The local Emirates Holdings and India's Man Group have signed a joint venture with Abu Dhabi Metal Pipes & Profiles Industries Complex (Adpico) to expand Adpico's existing pipeline manufacturing plant in Mussafah. Estimated at AED 250 million ($68 million), the group ispreparing to issue construction tenders by the end of the year.
The expansion will have capacity to produce 300,000 tonnes a year of API-grade submerged arc welded (SAW) steel pipes with diameters ranging from 20-60 inches with internal and external coating. Covering a built-up area of approximately 50,000-60,000 square metres, the project is scheduled to be complete by the third quarter of 2005. The new facility aims to tap into growing requirements for SAW pipelines across the Middle East. Mammut Gulfbuilt Adpico's current manufacturing plant in Abu Dhabi's Mussafah industrial zone. The facility has capacity to produce 1 million tonnes a year of copper, brass, aluminium, stainless steel and galvanised iron pipes with diameters ranging from 20 millimetres to 3 metres (MEED 11:2:04).
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