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Contents of KWD-globalpipe 507, February 06, 2014
KWD Market Report and Pipe Consumption Market News
1. PE-RT Pipes in Heating & Plumbing Installations in Europe ........................................................................................... 1
2. KWD Market + Charts “Heating & Plumbing Pipes Europe 2013” – now published!........................................................ 2
Company News – World
3. Geberit/CHE Q4 2013 + first results 2013: Healthy sales growth by +4.7% in 2013 ....................................................... 3
4. SILON/CZE presented successful innovative crosslinking for PE-Xb pipes at K 2013 .................................................... 3
5. Van Leeuwen/NED enters Brazilian market through acquisition of Tubexpress .............................................................. 4
Company News – Extrusion lines and Equipment
6. Amut/ITA: Head and extruder for large diameter PE pipes developed ............................................................................ 4
7. FB Balzanelli/ITA: Leader in production of coilers - Big success at K-Show.................................................................... 5
8. SICA/ITA goes green with innovations in the field of plastic pipes at K 2013 .................................................................. 6
9. Tecnomatic/ITA: Pipe extrusion lines at Interplastica + Saudi Plastics&Petrochem ........................................................ 7
Others
10. Kiwa Italia reached an agreement with UNI in order to issue the Kiwa–UNI mark ........................................................... 8
11. Fundamentals of Radiant Design: New online workshop from Dave Yates and RPA ...................................................... 8
PE-RT Pipes in Heating & Plumbing Installations in Europe
 PE-RT pipes, underfloor heating systems
PE-RT in underfloor heating systems is a success story! Since 30 Years PE-RT pipes are
continously growing in Europe. In our recently published KWD Market + Charts “Heating &
Plumbing Pipes Europe” we have – amongst others - a look on the consumption of PE-RT
pipes in the period 2010 to 2016.
KWD-globalpipe, 06.02.2014. The development of the material PE-RT (Polyethylene of raised temperature) for pipes in underfloor heating systems but also for radiator connections as well as for
sanitary systems / hot and cold water installation was mainly driven by DOW. Today there are other
providers for PE-RT but Dow is still the market leader in Europe. Already in 2007 Wolfgang Quack,
the developer of PE-RT, and HPG/Germany, the first producer of PE-RT pipes, could celebrate the
25th anniversary of PE-RT pipes. PE-RT is used for full plastic pipes as well as for aluminium multi
layer pipes. Today we find producers of PE-RT pipes worldwide and it is used worldwide in heating &
plumbing applications. PE-RT is used for full plastic pipes as well as for aluminium multi layer pipes.
Let´s just have a look on the full plastic pipes:
According to our in December 2013 published report, KWD Market + Charts “Heating & Plumbing
Pipes 2013”, the main application for full plastic PERT pipes are underfloor heating systems. If we have
a look on the countries where PE-RT pipes are used
most, it is very clear Germany. The reason is not
only that it has been developed in Germany but this
is the country with the biggest surface of underfloor
heating systems. About 70% of new built single
family houses are built with underfloor heating systems.
A look in the future shows that PE-RT pipes will
grow further, but it slows down.
Percentage Distribution of Full Plastic
PE-RT Pipes by Application
5%
in Europa 2013
6%
Flächenheizung
89%
Underfloor
Heating
Systems
Radiator
Connecting
Pipes
Sanitary
Systems
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Related to the main use of PE-RT
full plastic pipes in underfloor
heating systems, PE-RT pipes are
growing mainly in those countries
where this kind of heating system is
successful.
PE-RT in aluminium multi layer
pipes is very successful too. In
our KWD market report “Aluminium
Multi Layer Pipes 2013” we showed,
that there is still an enormous
growth in the production of those
pipes worldwide. We find growing
markets in and also outside Europe.
Market Growth of Full Plastic PE-RT Pipes
in Underfloor Heating Systems (in %)
compared to the total amount of all pipes
10
PE-RT
Pipes
8
6
4
Sum of
all Pipes
2
0
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
Especially in Asia the production
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of aluminium multi layer pipes is
growing. For the inner layer PEX or PE-RT are used. But PE-RT is a very popular material for the
inner layer as well as for the outer layer.
