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20 Tube Products International January 2008
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.
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.
Claimed to be the industry’s highest
performing structured solid wall
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.
Fortis stocks are available through Burdens, UK.
Uponor Limited – UK
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Burdens – UK
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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.
To support its 46 outlets in Saudi Arabia,
UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain,
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
950,000m2 .
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.
International steel products supplier 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
Wide range of
steel products
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.
Peter Holzrichter GmbH manufactures
products using a range of different steels
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
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