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GRP PIPES AND FITTINGS

our company
The Team
PROTESAs team is made up of 250 highly qualified professionals and is the Companys
main asset as regards its contribution to the success of a project. One of PROTESAs main
commitments is therefore to the continuous training of its team.
PROTESA has 50 engineers within the departments of Engineering, Quality Control, Production,
Drafting and Detailed Design, RD&I, Project Management and Sales. The Companys technical
and organizational capacities are based on its highly qualified human resources, whose
average age allows for a combination of experience, efficiency and versatility.

250 professionals 50 engineers

Since 1959...
PROTESA is a Spanish company which was founded in
1959 with the aim of researching, designing, producing,
marketing and installing GRP (Glass Fiber Reinforced
Polyester) pipes and fittings.
PROTESA was a pioneer in the production of GRP pipes
in Spain and was the first company in the sector to
export to some of the most demanding countries in
terms of quality and service, such as Germany, the USA,
Canada and Australia, amongst others.

Over the course of its history, PROTESA has acquired

great experience in the GRP market, which has enabled
the Company to reach a leading position within the
sector, providing a high-quality product and the most
advanced services.
Today, PROTESA works throughout the world, carrying
out projects in Australia, Chile, Algeria, Morocco,
Panama, the UK, France, Switzerland, etc.
Furthermore, the company has a network of
international agents in Germany, France, the
Netherlands, Italy, Bulgaria, the UK, Switzerland, the
Czech Republic, Portugal, Australia, etc.

...throughout the world

Industrial Complex
PROTESAs facilities include a factory in Barcelona (Sant
Esteve Sesrovires), a factory in Zaragoza (Ejea de los
Caballeros), a sales office in Shanghai and a production
center in India, located in the town of Chakan, in the
district of Pune, Maharashtra (160 km from Mumbai).
Between them, the sites cover a total surface area of
77,500 m2.

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PROTESAs production centers have modern, completely

automated installations, which are integrated into a
complex and intelligent computerized system, allowing
for rigorous control over each phase of production.

Spain India China

77.500 m2
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we provide complete solutions

The GRP pipe systems developed by PROTESA provide the most comprehensive solutions, fulfilling the specific needs and requirements of each
client.

Sectors

Products

Alphacor FW55
Alphacor FW70

Alphacor FW
Conductive

Piping

Generally aboveground and industrial applications

Designed for high pressure ratings
Designed for special installations (settlement, without thrust blocks, areas
with a high risk of explosion, etc.)
From DN 200 to DN 3200

Applications
Water Supply

Subsea Installations

Groundwater Intake

Transportation and distribution of drinking water.

Seawater / Brackish water desalination plants,

marine fish farms, seawater and brine lines,
seawater intake and discharge pipes, marine
outfalls, marine construction and offshore platforms
and entrenched or ballasted piping.

Casing and intake pipes.

Wastewater Systems
Sewerage systems, rainwater drainage systems,
sewage networks with manholes / inspection
chambers, Wastewater treatment plants (WWTP),
etc.

Irrigation
Transportation networks, distribution networks,
galleries for reservoirs and water storage pools,
pumping stations and bottom inlet pipes.

Purification
Complete networks in purification plants (WPP)

Chemical Industry
Pulp paper, chlorine-soda, petrochemical, fertilizer,
textile fiber and gas purification and distribution
plants, refineries, etc.

Power Plants
Process pipes, intake and discharge structures /
diffusers, intake and discharge pipes for cooling
systems.
Thermal, biomass, solar thermal, cogeneration and
combined cycle power plants.
Underground and aboveground piping and marine
outfalls.
Penstocks and spillways for hydroelectric power
plants.

Pharmaceutical Applications /
Hospitals

Fire Protection Systems

Cooling and heating systems, evacuation of solid

waste.

Underground installations, aboveground Installations

(fire retardant systems)

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Alphasand

Alphacor HLU

Generally underground applications

From DN 400 to DN 3200
From PN 1 to PN 32

Underground and aboveground applications

Great resistance to corrosive fluids
From DN 25 to DN 150
From PN 1 to PN 32

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Joint
Systems

Bell & Spigot

Joint

Fittings

The range of fittings is manufactured

using the Hand Lay-Up system.
They are produced with plain ends, so that
they can be laminated to other fittings or
plain-ended pipes (for industrial projects)
and also with Bell & Spigot ends (for civil
works projects).

Continuous
Radius Elbow

Blind Flange

With that in mind, PROTESA offers a wide range of joint systems for its GRP pipes, all of which are completely watertight
and, at the least, equally as capable of withstanding the forces derived from the PN (nominal pressure) of the
installation as the sections of piping that they are designed to join.

The Bell & Spigot joint comes with two EPDM O-rings and includes a
check valve, by means of which the cavity between the two O-rings
is pressurized, enabling the watertightness of the joint to be checked
quickly and easily, on site, pipe by pipe, once each joint has been
assembled and before moving on to the next one. The correct assembly
of each joint can thus be confirmed, guaranteeing the success of the
subsequent hydraulic pressure test.

Bell & Spigot

Joint with
Locking Ring

Stub Flange/
Backing Ring
Mechanical
Coupling

Mitered Elbow

When designing a hydraulic installation, it is essential to define the best type of joint system to meet the requirements
of the project in question.

Flanged Joint

Concave Cap

Laminated Joint

Reducer

Wall Crossing

Tee/ Branch

Inspection
Chamber

Flange

Other Special
Pieces

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material and technology

Crossed Filament Winding

Pipes
with a
usable length
of 12meters

Environmentally
inert

PROTESAs GRP pipes are manufactured by means of the Crossed

Filament Winding process, which consists of creating layers of
glass fiber (direct roving) and thermosetting resin. Once the
composite has polymerized and the work on the pipe itself is
finished, the mold is extracted, leaving the pipe to be machined
as necessary.

