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USERS’ PLATFORM
Application: Water in Asia-Pacific

A construction site to match the country
You can’t have genuine sustainable development without hygiene in general, and wastewater treatment in particular. All over the world, the needs are enormous, whether it is in rehabilitation work or building new facilities. Even if a very broad range of equipment is available, composite solutions have major advantages and can meet very specific needs, as described in this article.

Y

iwu is a city of around 1 million people in the greater area of the Yangtze delta. It was founded during the Qin dynasty around 200 B.C. very close to Hangzhou, the capital of the province of Zhejiang. As a trading area of Shanghai, it is known as one of the most influential economic areas in China

A fast-developing region
Due to the region’s leapfrog development over the past few years, the maximum capacity of the local sewer system was soon reached. Apart from this, and despite

the city’s large scale investments in the network, the line was in such a bad condition that the groundwater was threatened with pollution. It was therefore absolutely essential to establish a new main leading to the local treatment plant; 12.6 km of Hobas SewerLine® were installed for this purpose in the Yiwu district Choujiang. The undertaking was quite challenging, since the soil in the coastal area of the South China Sea was weak, and therefore difficult for installation. The CC-GRP pipeline project was

CC-GRP pipe are comparably light and therefore installed without special equipment.

conducted in three parts. For the first section, 2.3 km of pipes sized DN 1200 to 2000 were installed; for the second section,

AN INTERVIEW WITH MICHEL TOBIAS HOBAS ENGINEERING GMBH

JEC Composites Magazine: In general, what are the main problems related to the region's water and wastewater systems? MICHEL TOBIAS: Many areas lack management capacities for relevant resources. JCM: What are the priorities? M. T.: Funding through local budgets or through international programmes such as the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, etc. JCM: For what types of problems do you receive the most requests?

M. T.: Clients ask for HOBAS Products for two main reasons: 1) corrosion resistance and environmental issues 2) to substitute materials that started to become expensive about two years ago. Markets are trying to avoid the pressure stirring from international raw material players. Only recently it was announced that the iron ore prices that were hiked by the world's leading suppliers may lead to similar metal prices as already experienced. JCM: Do you specialize in any particular type of solution? M. T.: HOBAS has been on the Middle East and Asian Pacific market for over 25 years. We have been "making things happen" for almost every application regarding water and wastewater. We are a general specialist so to say. JCM: Why are composite solutions so

well adapted? M. T.: Compared to other materials GRP Pipes offer more advantages such as high corrosion resistance, temperature insensitivity, long-term durability, light weight, etc. Our CC-GRP material is moreover assembled above ground, by open-dig or jacking. To sum up, the characteristics of our material correspond to the market's needs. JCM: Hobas is an international player. Do the Asia-Pacific and Middle Eastern regions have strong development potential for you? M. T.: Due to the strong economic growth in many areas there is a lot of potential. The annual growth for GRP Pipes is predicted to be over 24% in some parts and we will do our best to have our share. To quote a sentence often heard in Asia: "Everything is possible".

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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #57 - May 2010

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #57 - May 2010

Cover
Editorial
Market Place
Advertisers
Index
Contents
NEWS WORLDWIDE
- Companies
- Agenda of events
- Equipment
BUSINESS
- Market survey
- Trends
- Niche Market
- Human Capital
FEATURE - AUTOMATION
- 3D X-ray
- Process
- CNC
- Control
- FCS
- Filament winding
- Robotics
USERS' PLATFORM
- Composites in the world
- Successful Partners
- Application
KNOW-HOW
- Preform Control
- Thermoplastics
- Mould
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #57 - May 2010 - Editorial
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #57 - May 2010 - Index
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #57 - May 2010 - - Companies
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #57 - May 2010 - - Equipment
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #57 - May 2010 - BUSINESS
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #57 - May 2010 - - Market survey
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #57 - May 2010 - - Trends
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #57 - May 2010 - - Niche Market
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #57 - May 2010 - - Human Capital
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #57 - May 2010 - FEATURE - AUTOMATION
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #57 - May 2010 - - 3D X-ray
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #57 - May 2010 - - Process
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #57 - May 2010 - - CNC
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #57 - May 2010 - - Control
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #57 - May 2010 - - FCS
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #57 - May 2010 - - Filament winding
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #57 - May 2010 - - Robotics
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #57 - May 2010 - USERS' PLATFORM
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #57 - May 2010 - - Composites in the world
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #57 - May 2010 - - Successful Partners
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #57 - May 2010 - - Application
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #57 - May 2010 - KNOW-HOW
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #57 - May 2010 - - Preform Control
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #57 - May 2010 - - Thermoplastics
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #57 - May 2010 - - Mould
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