headquarters zwolle netherlands key people maarten roef ceo products pipes revenue 1.327 billion 2011 operating income 35.5 million 2011 net income 18.0 million 2011 number of employees 6 200 end 2011 parent mexichem website www.wavin.com wavin n.v. is a dutch manufacturer of plastic pipes mainly for drainage and water supply purposes . the company was officially founded on 5 august 1955 its name deriving from water and vinyl chloride . the company provides plastic pipe systems and products for tap water surface heating and cooling soil and waste rain water distribution of drinking water and gas and telecom applications . the company is headquartered in zwolle netherlands and operates in 25 european countries . via its central export organisation wavin overseas the company has a network of agents and licensed partners in asia australia africa latin america the middle east and north america . the group also has a facility in foshan china . due to the common use of wavin products the name has become genericised in some parts of ireland to refer to any manufacturer of orange coloured drainpipes citation needed . the company operates in three locations in ireland with the main manufacturing and distribution plant in balbriggan north county dublin and additional offices in lisburn and cork . 1 wavin s own technology and innovation centre wavin t & i employs more than 50 people to develop new products and systems with local wavin companies . products for the european market include the smartfix push fit fitting the tempower surface heating and cooling product tegra manholes and inspection chambers and the sitech low noise in house soil and waste system . references edit wavin ireland company profile external links edit official website this article related to a manufacturing company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this dutch corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wavin & oldid 737061115 categories companies of the netherlandscompanies established in 1955dutch brandsmanufacturing company stubsdutch company stubshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from april 2013all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschnederlandspolskirom n edit links this page was last modified on 31 august 2016 at 14 31 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view