Saudi Arabian Amiantit Company has been awarded a contract worth SR27.77 million by the Royal Commission for Jubail for the supply of 6,228 linear meters of pipes to transport sea water, this was announced by Fareed Al-Khalawi, chief executive officer and managing director of Amiantit. The pipes, with a diameter up to 4000mm, will be made from fibreglass reinforced polyester (GRP). Amiantit is the only company worldwide that commercially produces such a huge size pipes. The advantages of GRP products are that they are strong, durable and corrosion resistant which guarantees long-term systems operation performance with minimum operational/maintenance costs. They are also economical in terms of installation and life cycle costs. Earlier this year, Amiantit Fiberglass Industries Ltd., a subsidiary of Saudi Arabian Amiantit Company, achieved a world record with the production of a four-meter diameter GRP pipe, the first to be made using an automated process. Since 1982 Amiantit has been supplying 3700mm diameter GRP pipes for in-take and discharge of seawater for cooling purposes at the Royal Commission project in Yanbu Industrial City. Today, Amiantit is a global group of companies with 37 manufacturing facilities in 21 countries worldwide, and is internationally respected as a world class manufacturer and recognized as the industry leader in research, development and ownership of pipe manufacturing technologies. 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.
