The Saudi Arabian Amiantit Company has opened a new plant for the production of glass reinforced epoxy pipes.
The Amiantit Epoxy Pipe Production Plant (Amipox) will cater to the continuous demand for corrosion resistant piping systems by the Kingdom's expanding oil, gas and petrochemical industries.
Located in 1st Industrial City, Dammam, the plant is fully owned by Saudi Arabian Amiantit Company and has been built at a total cost of 30 million Saudi riyals ($7.9 million).
The facility is fully automated and includes a computer controlled filament winding pipe production unit. It produces under the license of Amipox International Technology which also is fully owned by Saudi Arabian Amiantit Company.
The Amipox plant produces glass reinforced epoxy resin pipes within the range of 80 mm and 600 mm diameters in a standard pipe length of nine meters and in pressure classes up to 3000 psi. The plant has an annual production capacity of 1,600 metric tons, which equals 130 kilometers of average diameter pipes.
The current stage of the facility covers 1,800 square meters of the 7,600 square meters building space, with the remaining area reserved for phase two which will include a second pipe production line and a fitting production line. The total area of the Amipox site includes an additional 7,500 square meters open yard area. — (menareport.com)
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