Arabian Pipes (APC) has chosen to venture into the pipe coating industry.

With the introduction of a new pipe coating plant in its Riyadh-based tube mill, Arabian Pipes is ready to capture a larger share of the market.

The near world class plant, capable of coating 6 5/8 inch to 48 inch pipes with Fibre Bonded Epoxy (FBE), Three Layer Polypropylene (8 LPP), and Three Layer Polyethylene (3 LPE) , is set up to the same exacting standards as the APC tube mill.

With ample capacity, the coating plant is able to handle a myriad of projects.

With this vertical integration comes more competitive pricing, and in the end, greater customer satisfaction.

Along with the state-of-the-art coating plant, purchased from Yadong coating group, comes its expertise in running and managing such a facility.

Yadang coating group is a multinational corporation with cutting edge technology and expertise in pipeline coating and associated services.

Its managerial and senior technical staff with more than 20 years experience in pipe coating, have a record of successfully completed projects that is amongst the highest in the field. Founded in 1995, the corporation is the fastest growing pipe coating services company in the world, with eight plants to date, designed to handle and coat pipes of different sizes ranging from 6 to 56 inches with a multitude of both internal and external coatings, Yadang is at the forefront of the pipe coating services business.

Meanwhile, after six years of growth, APC has completed the latest stage of its evolution with a $6 million investment in new equipment to replace and enhance current facilities.

Its aim is to streamline manufacturing processes while improving product quality.

The Riyadh mill has an annual capacity to manufacture 184,000 tonnes of ERW pipe from 6" to 20" in diameter, and became the first ERW producer to be qualified and approved to recently-updated Saudi Aramco standards.

Earlier this year, through its local agent in the UAE, the company won a contract to supply about 46 km of carbon steel pipes with various diameters to Abu Dhabi-based Emirates Pre-insulated Pipe Factory (EPPI).