PP-R pipe is a new indoor Plastic Pipe China in recent years the more sells indoor hot and cold water pipes is also the biggest-selling variety. However, the former high-flying industry is in trouble now.
Exaggeration eat the bitter fruit of

PPR pipe is mainly used for indoor hot and cold water pipes, a small amount for the floor heating. Its biggest advantage is that production technology simple and small investment, the price is relatively low, so quickly dominate the market. However, in publicity and marketing in many domestic manufacturers exaggerated, blind exaggerated its performance and applications. This Jiezeeryu practice, although the short time to open and expand the market, but the consequence is catastrophic, is bound to cause excessive expansion of the whole industry and product supply and demand imbalance.

According to the Beijing Plastics Industry Association statistics, in 2002 China PP-R pipe sales reached 250 million meters (approximately equivalent to 28.5 thousand tons), the Beijing Construction Committee for the record production of more than 300 enterprises, while in Zhuji, Zhejiang region is now at least 500 plants in the production of similar products. Over-expansion has brought a serious oversupply of products, followed by the market chaos and disorderly competition. This directly affects the PP-R pipe market's healthy development.

In fact, PP-R pipe is only three kinds of Polypropylene Pipe (PP-B, PP-H, PP-R) in kind. Because the materials used is different from the performance of three different tubes, this use is also different, it should be said that the length of each other, can not be generalized. For example, PP-R performance in the heat-resistant than PP-H, at low temperature performance is not as good as PP-B. PP-R is only indoor hot water pipe in the relatively good performance of a plastic pipe, but the number of PP-R pipe production enterprises are artificially divided into three kinds of pipe the so-called first generation, second generation, third generation, regardless of the specific circumstances to flaunt PP-R is the ideal product. Such false and misleading propaganda, the whole industry into the extremely dangerous situation.

Pseudo-time flood disturb the market

If we say that the causes of false and misleading propaganda is the case, then the present, China PP-R pipe market, the biggest problem is the large spread of fake and shoddy products. Flooding the market with low price, resulting in standardized manufacturing enterprises serious difficulties, while a large number of fake and shoddy products also allow users of the PP-R pipe confidence shaken.

Rising raw material prices in the circumstances, the current situation worse. Typical fake PP-R pipe, usually with common blends of polyethylene instead of polypropylene plus PP-R as the raw material production, and also added a large number of calcium carbonate (generally more than 20%, and some even up to 50%), while in the Fitting in with the PP-B is to pretend to PP-R. This produced a product, selling prices to be significantly lower than normal PP-R pipe, which greatly damaged the PP-R market, its healthy development. On the other hand, because of fake and shoddy products to distinguish them there are some difficulties, the general need for the melting point or spectral test, which also provided for the proliferation of fake and shoddy products the opportunity.

Multi-joint root of the problem

PP-R pipe industry, to be out of the current difficulties, it is imperative to rectify market order, and to build a harmonious environment and the norms of market competition mechanism. This requires the management, production enterprises and users in close cooperation and unified action.

For industry and commerce, quality inspection, the judiciary, as well as industry associations and other departments, not only to emphasize the strict supervision of the medium-term, but also the need to strengthen pre-market forecasts, market regulation, as well as the late penalty. Last year, Beijing Industrial and Commercial Authority on the adoption of market sampling, the 13 failed pipe, pipe fittings business and clear the Beijing Building Materials Market (where PP-R pipe failed enterprises accounted for the majority). This year in Beijing, the Beijing Municipal Construction Commission also requires that the record of the PP-R pipe must be replaced test report (general requirements for biennial). These measures have effectively curbed illegal corporate arrogance.

For the PP-R pipe production enterprises, it must be long-term interests from the industry, change of mindset. First, in marketing, must be honest and realistic, appropriately publicize the product's performance and scope of application; Second, enterprises should strengthen their sense of self-protection, improve the technological level of anti-counterfeiting counterfeiting, such as the configuration of basic testing equipment, adhere to raw materials into the factory testing and product factory testing; again, the current domestic PP-R pipe production enterprises caught in a vicious circle of price competition, deviated from the orbit of a rational competition, regulate the production companies have absolutely no benefit to talk about, most of the loss-making state enterprises are barely to maintain, so from the price competition, competition, changes in technology and management up to, and constantly develop new, better performance, improved version of the PP-R products, take the differences and characteristics of operation of the road.

PP-R pipe for the majority of users, both good and bad products, there are some difficulties identifying them, the best way is to choose the time of purchase of products identified by the authoritative department, the product identification business through the general strength of relatively strong and reliability is also higher. In addition, the user can view the manufacturer to purchase raw materials invoices, forgery businesses generally will not buy it or just buy little PP-R materials.