do not use off-specification pipe, non-standard start up materials, scrap, sliders or any pipe not specifically intended for gas distribution use in packaging or shipping materials.
 
Local Plant Supplies 36-inch HDPE Water Transmission Pipe to City of Austin December 17, 2009
  Performance Pipe's Brownwood Plant recently supplied 800,000 pounds of high density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe for a water transmission main in the City of Austin.
 
When Performance Matters May 16, 2009
  Choose Performance Pipe PE 4710 High Performance Pipe Products! PE4710 resins have an increased density, higher tensile strength and higher resistance to slow crack growth, allowing pipe to meet higher performance requirements of the new standards.
 
Earthquake-Proof Pipes March 28, 2009
  Truckee Meadows Water Authority (TMWA), in Reno, NV replaced a 100-year old wooden flume damaged by a 4.7 magnitude earthquake with high-density polyethylene pipe.
 
Performance Pipe Meets American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Provisions
  Performance Pipe produces all of its pipe and molded fittings products in the United States. These products are compliant with the Buy American requirement of the 2009 American Recoery and Reinvestment Act.