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PIPE FITTING INDUSTRY [2 records]

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Record 1 2001-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
OBS

(Corporate and Trust Affairs, Department of Justice, New Brunswick).

OBS

The Largest Thermoplastic Pipe and Fitting Manufacturer in the World. IPEX Inc. is the result of merging the plastic pipe and fittings businesses of Scepter Manufacturing Company Limited and Canron Ltd. in 1992. Both companies were responsible for a long list of firsts and were instrumental in the development and subsequent growth of Canada's plastic piping industry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
OBS

(Affaires corporatives et fiduciaires, ministère de la Justice, Nouveau-Brunswick) 19990712.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction
  • Various Industries
CONT

The first world war had a notable effect on the building industries of the various countries engaged in or closely affected by it.

OBS

Construction industry.... Industry structure. According to the work they do, contractors are classified as highway, heavy construction, general building(including home builders as a subdivision), and special trade contractors.... Special trade contractors confine themselves to a specialty, such as plumbing, heating, air conditioning, electrical work, painting, tile setting, roofing, plastering, glazing, or pipe fitting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction
  • Industries diverses
CONT

La complexité doit certainement être retenue comme l'une des caractéristiques majeures de l'industrie du bâtiment, et la multiplicité des intervenants [...] est étroitement reliée à cette caractéristique.

OBS

Dans la source DUCON 1968, vol. 1 (première page de l'avant-propos), le terme est employé au pluriel : "Les industries du Bâtiment ..."

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Construcción
  • Industrias varias
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