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JM Eagle may be forced to fund pipe replacement
JM Eagle is facing the prospect of paying the cost of replacing PVC water pipes it has installed across the USA – even if they are working perfectly. A report in Law360 says
that the company – which in 2014 was found liable for damages under the False Claims Act, for supplying sub-standard pipe – may be faced with a huge bill for the cost of replacement. However, the company
argues that this goes beyond the terms of the original verdict. In the earlier trial, according to JM, it was found liable for ‘benefit of the bargain’ damages – that is, the
difference between the price paid for the pipe, and what would have been paid had the customers known it did not meet federal standards. It argued that, in other
cases where replacement costs were obtained, the products were unusable. However, the prosecution
has argued that, because the pipes were not manufactured to the correct standard, they will need to be replaced ahead of time – so JM must compen- sate all the plaintiffs for this. Judge George Wu, who is
presiding over the case, has allowed both sides to submit more evidence to support their
claims – which will be heard next month.
The original case began in 2006, when former employee John Hendrix claimed that JM deliberately used sub-standard processes and materials to make its pipes, which were sold to municipalities across the country. When the case came to
court, rather than hear evidence from all plaintiffs it used just five ‘exemplar’ plaintiffs. The next phase of the trial
is due to begin in March 2017, according to the Law360 report. ❙
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Turkish market helps Deceuninck post increased third-quarter sales
Deceuninck, the Belgian plastic profile extruder, has reported a small rise in sales for the third quarter of the year.
The company posted sales
of nearly €169 million for the period, a rise of almost 1%. Year-to-date sales were up more than 4%, to just short of €500 million. “We are pleased with our
Q3 sales performance which continues to be in line with expectations – despite the adverse effect of Brexit and further contraction of the Russian market,” said Francis Van Eeckhout, CEO. He added that strategic
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projects – such as new factories in Turkey and the USA – remained on track. ‘Turkey and emerging
markets’ is now the company’s largest sector – and grew by
nearly 9% in Q3. In the year to date, sales to Turkey are 10% ahead of the previous year. However, sales in the rest
of Europe fell. ❙
www.deceuninck.com
Kabra adds technology partners
Kabra Extrusiontechnik, an Indian manufacturer of extrusion machinery, has signed two separate technology partnerships with European machinery manufacturers. At K2016 recently, it
announced a strategic partnership with German corrugated pipe machinery producer Unicor, to provide extruder systems for local and international markets. The collaboration plans to make corrugated pipe machine in India by combin- ing Unicor’s expertise with Kabra’s manufacturing capabilities – to offer value-for-money machinery for India and other markets. “The agreement
represents our joint commitment to provide customers with a single source for the latest technology equipment,” said Anand Kabra, manag- ing director of the company. At the same time, Kabra
has entered into a joint venture with Extron Mecanor of Finland, which makes pipe socketing and belling equipment. The company’s Mecabell
socketing machines achieve flexibility through inter- changeable tools and attachments, it says. They can be used for both conventional and corru- gated pipe. ❙
www.kolsite.com ❙
www.unicor.com ❙
www.extron-mecanor.fi
November/December 2016 | PIPE & PROFILE EXTRUSION 5
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