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Milestones of History

1989 Foundation of Pipelife as a Joint Venture of Solvay (Belgium) and Wienerberger (Austria) with activities in Austria, France and Germany

1990 - 1993 First expansion of the Pipelife Group through acquisitions and foundations of companies in Hungary, France, Germany, Greece, Turkey, Czech and the Slovak Republic. 1994 Integration of the Solvay pipes and fittings activities in The Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and Portugal.

1995 - 1998 Start of operations in Slovenia, Croatia and Romania. Acquisition of Davinyl, Sweden 1999 Marks another very important year for Pipelife. With the acquisition of the Mabo Group, Pipelife achieves a leading position in Northern Europe (Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania). Also Wienerberger’s pipe activities in China are integrated in Pipelife.

2000 Another important year of expansion. By acquiring Jet Stream, situated in the state of Arkansas, the company enters the North American market. Also trading activities in the UK and Ukraine are initiated. 2001 Business expansion into Russia by opening a Sales Office in Moscow.

2003 The acquisition of 100% Pipelife Czech and Pipelife Slovakia took place.

2004 Pipelife expanded by acquiring Propipe in Finland and the PVC business of Drossbach in Germany

2005 Pipelife took over Pannonpipes and Pipelife Romania by 100%. Business expansion into Bulgaria by opening a Sales Office in Plovdiv.

2006 Pipelife invested in building up a plant in Russia.

2007 By aquiring Quality Plastics, Pipelife enters the Irish and British market.

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Triester Strasse 14
2351 Wr. Neudorf / Austria

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