Contact: HIX Publishing, Jutta Hix, [email protected], www.kwd-globalpipe.de
KWD Market + Charts “Heating & Plumbing Pipes Europe 2013” – now published!
 Steel, Copper, Stainless-Steel Pipes, PEX, PE-RT, PB, PP-R and Aluminium Multi Layer Pipes
 Consumption of Pipes for Heating and Plumbing Installations
KWD‘s Market + Charts „Heating & Plumbing Pipes Europe“ market report is revised on an
annual basis. It is the purpose of this report to provide a comprehensive reference book for all
important information for this particular market segment.
KWD-globalpipe, 06.02.2014. In the 2013 report at hand, we provide market
estimates broken down by country for the use of indoor pipes. More
speciﬁcally, the report contains data of the actual pipe quantities per
country for under ﬂoor heating/surface heating and cooling (FH), radiator
connections (RA) and sanitary pipes (SA). For our forecasts for the use of
pipe materials in the coming years, numerous economic trends and building
construction forecasts are interpreted.
Contents of the KWD market report:

Introduction and Statistics (Country
and Construction Information)
 Market + Charts: Heating & Plumbing Pipes
by Countries:
- Economics Environment / Housing Development
- Company News of the Heating & Plumbing Sector
- Consumption of Heating & Plumbing Pipes
in the period 2010 - 2016
 European Overview of Heating & Plumbing Pipes,
 Listings of Certifications by pipe material and Companies in the Heating & Plumbing Sector
Price Information:
Standard Version: Charts and graphics, CD + Print, 760,- € for our subscribers (990,- € for all others)
Premium Version: Additional all charts and graphics as Excel-Spreadsheet, 980,- € for our subscribers (1.220,- € for all others). Please find more information and page samples in the attached file.
Contact: HIX Publishing, Jutta Hix, [email protected].
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Geberit/CHE Q4 2013 + first results 2013: Healthy sales growth by +4.7% in 2013
 Results Q4 2013 / Sanitary and piping systems
Sales in the fourth quarter in line with medium-term objectives / Market shares gained /
Stronger sales were recorded in Piping Systems compared with Sanitary Systems / Operating
margins above medium-term target range
KWD-globalpipe, 06.02.2014. In 2013, Geberit Group sales grew by
4.7% to CHF 2291.6 million. After currency adjustments, this corresponds to an increase of 3.6%. The financial statements and annual report for 2013 will be released
at the analyst and media conference on March 11, 2014.
Sales in the fourth quarter in line with medium-term objectives: In the fourth quarter of 2013,
sales reached CHF 525.3 million, which represents an increase of 4.8%. Following a difficult first half
of the year (first quarter: +1.0%; second quarter: +1.2%) and an above-average third quarter (+8.1%)
facilitated among other things by a weaker prior-year period,
Geberit Group Sales 2013
growth of +4.4% in local currencies was recorded in the final
quarter of 2013. This figure was therefore within the medium- Europe
+ 3.7%
term target range of between 4 and 6%.
Austria
– 1.8%
Nordic
countries
+ 4.5%
Market shares gained: In a continued challenging environCentral/Eastern
Europe
+ 4.1%
ment, market shares were gained in many markets thanks to
France
+ 1.0%
above-average sales increases. Europe recorded an increase
Germany
+ 7.4%
in sales of 3.7%. While individual markets saw recoveries in the
United Kingdom/Ireland +18.3%
second half of the year, the overall trend of strongly diverging
Benelux countries
– 1.7%
developments continued. Substantial growth was posted in the
Switzerland
+ 2.9%
United Kingdom/Ireland and Germany. Despite a slight recovItaly
– 5.0%
ery, the sales development in America remained negatively
+ 3.9%
affected by the poor state of the public sector – an area of Iberian Peninsula
prime importance to Geberit in this region. Sales in the Far
Middle East/Africa
+23.8%
East/Pacific region, which were largely affected by the negative
America
– 0.8%
business developments in China, proved negative. However,
Far East/Pacific
– 3.8%
Middle East/Africa achieved positive sales.
