headquarters compton california products solvent cements primers and cleaners adhesives website www.weldon.com weld on is a division of ips corporation a manufacturer of solvent cements primers and cleaners for pvc cpvc and abs plastic piping systems . weld on products are commonly used for joining plastic pipes and fittings . weld on also manufactures specialty products from repair adhesives for leaking pipes pipe thread sealants joint compounds to test plugs for pipeline pressure testing . their products are most commonly utilized in the irrigation industrial pool & spa electrical conduit and plumbing industries . headquartered in california weld on has operations throughout the united states as well as in china and a worldwide network of sales representatives and distributors . history edit 1954 weld on founded and established as a division of ips corporation . 1955 weld on developed the first clear reactive acrylic adhesive that met u.s. department of defense military specification mil spec for use on aircraft canopies 1 1958 ips corporation began endorsing the solvent welding technique a type of plastic welding and patented weld on solvent cement for use on plastic pipe and fittings . 1978 weld on developed and released color match acrylic adhesive for bonding solid surface countertops . 1992 weld on formulated and introduced the first low volatile organic compound voc emission solvent cement in response to growing air quality concerns . 1997 weld on 724 was introduced as the first high strength solvent cement for chemical resistant cpvc plastic joints in the market and formulated for use in a variety of harsh chemical applications such as hypochlorites acids and caustics . 1999 weld on began offering environmentally responsible all low voc solvent cements primers and cleaners and began phasing out regular voc products . 2 references edit mil a 8576 military specification adhesive acrylic base for acrylic plastic . everyspec database . ver . c 1984 ver . b 1965 nsf certified products plumbing and related products ips adhesives . nsf . 2004 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title weld on & oldid 715879223 categories cementpipingplumbing 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 add links this page was last modified on 18 april 2016 at 14 12 . 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