With administrative offices located in Dallas, Texas, The Plastics Pipe Institute Inc. (PPI) is the major trade association representing all segments of the plastics piping industry. PPI members share a common interest in broadening awareness and creating opportunities that expand market share and extend the use of plastics pipe in all its many applications. As an association, PPI focuses collaborative efforts to accumulate data, concentrate facts and target resources toward advancements in applications and increases in widespread usage.

PPI serves as a channel for information sharing, issues resolution, idea exploration and successful implementation guidance. The association is dedicated to advocacy and outreach efforts in support of these goals, and strives to expand the scope of overall education by broadcasting the many benefits and features of plastics pipe. The association is comprised of over 170 members and associates.

PPI promotes contemporary use of plastics piping for water and sewer, gas distribution, oil and gas production, industrial and mining uses, power and communications, telecommunications duct, hot & cold water plumbing, hydronics, storm water and irrigation.

PPI vision and leadership resulted in the establishment of uniform testing and design criteria which became the foundation for all current applications of plastics piping. In addition, the methodology for the rating of long term material strength and the adoption of standard preferred numbers to state specific properties were early PPI achievements. PPI also engineered the first code of acceptance for plumbing, industrial, commercial and gas distribution. PPI is a non-profit trade association dedicated to the advocacy and advancement of use of plastics in pipe infrastructure systems because they are smart, economical and sustainable solutions. The mission of The Plastics Pipe Institute is to advance the acceptance and use of plastic pipe systems through research, education, technical expertise and advocacy. This is accomplished through:

• contributing to the development of standards
• educating designers, installers, users and government officials
• publishing up-to-date technical and general reports
• collecting and publishing industry statistics
• establishing forums for problem solving and new idea generation
• maintaining liaisons with industry, educational and government groups
• providing a technical focus for the plastics piping industry
• supplying associated web sites with up-to-date information

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