TPi July 2009

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Amitech installs GRP pipes in Barcelona port

andDN2000mm. The Flowtite pipes, with nominal pressure of PN6 and stiffness SN5000, will be installed underground using the laminated joint system. The project is owned by Gas Natural, while General Electric is the lead contractor in a consortium with the temporary joint venture, CTCC Puerto de Barcelona, formed by Técnicas Reunidas and Duro Felguera. The Saudi Arabian Amiantit Company (SAAC) was established in 1968 as a limited liability company, and was converted into a joint stock company in 1994. The prime activity of the company is to market its piping products and technologies and to initiate and manage new municipal and industrial projects. The Amiantit Group includes companies that manufacture various kinds of pipes, joints, fittings, tanks, rubber products and related accessories. Other activities include transfer technology, water project consultancy and management around the world.

Amitech Industrial Spain, part of the Amiantit Group, specialising in fluid management, has obtained a new contract for supplying and assembling the water mains pipelines of the combined cycle power plant at the port of Barcelona.

due to start operating in the summer of 2010. Installation of the glass-fibre reinforced plastic (GRP) pipes in the combined cycle plant will take a total of 10 months, whilst construction work as a whole will last 38 months. Amitech supplies Flowtite glass-fibre reinforced plastic pipes and accessories, with diameters ranging between DN500

A total of €500 million will be invested in this 850MW installation, which is

A▼ ▼ mitech will supply and assemble the water mains pipelines of the combined cycle power plant at the port of Barcelona

Amiantit (SAAC) – Saudi Arabia info@amiantit.com www.amiantit.com Amitech Spain SA – Spain info@amitech.es www.amitech.es Asiawater 2010 Expo & Forum

Investment in environmental protection projects

Interpipe has announced that in 2008 the steel pipe and wheels company invested US$730,000 on projects aimed at protecting the environment and the efficient use of natural resources. Interpipe NTZ, an Interpipe mill producing steel pipes, conducted several projects aimed at improving the ecological condition of the Dnepropetrovsk region. At the open-hearth plant, an electro-pulse system has been installed, which sends electrodes through an electrostatic cleaner. During the past year, the operating efficiency of electrostatic cleaners has been measured systematically, and the level of refinement has been raised from 86% to 97%, reducing the impact on the environment. A project to reduce waste discharge into the river Dnepr has also been carried out. This project will help to reduce diversion flow and discharge water by 650m 3 /h. Interpipe considers its work in this area to constitute a core part of its CSR policy. Oleg Kuzmin, director for corporate affairs at Interpipe, commented, “ Interpipe always seeks to follow the highest global practices in relation to the protection of the environment. On a yearly basis, Interpipe assesses and continuously updates its policies in the area of environmental protection according to an environmental review of the company’s production activities. These environmental reviews assess the company’s impact on air quality, water and waste management. The system of ecological management used by Interpipe is certificated according to the EN ISO 14001 standard. ”

Asiawater 2010, the 6 th Asiawater Expo & Forum will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 6-8 April 2010. The Asian trade show for the water and wastewater industry is organisedby AMB Exhibitions Sdn Bhd in cooperation with Merebo Messe Marketing. Merebo will organise the ‘Europe & North America Pavilion’, dedicated to companies, associations, chambers and trade press of both continents. The show will take place in a space of 10,000m 2 in the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. 550 exhibitors from 32 countries and more than 9,200 trade visitors attended the last Asiawater, in 2008. Merebo Messe Marketing – Germany contact@merebo.com www.asiawater.merebo.com

Interpipe – Ukraine press-office@interpipe.biz • www.interpipe.biz

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