Pipe giant JM Eagle expands PVC fittings east

JM Eagle, which according to the company is the world’s largest manufacturer of plastic pipe, announced that it has started East Coast injection molding and distribution of its entire line of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) electrical fittings. The fittings are used in conjunction with the company’s PVC electrical conduit and gas line products. JM Eagle’s complete assortment of PVC electrical fittings—including Schedule 40 fittings, Schedule 40 and Schedule 80 standard radius elbows, special radius sweeps, boxes and couplings—are now being manufactured in Adel, GA for distribution to customers throughout the eastern half of the United States.

“The fittings used with our electrical conduit PVC pipe products have been well received by customers in the West, and we’re pleased to now be able to offer them to the remainder of the country,” says Michael Lang, electrical fittings manager at JM Eagle.

JM Eagle produces a wide range of pipe products for above-ground and underground applications in the electrical conduit/solvent weld category, including PVC Schedule 40 and Schedule 80 conduit, encased and direct-burial power and communication duct, Type C telephone duct, Schedule 40 utility pipe, and PVC “gas sleeve” pipe. —[email protected]