Stronger sales were recorded in Piping Systems compared with Sanitary Systems: In contrast
to the first half of the year, stronger sales were recorded in Piping Systems compared with Sanitary
Systems in the second half of the year. Cumulative sales rose in Sanitary Systems by 4.4% in Swiss
francs (+3.3% in local currencies) and in Piping Systems by a slightly stronger 5.2% (+4.0% in local
currencies).
For the year as a whole, Management anticipates an EBITDA margin of between 25 and 26%,
thus surpassing the margin achieved in the prior year.
Contact: Geberit AG, Switzerland, www.geberit.com
SILON/CZE presented successful innovative crosslinking for PE-Xb pipes at K 2013
 Crosslinking for PE-Xb pipes
The K 2013 Trade Fair was a great success for SILON and is a major step towards a new
future. This year SILON focused on presenting its innovative technology for manufacturing
pipes and cables from our PE-Xb material (crosslinkable PE).
KWD-globalpipe, 06.02.2014. The new technology concerns the final process of
treatment and cross-linking of manufactured pipes and cables by thermal treatment of the finished product in a special thermal treatment chamber.
As a major producer of polymer compounds, SILON is a traditional exhibitor at this trade fair. The
stand was visited by a large number of potential clients and business partners. Attendance at the
trade fair significantly exceeded attendance in 2010.
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Most visitors expressed great interest in SILON’s business partner’s (the De Lama Company)
sterilization equipment intended for crosslinking PE-Xb piping, which
was part of the display. (For more information please see KWDglobalpipe no. 484 “Silon presents at K 2013 a new Crosslinking Process: Thermal Treatment chambers” and no. 488 “SILON – “the future
starts now” is the slogan of the K 2013”.)
This new technology results in significant savings in total costs particularly energy, time and the related logistics in comparison to
standard production technologies, which use hot water or steam. The
whole final treatment process takes half the time and is a major innovation. It will bring about major changes in the future of manufacture of
new products from SILON’s PE-Xb polymer.
The display of SILON succeeded in attracting many new customers. Its customers’ and visitors’ countries of origin were made up of the
following approximate percentages: 30% from Germany, 50% from the
EU and 20% from overseas (America, Asia, Africa, Australia).
The displayed De Lama Company sterilization equipment will be
used to equip SILON’s new “Technikum” research and development center and will be available for
production and treatment of samples of its customer’s products as standard.
Contact: Silon s.r.o., Czech Republic, www.silon.eu [email protected]
Van Leeuwen/NED enters Brazilian market through acquisition of Tubexpress
 Acquisition / Steel and stainless steel pipes
The Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group has acquired Tubexpress, a Brazilian distribution
company supplying pipes and tubes to the (petro)chemical and oil and gas industry. The
acquisition is effective from the 1st of January, 2014.
KWD-globalpipe, 06.02.2014. Van Leeuwen’s strategy is aimed at
expanding and strengthening its market positions in several countries
and industrial segments through acquisitions and autonomous growth.
Acquisitions are aimed at expanding specialisms, and enlarging the
company’s geographical footprint. The acquisition in Brazil is in line
with this growth strategy.
Tubexpress, founded in 1990 and located in Brazil, is a stock holding distributor offering high quality
products stainless steel, carbon steel, and special alloys tubes, and has extensive product
knowledge and expertise in the oil and gas market. The company has two branches in Brazil, in
Osasco and São Carlos, both in the state of São Paulo, and employs around 65 people.
The Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group is an international trading company specializing in steel
pipes, and pipe and tube applications. The company is active in virtually all industrial sectors. The
company was founded in 1924. The Group has fifty branches spread throughout Europe, the Middle
East, Asia, Australia, North and South America.
