Researchers at the $65M facility will focus on materials science, product lifecycle, hydraulics and technology for manufacturing.

The Washington factory is No. 17 for the employee-owned company that is also building a new facility in Florida for polyethylene and polypropylene pipe.

The chances for a stronger international agreement on limits to plastic production may have increased dramatically as the world nears a U.N. deadline for achieving a plastics treaty. The game changer: ...

The global spigot end cap ... its pipe business in China to a consortium led by the Chinese government in April 2021. This ...