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October 2010 Tube Products International 11
news business & market
1/4-Seite (60 x 180 mm) Satzspiegel
(Tube & Pipe Technology + TubePr
Pipes . Tubes . Services
Iron technology solutions provider Saint-
Gobain PAM UK has secured its first
major order for its 6" diameter Eezi-Fit
range of push-fit cast iron above ground
drainage pipes. The product is being
used to refurbish the sanitary soil stacks
at United House, a major residential
development in Hastings, England,
which consists of four 13-floor blocks,
with each block containing 96 flats. The
product was approved by consultant
McCourts, following extensive trials on
a three-floor stack in Eastbourne.
Saint-Gobain PAM UK
First major
order for 6''
push-fit pipes
Saint-Gobain’s 6" Eezi-Fit range
Interpipe Niko Tube has successfully
passed the second audit for pressure-
operated pipes and vessels. The audit
was carried out according to the
demands of the European Equipment
Directive, Pressure Equipment Directive
97/23/EC, and German instructions
for pressure-operated capacities and
boilers, AD 2000 – Merkblatt W0. The
audit was carried out by the international
certifying agency TUV NORD Systems
GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).
The TUV NORD certification
demonstrates that Interpipe Niko Tube
has all the necessary conditions for the
production of pressure-operated pipe
Interpipe passes audit
such as qualified personnel, modern
equipment and a quality management
system for the production of pipe with
special application.
Andrey Bibik, director for machinery and
power sales at Interpipe, commented,
“Interpipe has passed the TUV NORD
audit for pipes and vessels many times.
The first audit pertaining to the European
Equipment Directive was passed by
Interpipe Niko Tube back in 2002, and
AD 2000 in 2004. This certification is
a necessary demand of the market in
which we work and demonstrates the
trust of buyers not only in Europe, but in
the whole world.”
Interpipe is also building an electric arc
furnace at Interpipe Steel (Dnepr steel)
with a capacity 1.3 million tons of steel
per year. The company’s products are in
compliance with API 5L PSL1/PSL2, API
5CT, ASTM, EN (DIN), NF, ГОСТ , AAR,
UIC, and European norms. The quality
management system is in compliance
with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, API Spec Q1
and ISO 9001.
The company’s mills are located in the
Dnepropetrovsk region of Ukraine.
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