Contacts: Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group, The Netherlands, www.vanleeuwen.com
TUBEXPRESS, Brazil, www.tubexpress.com.br
[email protected]
Amut/ITA: Head and extruder for large diameter PE pipes developed
 Extrusion technology
A compact extrusion head and an extruder have been specially developed by Amut SpA to be
installed in large lines for production of PE pipes as published by Macplas Online in January.
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KWD-globalpipe, 06.02.2014. A line based on these components, with an
output capacity of up to 1,200 kg/hour, was recently commissioned at a major
Asian processor for the production of PE100 pipes with external diameter up
to 1,000 mm.
The extrusion head features a 16-spiral distributor
system that guarantees thickness uniformity on the
pipe's entire circumference. The high-torque EA 130
HP extruder has a 400 kW drive, a high thermal
exchange feeder, and a 40-diameter plasticizing unit
extending the output rate up to 1,500 kg/hour.
The extrusion line has two vacuum tanks: the first is
10 metres long and offers the possibility of separating
the first stage from the second stage by means of a
hydraulic cylinder, in order to facilitate start-up operations and introduce an ultrasonic thickness gauge; the second tank, 6 metres long, is single stage.
The total length of the cooling section is 34 meters, this size being necessary for the production of
tubes for applications at PN 6 and PN 8 pressures.
The 8-track haul-off can reach a tension of 9,000 N, while the rotary knife cutting unit can handle
HDPE pipes with thickness up to 60.5 mm and is equipped with universal pipe blocking vices. In
order to check the quality of the final product, the extrusion line incorporates a gravimetric feeder and
an ultrasonic thickness gauge, both controlled by a new-concept supervision system.
Contact: Amut S.p.A., Italy, www.amut.it [email protected]
FB Balzanelli/ITA: Leader in production of coilers - Big success at K-Show
 Pipe coiling
Thanks to its long established presence in the market and
also thanks to the well-known reliability of its machines,
FB Balzanelli experienced an impressive affluence in its
booth at the K-Show 2013 in Dusseldorf.
KWD-globalpipe, 06.02.2014. The big affluence is indoubtly due to the general recovery
of the global plastics industry after 2007-2010
economic crises but also to the fact that, despite the global difficult economic situation, the
company has continued investing and developing an ambitious new-product improvement plan.
During its long history, in fact, FB Balzanelli always maintained and confirmed its top position among the manufacturers
of automatic and semi-automatic coilers, and nowadays the
company is leading the market with its new automatic solutions
for packaging pipes, not to mention its automatic palletizing
systems (which can serve more than one line).
FB Balzanelli presented at the K-Show a product line that is
definitely more sophisticated than the one showed in the previous K edition in 2010. Many improvements and developments
have been introduced during the last years, and also new
strong partnerships with other industry specialists and pipe
machine manufacturers have been established, creating this
way new partners that can now offer FB Balzanelli’s coiler as a
part of their lines, giving a complete equipment and service to
the customer.
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Focus on coiler’s speed: As always, the company cared about safety, efficiency and sustainability,
but this time FB Balzanelli focused more on increasing coiler’s speed and general automation of the
lines integrated to the palletizing system. All this was done keeping the high performances the company has always granted to its customers. And that was exactly what the company showed during
the exhibition: the coiler model TR 1400, running at 200 meters per minute. The TR model was the
first one developed by FB Balzanelli, and it embodies the whole history and evolution of the company. TR coilers are famous for being the very first on the market with a configuration of two opposite
stations, but nowadays they reached an incredible level of technology. One important development
that has been showed during the K-show was the improvement of the system and the increase of the
speed for changing diameters and dimensions of the coil. The change of the diameter of the reels in
FB Balzanelli's machines is now done completely in automatic, only by changing the values in the
12’’ control panel.
Contact: F.B. Balzanelli Avvolgitori S.p.A., Italy, www.fb-balzanelli.net
[email protected]
SICA/ITA goes green with innovations in the field of plastic pipes at K 2013
 Belling and cutting machines
TRS 160 W cutting machine for cutting PVC, PP and PE plastic material / Belling machines:
Multibell 200M belling machine for PVC sewage pipes, Everbell socketing machine for
processing PP pipes and Unibell 200 E&P
KWD-globalpipe, 06.02.2014. Sica, an Italian
pipe machinery producer, presented a wideranging innovation at the K-exhibition in
Dusseldorf: “Green Machinery” to save energy, materials and costs
with swarfless cut and chamfer technology for PVC pipes and belling
machines with short-wave ovens.
