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Charlotte Pipe and Foundry
Top US PVC pipe manufacturer; 8 facilities across US; AWWA C900 certified; also cast iron, CPVC, ABS; employee-owned company
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PVC Pipe (DWV & Pressure)
50%Cast Iron Pipe (Soil & DWV)
25%ABS & Other Plastic
15%Fittings & Accessories
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Origin2023
Charlotte Pipe and Foundry was founded in 1901 in Charlotte, North Carolina — established when Charlotte was a small textile and banking city, not yet the financial center it later became. The company started making cast iron soil pipe (for sewer drain lines in buildings) from Charlotte's access to Southern pig iron and rail connections to industrial markets. Charlotte Pipe grew as US residential and commercial construction expanded through the 20th century, transitioning from exclusively cast iron to include PVC (beginning in the 1950s-1960s as PVC became accepted for plumbing), CPVC (for hot water applications), and ABS plastics. The company converted to employee ownership (ESOP — Employee Stock Ownership Plan) at some point in its history, making it one of the larger employee-owned manufacturing companies in the US pipe industry. Employee-owned manufacturing companies are statistically less likely to offshore production and more likely to invest in worker training and long-term capital expenditures; Charlotte Pipe's 8 US facilities represent a manufacturing footprint consistent with a company with long-term domestic production commitment. The 1901 Charlotte cast iron foundry that transitioned from cast iron sewer pipe to PVC pressure pipe over 120+ years remains private and employee-owned — an unusual ownership structure for a company serving a significant portion of US residential plumbing supply.
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