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Tube Products International July 2011
PE-Xc and aluminium compound piping
Hewing, Germany, is a specialist in
PE-Xc and aluminium compounding
piping. Over the last 30 years more
than 2bn metres of physically cross-
linked polyethylene pipe and aluminium
compound pipe have left the Hewing
factories, making the company one of
the world’s largest producers in the
sanitary and heating industry. With
physical cross-linking, a simple PE pipe
becomes a PE-Xc pipe at Hewing, with
outstanding characteristics. Changes
in the molecular structure improve
the resistance to pressure and heat
exponentially. Even the service life of
the refined plastic extends. The flexible
aluminium composite pipe is made by
combining PE-X pipe with an internal
aluminium coating. It brings together
the characteristics of the flexible plastic
pipe and the compressive strength and
shape stability of the light alloy.
The pipe gains special characteristics,
allowing very tight bending radii and
an expanding of the pipe of up to 20%
without any loss of quality. Together
with customers, Hewing designs
tailored solutions for the safe transport
of technical gases, beverages, oils and
other liquids and solids. Customers
benefit from the expertise of the Hewing
staff, and can also rely on the modern
Hewing testing plants when developing
new products. Here, innovative industrial
solutions are tested for registration and
developed to market readiness within
short development times.
Hewing GmbH
– Germany
Welded steel tubes
Ferpinta is the largest producer of steel
tubes in Portugal and also claims to be
the largest independent manufacturer
in Europe.
With diameters ranging from 16 to
323.9mm and thicknesses from 0.6 to
12mm, the company produces cold
rolled steel tubes, hot rolled steel tubes
pickled and oiled, hot dip zinc coated
steel, structural hollow sections, steel
tubes suitable for welding and threading,
special sections and open sections.
Ferpinta Group operates worldwide.
Grupo Ferpinta
– Portugal
The Ferpinta tubes range from 16 to 323.9mm
