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Operations in the division began in Saudi Arabia in 2007, and are expected to spread all over the Gulf region within 2008. ASL operates in international steel markets and through strategic alliances with local and international mills such as Tubos, Schulz, Mega, Delcorte, Sumitomo, Anabeeb and Precision Forging. The company successfully obtained exclusive rights of distribution and sales of Tubos CS pipes in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, and Schulz SS pipes and fittings for Saudi Arabia. Attieh Steel Co Ltd – Saudi Arabia attieh@attiehgroup.com www.attiehgroup.com

Attieh Steel Ltd (ASL), originally based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, has branch offices throughout the Gulf area and is expanding operations to other parts of the Middle East and Africa. The company is divided into three main divisions: industrial and commercial steel, building material, and oil and gas.

Jordan, and Sudan, ASL has four main warehouses and logistics hubs covering the region, in Jeddah, Dammam, Riyadh and Dubai, with a combined area of 950,000m 2 . The company’s newly established oil and gas division was set up to serve the growing demand for tubes, pipes, fittings and other related accessories in the oil, gas and construction industries.

To support its 46 outlets in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain,

Ultra Fortis now available from stock The Ultra Fortis sewer pipe system from Uponor is now available to installers across the UK. Fortis is a structured solid wall thermoplastic sewer pipe which not only meets stringent Kitemark certification, but also resists water jetting pressures of up to 4000 psi in accordance with Water Industry Specification (WIS) 4-35-01, and has independent third party verification from BSI.

Wide range of steel products

The system is designed for use in non-pressure gravity sewer applications, and is available in three diameters: 150mm, 225mm and 300mm. All three sizes have BSI Kitemark certification against WIS 4-35-01. Fortis meets the additional specific requirements of Thames Water Utilities, Southern Water and Anglian Water, as well as Sewers for Adoption 6.

Peter Holzrichter GmbH, Germany, offers a product range consisting of hot and cold rolled steel, stainless steel, bright steel, aluminium, sheets, piston rods and cylinder tubes (also hardened and stainless), tubes, strips, coils and slit strips.

Claimed to be the industry’s highest performing structured solid wall

The Fortis sewer pipe system from Uponor p

sewer pipe ever developed in response to industry requirements, Fortis has a distinctive brown ribbed outer surface and blue inner. Robust yet light, Fortis is up to 10 times lighter than clay. For example, the clay equivalent of a 7.5kg, 1m long 300mm Fortis rocker pipe weighs in excess of 72kg. The impact resistance of Fortis is 50 times higher than clay, leading to fewer breakages on site, and jointing is reduced by up to 58%, as Fortis is supplied in longer pipe lengths than traditional materials. Uponor application manager Lawrence Richards confirmed that South of England installations had already commenced, following transfer and commissioning of UK-based manufacturing for all sizes up to 300mm, to provide a technically advanced, high performing, long-term solution for sewers of 300mm and below. A full range of socketed fittings and adaptors to alternative materials is also available.

Peter Holzrichter GmbH manufactures products using a range of different steels

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In addition to its trade business conducted from warehouse locations in Wuppertal and Herdecke, and the soon to be re-opened warehouse in Schwerte-Geisecke, the service division is gaining increasing importance with sawing plants, longitudinal parts and cut-to-length lines, as well as machines for grinding and foil coating of flat products. Peter Holzrichter GmbH – Germany info@holzrichter-stahl.de www.holzrichter-stahl.de

Fortis stocks are available through Burdens, UK.

Uponor Limited – UK uponor.sales@uponor.co.uk • www.uponorie.co.uk

Burdens – UK www.burdens.co.uk

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