Plastics Group in Demand
by ArabianBusiness.com staff writer  on Saturday, 24 May 2008

ROBERT LAWRENCE: Maximising business benefits.

With the use of plastic pipes growing, the Gulf Plastics Pipe Academy aims to maximise their benefits to business. GPPA managing director Robert Lawrence outlines its strategies.

Why was the Gulf Plastics Pipe Academy (GPPA) established?

The GPPA was launched at the Dubai Plast Pro conference in April 2007, following a year of preparations. Its mission is to promote the use of specified plastics pipe systems and good installation practices for the sustainable development of the greater Middle East Region.

It developed from a concern that the plastic pipe industry had reached a stage where policy and strategy had to be industry wide and that the entire value chain had an interest in promoting quality, consistent design and sound installation methods.

The region has a particularly harsh environment and co-operation of stakeholders to solve the resulting problems was an obvious step. more

Borouge Announces Launch of the Gulf Plastics Pipe Academy to Promote the Use of High Quality Plastics Pipe Systems

Date Published: April 23, 2007

Borouge today announced the launch of the Gulf Plastics Pipe Academy (GPPA), of which it is a founding member. The GPPA, formally launched by Harald Hammer, CEO, Borouge Pte Ltd at Dubai PlastPro, is set to play an important role in increasing the use of high quality plastics pipe systems in the Middle East.

The GPPA is an independent, non-profit organisation that has been formed to promote the use of specified plastics pipe systems and good installation practices in the greater Middle East region. A unique organisation, the GPPA represents all stakeholders in the plastic pipe value creation chain – such as polymer producers, pipe and fittings producers, pipe system designers and contractors, pipe installers and utility providers.  The goals of the organisation have been discussed with many other companies in the Middle East and beyond, and the response to this initiative has been very positive in every case. more