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NEWS
No shortcuts to quality pipes
The Southern African Plastic Pipe Manufacturers Association
(SAPPMA) is taking a no-nonsense, uncompromising stance on
the quality of pipes that are manufactured by its members.
Photographed at the factory
visit, from left: Louise Muller
(SAPPMA), Ian Venter (product
specialist at Marley Pipe
Systems), Ronnie Motebejane
(head of manufacturing at
Marley Pipe Systems SA), and
Jan Venter (CEO of SAPPMA).
Marley Pipe Systems was
proud to showcase their
products at a recent visit to their
factory in Rosslyn.
Operating in an industry that is facing various challenges,
it has become all too easy for pipe producers to want to
take shortcuts or compromise on quality by using inferior
raw materials and the like. These pipes enter the market
and are sold to unsuspecting customers who do not
know any better or what to look for. upon to provide vital infrastructure that has to offer
a lifespan of 100 years or more. Companies who
bear the SAPPMA mark should therefore be clearly
differentiated from those companies who do not bear
the mark and who do not hesitate to produce inferior
quality pipes.
However, SAPPMA is refusing to lower its standards
— even if it runs the risk of losing members — as
it holds firm to its belief that plastic pipes are relied SAPPMA recently arranged a factory visit to Marley Pipe
Systems in Rosslyn for members of the media to witness
what the process involves in manufacturing pipes. PA
July 2018 Volume 24 I Number 5
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