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Amiantit achieves new record with four metres diameter fiberglass pipe
- Saudi Arabia: Wednesday, July 14 - 2004 at 13:42
- PRESS RELEASE
Amiantit Fiberglass Industries Ltd (AFIL), a subsidiary of Saudi Arabian Amiantit Company, has achieved a new world record in the fiberglass pipe industry by producing a four metres diameter pipe.
Over the past 30 years the Amiantit Group has made an important contribution to building the infrastructure of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and other countries. Most recently Amiantit has supplied approximately one million longitudinal meters of pipes with various diameters for projects in Spain, Argentina and Germany. In addition, several projects involving pipe diameters ranging between 3000 mm and 4000 mm have been supplied to the UAE, Qatar, Oman and Bangladesh, while in Saudi Arabia, since 1982, Amiantit has been supplying 3700 mm diameter pipes for in-take and discharge of seawater for cooling purposes at the Royal Commission project in Yanbu Industrial City where the latest project utilized pipes with a total length of 11,000 linear metres.
Amiantit fiberglass products are in demand by countries all around the globe, an indication of the trust and confidence that the Company enjoys throughout the world. Produced by state-of-the-art Amiantit-owned manufacturing technologies, AFIL fiberglass pipes are light weight, easy to install, non-corrosive, need zero maintenance, and are backed by full technical support services.
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The Saudi Arabian Amiantit Company was established in 1968 at Dammam as a limited liability company and was converted into a joint stock company in 1994. It started with a paid-up share capital of SAR 4,000,000, which is currently standing at SAR 770,000,000. Its shares are traded on the Saudi Stock Exchange. The prime activity of the company is to initiate and manage new industrial projects, and market its technologies and products. The company also monitors and controls the business of all the Amiantit Group subsidiaries through its corporate management office in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. The Amiantit Group is a leading industrial organization with global strength and is comprised of companies in the Kingdom and abroad that manufacture various kinds of pipes, joints, fittings, tanks, rubber & insulation products, and related accessories. Other activities include own and transfer technology, and water project consultancy and management all around the world.For further information please contact:
Assim L. Alhakeem
Saudi Arabian Amiantit Company
Tel: 02 - 651 5676, Ext: #666
Fax: 02 - 651 6149
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