There were problems with their resin formulation, specifically related to exceeding the maximum specified amounts of recycled material for various types/classes pipe. They also routinely used recycled pvc pipe materials contaminated rubber gaskets they failed to remove prior to chopping up the plastic.
And Formosa DID own JM Eagle during the period the fraudulent pipe was being made and sold, so the fact that they no longer do is irrelevant to the case I described.
I did not claim Formosa does not know HOW to make pvc resin, I said they cut corners and that they are crooks.
Correction: “contaminated by rubber gaskets”
From the same link:
“One thing the plaintiffs came to realize in the course of the discovery was that there really was no [Formosa] control over the product formulations at JM. They [JM] decided what should go into their pipe and what belongs in the compound, and there was no control over manufacturing. We [Formosa] didn’t have a manufacturing officer. There was none of the kind of intrusive direction or control that you might see in other situations.”
Also, Formosa was not JM’s only resin supplier during the 10-year period, Williams said.
“We certainly were concerned that part of this case was going to be about raw materials,” he added. “It really wasn’t until the plaintiffs came to do their presentation in the phase one trial that they were very clear that they think the compound was good. They said good pipe can be made from the compound. We are not attacking the compound or its ingredients.”
From the same link:
“One thing the plaintiffs came to realize in the course of the discovery was that there really was no [Formosa] control over the product formulations at JM. They [JM] decided what should go into their pipe and what belongs in the compound, and there was no control over manufacturing. We [Formosa] didn’t have a manufacturing officer. There was none of the kind of intrusive direction or control that you might see in other situations.”
Also, Formosa was not JM’s only resin supplier during the 10-year period, Williams said.
“We certainly were concerned that part of this case was going to be about raw materials,” he added. “It really wasn’t until the plaintiffs came to do their presentation in the phase one trial that they were very clear that they think the compound was good. They said good pipe can be made from the compound. We are not attacking the compound or its ingredients.”