In 2008, in the Italian Triveneto region, from Imperia to Venice, more than 25,000 m of FLOWTITE glass-fibre reinforced plastic (GRP) piping was laid as part of irrigation projects. The construction projects not only helped to preserve the environment, they also considerably increased the levels of agricultural productivity in the region. As irrigation affects the water table due to the wells dug, most of the water currently used comes from mountain streams or rivers. This avoids lowering the water table and cuts project costs.

We present the Sector S-26 – Villalonquéjar IV Industrial Estate Development Project situated in the city of Burgos, a project undertaken with Amitech Spain Flowtite GFRP pipes. The project consists in installing drains to transport rainwater by means of a gravity outlet.

Amitech Industrial Spain, a company specialized in fluid transfer and an Amiantit group subsidiary, is to install the water circulation systems for the Extresol-1 and Extresol-2 solar power plants, the second biggest complex in Europe, located in the Badajoz province of Spain.

The city of Chmielnickij (pop.: 300,000) in the region of Podolia, has long experienced problems with supplying and upgrading sufficient amounts of potable water. The current pressurized water supply system, built many years ago using ferroconcrete pipes, is now outdated. Constant failures of the main bus supplying the city’s water have carried the risk of suspending the water supply for the entire city. It was thus necessary to launch a new water supply system in order to significantly improve the reliability for the city. AMITECH POLAND has won the contract for the works.

Due to its many advantages, the construction company DRACE MEDIOAMBIENTE S.A. chose to use GRP FLOWTITE piping instead of ductile iron and metal-coated reinforced concrete piping for the new drinking water treatment plant at Oviedo after having conducted many hydraulic studies with characteristics provided by AMITECH SPAIN.

FLOWTITE technology has been developed to provide many industries all around the world with low cost, long term piping solutions. They are 10 times lighter than a concrete pipe, as well as easy to handle and install. These GRP Pipe systems are corrosion-free and have a proven resistance to acidic environments.

Amitech Industrial Spain, a company belonging to the Amiantit Group, that specialises in fluid management, has obtained a new contract for supplying and assembling the water mains pipelines of the combined cycle power plant at the port of Barcelona. A total of 500 million Euro will be invested in this 850 MW installation which is due to start operating in the summer of 2010.

Amitech Germany, a member of the AMIANTIT Group, has been awarded a major con-tract concerning the supply of approximately 20 km FLOWTITE GRP pipes utilized for the drainage system of the new highway by-pass around Prague. This new highway is the most important project in this sector, not only in the Czech Republic but also in Central Europe. The entire pipeline length of the project is roughly 83km - as with many modern infrastructures, it contains several elevated roadways (about one third).