Quality and reliability are the backbone of APC’s growing reputation as a leader in its field. Increasingly, the company is playing an integral role in the growth and development of Saudi Arabia as a global industrial force.

In recent years the Kingdom has witnessed dramatic growth in its oil, gas and petrochemical industries, sectors which depend upon quality piping and coating systems for their operational efficiency.
Until recently, Saudi Arabia had to procure overseas to meet this demand necessitating costly imports and occasional delivery problems.
APC is now meeting this demand - both domestically and elsewhere in the Gulf and Middle East - cost effectively and efficiently from its facilities across the Kingdom.
Since 1995 APC has operated a world-class ERW tube mill incorporating the most advanced pipe-making, weld and testing facilities, hi-tech laboratories and the latest handling and storage methods.
The mill’s nominal pipe diameter ranges from 6 to 20 inches. Pipe thicknesses range from 3.2mm (0.128 inch) to 16mm (0.625 inch). Any standard length of pipe is available up to 15.24m.
A wide range of pipe products is offered, though the final choice of product specification is determined by the particular application.
From special purpose piping for the oil and gas industries (line pipes, high test line pipe, casing and tubing for the transport of oil, gas and water from production operations) to high-pressure service (up to 350 deg C) and structural piping, APC can meet the challenge.
For the petroleum sector, the long distance and safe transportation and distribution of oil and gas requires pipes meeting the most stringent specification levels including API (5CT and 5L up to X70), ASTM, JIS, DIN and BS.
Quality control and testing are integral to meeting these stringent specifications, assurance procedures that APC is fully equipped to handle.
APC will also commission a Submerged Arc Welding (SAW) process pipes with a new mill being built to meet increased demand in the Middle East for a wider range of pipes.
The new mill represents a major investment for the company that will manufacture up to 150,000 metric tonnes of steel pipes, from 16 to 60 inches, every year.
The project is considered a fundamental and significant stage for implementing APC’s strategy of becoming the Middle East’s first specialist integrated products supplier.
The SAW pipes will be used as oil and gas pipelines, casings and tubing, in the chemical and petrochemical industries, water wells, transmission, piling pipes, structural pipes and other high-pressure applications.