Multilayer  Pipe Market

The Liral International Holding Group is comprised of more than 50 industrial, trade, financial, building, research and research-and-production enterprises operating successfully in a variety of economic domains located in many countries. (more…)

Gulf Plastic and Converting Industries (TahweelTM), is a multifaceted manufacturing company based in the United Arab Emirates, supplying various engineering systems for the construction sector.
With over 40 year experience in plastic pipe and fitting manufacturing in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan, TahweelTM has launched it’s first integrated PP-R and PEX pipes & fittings system for servicing a booming construction sector worldwide and in the Middle East in particular under the trade name of . offers the widest range of PP-R and it’s complimentary PE-X piping systems in the Middle East and North Africa, including Multilayer oxygen barrier pipes and Aluminum composite pipes in addition to the conventional piping systems. More: www.raktherm.com

Variotherm exhibited a sensational new product at IFH in Nürnberg the VarioProFil pipe 16×2/Alu 0.25. This new pipe is at the centre of Variotherm’s heating and cooling systems, offering enormous benefits to installers of such systems and quite without comparison on the market. + + + What is so special about this pipe? For a start the new surface structure, profiled – in the truest sense of the word – with 12 profile sections distributed over the area. This new surface structure gives 8% more surface area compared with similar pipes. More: www.variotherm.at

At an awards ceremony, the REHAU Group presented its SUPPLIER AWARD 2007 to the Italian family firm MG Meccanica srl. For many years, MG Meccanica has supplied REHAU’s building technology division with yellow and red brass fittings for domestic drinking water, heating, district heating and gas systems. Excellent quality, reliability, flexibility and successful technical collaboration are among the outstanding attributes of this supplier from the Italian Prevalle. More: www.rehau.com.

FRÄNKISCHE IBÉRICA launched on 1 February 2008 with a total of seven staff, supplying former Raditherm customers in Spain and Portugal. In addition to its own staff, the company has five agents, giving it coverage of the whole of Spain and Portugal. + + +
The well-stocked central warehouse in Madrid enables the company to provide customers with the best possible service through rapid and reliable delivery. Sergio Valdeande, General Manager of the Spanish subsidiary, is optimistic about the future: “We aim to win over customers by offering innovative technical solutions and high quality Fränkische Rohrwerke products.” More: www.raditherm.com

Ginde are willing to enter into business relations with partners for PEX-AL-PEX pipe , fittings and manifolds. The Ginde PEX-AL-PEX composite pipe (for hot and cold water) is listed by the National Sanitation Foundation and UPC.
All of the PAP production lines are imported from the German UNICOR Company and GPPIG implement the “one step five layer extrusion method” using the ultrasonic over lap welding technique. The raw materials are imported from European and American companies, the main suppliers are the American DOWLEX Chemical Company, the American PHILIPS Company, the German POLYPLAST Company and the Dutch DSM Company.
Our PEX-AL is very popular in America. + + + Our lead-time is only 20-25 days and we have 20 million dollars insured by Zurich insurance company for product liability. Contact: www.ginde.com, andyyu024@hotmail.com.

With the turn of the year 2008, multilayer pipe production at the Uponor location in Zella-Mehlis exceeded the 500 million meter mark. With the investment in a new product line in the middle of last year, the company increased its capacities in order to meet the high demand for the leading material in drinking water installations in Germany. In 2007 KWD predicted market leadership in the drinking water installation segment in Germany for multilayer pipes vs. copper. According to latest projections, the winning margin of plastic vs. copper was over 5% for the previous year. (more…)

Since April 2008, a team of five at Schütz Energy Systems has been handling the growing – and highly aware in energy matters – Dutch market: The new consultant in the Schütz field sales team is 41-year old Rob de Goeii, a specialist in floor heating systems. A further new colleague should be joining him within the next few weeks – the search is running at full speed. As of now, the project planners and product experts, Wouter Groot (29) and Antonio Campos Lopez (44), will be responsible for back office sales. The sales team of the German manufacturer remains unchanged with Tjade van der Snel (27) and Joffrey Eekers (31) – two employees of the longstanding Dutch Schütz partner ‘Oude Elferink B. V. with head office in Enschede. ..More: KWD-globalpipe, 2008-05-20, No.281.

Based on the sustained good demand for polymer cables and pipes refined by means of electron beam radiation, LEONI Studer AG, Studer Hard expands its capacity for this fast growing technology and has founded the company LEONI Studer Hard GmbH. + + + (more…)

Golan Plastic Products ApS started extruding pipe in Denmark last summer, for the near market. Golan extrudes on a Battenfeld machine.
Contact: E-mail: info@golan-plastics.dk, www.golan.dk.