Thompson Pipe Group
We’re a privately held family business of engineers, contractors and manufacturers based in Rialto, California. From our humble beginnings, we built a family of products to meet the needs of all kinds of infrastructure. Each generation of products is better than the previous. Thompson Pipe Group (TPG) is now the largest and most diverse drainage, sanitary, pressure and trenchless pipe provider, with manufacturing locations across the country and serving not just the US but all of North America.
We’ve got this.
Our nation’s underground infrastructure is in dire need of rehabilitation and, in many places, replacement. It’s an enormous challenge, but one that TPG is poised to meet head-on with our complete range of pipe products and our collaborative engineering support resources behind them.
Bring it on.
TPG has never been more ready. We’ve evolved to tackle the biggest, most complex challenges on a continental scale. Exactly the right product for the right application. Our legacy is focused on making the world a better place for the next generation and those to come.
“Because of our roots as contractors, we know what’s needed to be the best partners to water owners, engineers and contractors.”
— CEO, Ken D. ThompsonMade with true grit.
You won’t find a company more passionate about this industry than TPG. We’re zealously committed to being collaborative partners. Besides being engineers and contractors ourselves, we operate from the utmost of ethics. We’re big believers in character-driven leadership and practical innovation. Most of all, we believe that good, old-fashioned American grit is the blueprint to success.
A place with a heart and soul.
At TPG, we believe in giving back. We provide a work environment where our employees can build a life. We don’t just offer jobs, we offer careers. And we’re committed to always doing the right thing for our industry, our people and our community.
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Our History
With a background in underground construction, we once installed the very pipe we make today.Company History Timeline
Harry S. Price, Sr. formed Price Brothers as a construction company in Michigan.
Received a contract from the City of Dayton, Ohio, to build levees and dams to prevent future floods by the three rivers that converged in that community.
The company manufactures over 5 miles of 84” reinforced concrete pipe to transmit raw water from the well fields to the Dayton Ottawa water treatment plant. This pipeline is still in operation today.
Manufacturing of reinforced concrete pipe begins.
Price Brothers purchases the Lewistown Pipe Company.
Gifford-Hill & Co. and Ameron (GHA)are awarded a joint venture to build a concrete pressure pipeline in Wichita Falls, Texas. Gifford-Hill-American is formed and a plant in Holliday, Texas, is built.
G-H-A manufactures its first prestressed concrete cylinder pipe (PCCP) L-301 project.
Price Brothers builds manufacturing facilities built in Dayton, Ohio; Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and elsewhere.
G-H-A begins manufacturing prestressed concrete cylinder pipe in Grand Prairie, Texas, and builds a plant in Victoria, Texas.
G-H-A manufactures its first PCCP E-301 pipe for the City of Dallas.
G-H-A builds a plant in Lubbock, Texas.
G-H-A breaks ground on a new plant in Houston, Texas.
Thompson Brothers Utility Contractors founded.
Thompson Brothers Utility Contractors expands and forms Thompson & Lee partnership.
PBC patents the Snap Ring®.
G-H-A manufactures 45 miles of 42″ concrete pressure pipe to supply water to Lawton, Fort Sill and Duncan, Oklahoma areas.
Ken M. Thompson leaves Thompson and Lee; opens Kenrol.
Kenrol incorporates as Ken Thompson, Inc.
In Florida nearly 5,000 feet of 192″ prestressed concrete non-cylinder pipe was fabricated for the St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant on Hutchinson Island. The Palatka, Florida, plant was initially constructed for this project.
Thompson family breaks ground on precast plant in Rialto, California.
To handle increased demand, Thompson family incorporates Pipeline Carriers, Inc., the company’s fleet of trucks.
Price Brothers embarked on a venture in China to provide PCCP manufacturing technology for a new plant north of Hong Kong. The company provided large diameter PCCP power plant circulating water systems overseas with shipments to Asia, the South Pacific, Europe, and South America.
PBC employees purchased the remaining Pressure Pipe Division.
The Thompson family acquires a plant in Palmdale, California.
G-H-A purchased by major pipe manufacturer, Hanson, PLC.
PBC purchased the PCCP facility owned by Cretex in South Beloit, Illinois.
The Thompson family breaks ground on a reinforced concrete plant in Conroe, Texas.
The Thompson family breaks ground on a plant in Alvarado, Texas.
Thompson Pipe Group expands in Texas; adds U.S. Composite Pipe, Inc. The company produces steel reinforced polymer concrete pipe and structures.
The Thompson family builds the T&T Rock Distributor’s rail terminal.
Hanson acquires Price Brothers.
The Thompson family acquires the Flowtite FRP plant in Zachary, Louisiana.
The Thompson family retires underground pipeline operations.
The Thompson family rebrands the company to Thompson Pipe Group.
Thompson Pipe Group acquires the Rinker Pipe Corona location.
Heidelberg Cement sells the Hanson Pressure Pipe Division and the other concrete products divisions to the Lone Star Equity Company. Lone Star changes the name of the division to Forterra Concrete Products.
Forterra acquires US Pipe.
Thompson Pipe Group purchased the U.S. pressure pipe assets from Forterra.
