Nowadays, the unique and multi-purpose characteristics of composites consisting of higher mechanical and strength properties, low weight, anti-corrosion, higher natural frequencies and extended lifetime against fatigue phenomenon have rendered them as a high propriety group of candidate materials for several engineering applications. Furthermore, the development of new manufacturing methods associated with polymeric composites has often resulted in more cost-effective and value-added production lines. Polymeric composites as the most important category of composites are not only employed in high-tech industrial applications like aerospace and military filed but also penetrated into the low-tech industry like sanitary wares.

From consumption point of view, the highest portions of composites are worldwide used in the construction filed including civil, infra-structures, oil and gas industries and pipes. In other word, among different industrial segments, infra-structure is the pioneer consumer of composites. Avoiding heavy repair and maintenance costs arisen from corrosion in chemically reactive environment, the demand for composite pipes and tanks in the industries of developing countries is booming. Improving the main fundaments of the countries, composites have been received considerable attention from the industrial main role players.

Similar to the other high-tech industries whose roots are originated from military sectors, development of composite pipes was also inspired from the technological overflow of the high pressure vessels. The key feature of GRP, GRV and GRE pipes which made them as the main competitor of traditional steel, asbestos and concrete pipes who are suffering from chemical corrosion phenomenon can be originated from their intrinsically high corrosion resistance characteristic. This is resulted in smooth internal surface over the long period of operation time and lower head loss. Composite pipes offer low elastic modulus made them more resistible against vibrations and internal shocks. Moreover, transportation, installation and repair procedures of composite pipes are much easier than other traditional pipes. Improved strength properties and extended lifetime of composite pipe and tanks against fatigue phenomenon have been promoted their applications in different water and municipal and industrial waste systems, water-intake of cooling towers, fire extinguish systems and process flow lines of factories.

The uniform and, unitized development of the technology of composite pipes, tanks and vessels accounting for the key elements in the infra-structure are in need of deep and comprehensive analysis of associated challenges in various fields of science and technology, policy and planning. Providing a forum to exchange information among all governmental sectors, policy makers, industrial section and academic space, Composites Research Laboratory (COMRESLAB) of the Faculty of New Science & Technologies in University of Tehran is honored to organize the 1st International Conference on Composite Pipes, Tanks and Vessels  on 28th and 29th of January 2015 in Tehran, Iran.