TRS 160 W cutting machine can cut and chamfer without removing material. This manages to save a considerable quantity of raw
material that affects the 80% of the pipe cost, but also to avoid problems of scrap suctioning and recycling. In traditional cutting machines, also in those with knife or tool, chips and dust end up partially
between saw mechanisms despite suctioning; for this reason, the
necessity of maintenance increases. In contrast, the new TRS 160 W
removes the problem with an innovative system (patent pending) that
guarantees not only a clean and perfectly perpendicular cut with
knife but also a precise and well-defined chamfer, maintaining the
same productivity and a satisfactory speed; these are requirements
for modern extrusion lines.
PVC solid-wall pipe Automatic
Belling Machines: BA/CA
The new Multibell 200M belling machine for PVC sewage pipes
is, compared to the previous Everbell model, well known on the
market. This new machine has been completely revised and optimized, maintaining an important productivity per hour that reaches
900 sockets/hour with the flagship version. Maintaining unchanged
the quality standards and product reliability, the new machine introduces numerous technical features in view of a greatly reduced price
both of machine and equipment and a lot of new advantages compared to the previous version such as more compact dimensions with
equal productivity, revolutionary system for multi-socketing pipes,
ease of use and quick format change. In fact, with the innovative and
functional technical solutions, there's a decrease of more than the
60% of the machine tools compared to the previous model, with
significant savings for the costumer in terms of investment and time
required for retooling. The machine is still completely pneumatic, with
the inevitable advantages related to the higher cleanliness and the
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superior ease of management thanks to the absence of the hydraulic
unit. New important accessibility standards have been achieved with
the introduction of a completely movable machine bench: the solution
allows complete and safe access to the main areas required for set-up
in order to facilitate and accelerate the format change phases.
The new Everbell socketing machine for processing PP pipes.
The Everbell, which maintains only the name of the previous model,
has been completely rethought and modernized like the Multibell. In
fact, apart from specific technical solutions for socketing polypropylene pipes, the same innovative characteristics of the new Multibell
200M are present in the Everbell. The machine inherits compact dimensions, extremely rapid setup, elimination of hydraulics, low power
consumption, competitive price but high productivity, ease of use and
reduced maintenance requirements.
The Unibell 200 E&P belling machine distinguished by the electromechanical movement of the forming carriage. With this solution the
hydraulic movements are eliminated from the machine, bringing many
advantages from both functional and environmental points of view.
The kinematic chain composed by a brushless motor with resolver and
a jackscrew with ball recirculation allows the quick and silent mandrel
positioning in a closed loop with high mechanical efficiency (up to
70%). Without the need for oil cooling, this solution also allows a
considerable reduction of water use. By buying the version with air
cooling (Sica patent) and by integrating it with an external refrigeration
system (supplied by Sica), the water is completely recirculated. With
the elimination of hydraulic movements any possible oil leakage into the environment are avoided
and ordinary maintenance is reduced. The energy necessary for the forming positioning is used just
for the duration of the carriage movement. The total absence of hydraulic units brings a significant
energy saving, because hydraulic units have a clearly lower total efficiency than this new device.
Contact: SICA SpA, Italy, www.sica-italy.com [email protected]
Tecnomatic/ITA: Pipe extrusion lines at Interplastica + Saudi Plastics&Petrochem
 Extrusion technology
Extruders, die-heads, calibration tanks and all the auxiliary machinery that complete plastic
pipe production lines, Tecnomatic presented at Interplastica Moscow in January on booth
FA38 and will present in February at Saudi Plastics & Petrochem Riyadh on booth no. 224-3.
