Uponor is an international leader in plumbing systems and indoor climate systems, supplying products to more than 100 countries around the world and is the world's number one supplier of plastic pipes and water pipes for building heating.
 
Uponor has a high reputation in the European and American markets, with sales in Europe and North America accounting for more than 70% of total revenue. In 2016, Uponor established a factory in Taicang, Jiangsu Province, and directly introduced German production lines and European standard monitoring equipment to ensure that the product quality of the Chinese factory is the same as that of the European factory.
 
There were rumors that Uponor would withdraw from the Chinese market, but there was no similar information found on the company's official website and industrial and commercial registration, and Uponor had undertaken the ground heating project of Beijing Daxing International Airport, so it can be determined that Uponor has no signs of withdrawal, and users can buy it with confidence.
 
Uponor was founded 100 years ago, the production of household appliances and cast iron pipes, with the upgrading of water supply pipes, it transformed into the plastic pipe industry in 1965, and now the production of plastic pipes is also the main business of Uponor, accounting for half of the company's revenue, and the total length of PEX hoses produced by it exceeds 3.5 billion meters. In addition to the plumbing business, Uponor's other businesses are also closely related to water supply and heating, including indoor climate systems and infrastructure construction.
 
In addition to the external unit, the water floor heating components are divided into floor heating pipes and water collectors, the floor heating pipes are buried in the ground for ground heating, and the water collectors are installed on the ground to evenly distribute the hot water of the entire floor heating system and complete the hot water circulation. Because the floor heating pipe is buried in the ground, once there is cracking and leakage, the ground needs to be excavated, and the maintenance process is very troublesome, so the quality of the floor heating pipe determines the use experience of the water floor heating system, and Uponor floor heating pipe ranks first in the world. According to Uponor's own experimental data, its aluminum-plastic composite pipe can reach more than 50 years at a high temperature of 70 degrees and an atmospheric pressure of 10Pa, and the limit experimental test data is 107Pa, while the general pipe cannot withstand 70Pa.
 
Uponor's underfloor heating pipes and manifolds are available in two versions, Comfort Pipe Plus and PE-RT, both of which are equipped with oxygen barrier layers to prevent oxygen penetration in the pipes and extend the service life of the floor heating system. Since 1973, Bodycote has been testing Uponor pipes on hot and cold cycles, and to this day there have been no problems with the product, which is a testament to its durability.
 
Comfort Pipe Plus is Uponor's flagship product, made of PE-Xa, a common material for floor heating coils. The raw material of PE-Xa pipe itself is resistant to high temperature, but the production process is relatively complex, so the price is slightly expensive, 12.5 yuan per meter; PE-RT pipe heat resistance is also excellent, soft and easy to lay, and it is also commonly used floor heating pipe, PE-RT pipe process is relatively simple, the price is 7.7 yuan per meter, the price is relatively affordable.
 
There are three types of Uponor manifolds, all of which are priced at about 2,000 yuan, which are suitable for two- to three-room residences. The three are made of stainless steel, the UBC is brass and the Vario M is made of high-strength plastic. Among the three, metal manifolds are more recommended, which are better in strength and corrosion resistance than plastic products, and the service life of the products can reach more than 20 years, making them the most commonly used manifold materials in the European and American markets.