KWD-globalpipe, 06.02.2014. For over 30 years
Tecnomatic Srl designs and produces complete lines
or individual components for manufacturers of rigid
and flexible pipes in PE, HDPE, LDPE, PEX, PP, PPR and PVC from 6mm to 1,400mm with a complete
range of industrial applications, offering its customers
highly technological solutions coming from the passion and experience of a team of professionals. Tecnomatic aspires to be a leader on the
international market, competing head to head with the largest competitors.
Multilayer extrusion lines: Besides monolayer extrusion lines, Tecnomatic produces as well multilayer extrusion lines, amongst others multiwall piping systems for cold and hot water made of PE/PB/PP or PE/PEXb/PB/PP and metal-plastic multi-wall piping systems made of PP/Al/PP
with diameters from 14mm to 63mm.
Contact: Tecnomatic Srl, Italia, www.tecnomaticsrl.net [email protected]
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Kiwa Italia reached an agreement with UNI in order to issue the Kiwa–UNI mark
 Kiwa–UNI marking
Kiwa Italia reach an agreement with UNI (Italian Normalization Institute) in order to issue the
Kiwa–UNI mark that declares the conformity of the products to the Italian and International
standards (harmonized in Italy) with the specific acknowledgment of UNI on the certification
based on UNI, UNI-EN and UNI-EN-ISO standard.
KWD-globalpipe, 06.02.2014. The Kiwa-UNI mark is based on Italian and
Int. standards that recognize the quality and reliability of products on the
time by adding the yearly periodical surveillance that attest the maintenance
of the conformity on the time of the characteristics tested in the initial stage of certification.
Kiwa aims to guarantee to the market the quality of the products that are marked with Kiwa-UNI.
Remarkable for the customer is the service of publication of Kiwa-UNI guaranteed products on our
website to ensure greater transparency and also to give a useful point of reference for those who
work in the building sector to find immediately a whole range of products that are of excellent quality.
The main products whom are available the Kiwa-UNI marking:
 Multi layer pipe systems for indoor gas installations
 Multi layer piping systems for hot and cold water installations inside buildings
 PE system for the supply of gas and water
 PVC system for soil and waste discharge
 PP Plastics piping systems for hot and cold water installations
 PE Geothermal
 Plastics piping systems for industrial applications (PP, PE, PB)
Kiwa Italia is accredited ACCREDIA EN 45011 for certification with reference to several standards. Kiwa Italy SpA is the Italian subsidiary of the Kiwa Group (www.kiwa.nl). Kiwa is an independent company; its main activity is a highly qualified certification.
Contact: Kiwa Italia, www.kiwa.it [email protected] [email protected]
Fundamentals of Radiant Design: New online workshop from Dave Yates and RPA
 Radiant heating and cooling online workshop
Dave Yates is one of the most experienced and entertaining teachers in the heating industry
today. He’s teaching a six-week, online radiant design course for professionals. It’s a
comprehensive course, developed in partnership with the Radiant Professionals Alliance
(RPA), which combines video lessons, reading assignments, homework, and discussion.
KWD-globalpipe, 06.02.2014. The “Fundamentals of Radiant
Design” is part of a new continuing education initiative directed
toward the goal of an ANSI-recognized certification program for
radiant heating and cooling system designers and installers. Education has always been a top priority of the RPA, and will continue
to be a focal point of the organization.
About the Course: “Fundamentals of Radiant Design”
Students will gain an understanding of how and why radiant heating works; how
to properly design and install high-quality systems; how to seamlessly integrate
Dave Yates
radiant heating into indoor and outdoor environments; as well as the benefits of
providing excellent thermal comfort. This course will illustrate materials and system design methods
that work well and its instructor will outline alltoo-common mistakes to avoid. Participants may already posses a knowledge-base regarding hydronics (water based systems), power wiring (electric
radiant), and some of this course information will probably be familiar.
Contact: Radiant Professionals Alliance (RPA), USA, www.radiantprofessionalsalliance.org [email protected]
For more information: http://rpa.cammpus.com/courses/fundamentals-of-radiant-design--online
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