Nominal
diameters of
up to
DN 4000

Advantages of
GRP piping

PROTESA has 3 production lines with the capacity to supply large

quantities of various different diameters of piping at the same
time.

Pressure
ratings of up
to PN 32

PROTESA continues to work with the same initial desire to provide

innovative, scientific answers to all issues relating to its GRP pipes,
which, due to their manufacturing process, are technically quite
different from the rest of the pipes available on the market.

Services
Turnkey
Projects

Complete project execution, including

the design of the piping and fittings,
fabrication, on-site installation and
the performance of the hydraulic
pressure tests.

Installation

Assembly of the piping, installation of

the support systems, fabrication of
special pieces on site, performance
of hydraulic pressure tests and aftersales service.

Above
ground and
underground
applications

Structure of a GRP pipe

External Filament Winding

Engineering
Services

Burial analysis, stress analysis,

design and positioning of the support
system, bespoke pipe design,
spooling, hydraulic calculations, etc.

Consultancy

Technical assistance, on-site

supervision,in-situ training, Project
Management services, etc.

Maintenance
Services

Aggregate Fillers
(only in ALPHASAND)

Glass Fiber Reinforced Polyester (GRP) is

a material made up of different types of
polyester resin (as a binder or matrix) and a
glass fiber reinforcement.
The resulting product has great mechanical
properties, even at high temperatures, and
is lightweight, with great chemical corrosion
resistance. The resin can also be easily
additivated with other components, in order
to modify the mechanical, electrical or
chemical properties.

EXTERNAL LAYER
(Superficial Layer)
MECHANICAL LAYER
(Structural Layer)
LINER (Internal Layer)

Internal Filament Winding

Mixed maintenance:
Client/ Protesa
PROTESA Maintenance:
Preventive (annual contract)
Reactive (on site within 24/32 hours)

Personalized maintenance

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added value
commitment to quality rigorousness +

PROTESAs main mission is to provide a

high-quality product and the Company
therefore has a rigorous raw materials
approval program, as well as an internal
training program for its employees.

responsibility sustainability and society +

PROTESA also has a team of engineers

whose main role is to assess the needs
of each project, in order to define the
optimum solution.
At the same time, the Quality Control team
studies each of the standards, in order to
ensure that the parameters established by
PROTESA fit in with the design requirements
stipulated by all of those that are currently
in use.

PROTESA publishes an annual Social Responsibility Report describing

its contributions in the economic, social and environmental fields.
This is based on the G3 Guidelines, published by the Global Reporting
Initiative (GRI).
The Company works with private foundations, such as the Talita
Foundation (www.fundaciontalita.org). This is a non-profit-making
aid organization dedicated to the integration of people with impaired
intellectual capacities and/or specific educational needs at school, in
the world of work and in all fields of society.
PROTESA also contributes to the implementation of sustainable
development by means of the use of rigorous environmentally and
worker-friendly technologies, which are among the most advanced
in the world for this sector and have earned the recognition of the
relevant authorities. These measures represent one of the Companys
most important values and principles.

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experience over 50 years +

PROTESA first entered the national market in 1959 and, from the very beginning, the Company
has constantly been perfecting and widening its range of products and services, to meet the
requirements of its clients and the desire to improve of its own team, with its own know-how
and great commitment to the success of its projects.

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certificates and awards

The GRP pipes and fittings designed and manufactured by PROTESA
not only comply with the main international standards (EN, ISO, ASTM,
etc.), but they are also certified according according to the following
product standards:
UNE-EN1796 and UNE-EN14364: Underground plastics piping
systems for water supply / drainage and sewerage, with or without
pressure - Glass-reinforced thermosetting plastics (GRP) based on
unsaturated polyester resin (UP).
ISO10639 and ISO10476: Plastics piping systems for pressure and
non-pressure water supply / drainage and sewerage. Glass-reinforced
thermosetting plastics (GRP) systems based on unsaturated polyester
(UP) resin

RD&I we keep on innovating +

to the technical specification CEN/TS14632: Plastics piping systems

for drainage, sewerage and water supply, pressure and non-pressure.
Glass-reinforced thermosetting plastics (GRP) based on polyester
resin (UP). Guidance for the assessment of conformity, which covers
the procedures, requirements and tests necessary to assess the
conformity of the GRP pipes and fittings.
PROTESA is also certified in Integrated Quality and Environmental
Management Systems, based on the UNE-EN ISO 9001 and
UNE-EN ISO 14001 standards, which guarantee a commitment to
continuous improvement, both in terms of management and the
product itself, as well as with regard to environmental impact.

The Quality Control of the production process, from receipt of the raw
materials up to the tests on the finished product, is certified according

PROTESAs RD&I Department has made several great achievements which have
positioned the Company amongst the best in its field. In order to continue along these
lines, constant work is carried out in terms of the research into, and the introduction of,
new processes and materials, as well as investigating the latest innovations in the sector
in order to optimize these and to provide an excellent quality.

The RD&I Departments main interest lies in adapting

and expanding PROTESAs range of products to meet the
needs of the international market, incorporating the latest
state-of-the-art materials, ensuring that the product gives
an optimum performance and optimizing the productive,
material and environmental resources.

research
development
innovation

PROTESA has received numerous awards and distinctions for its level of excellence, such as the recognition for its work on the two following
desalination plants as part of the prestigious Global Water Awards, voted upon by the International Desalination Association:

PROTESA works together with highly prestigious associates on the development and
introduction of new materials and processes and has also formed strong links with
prominent universities, such as Houston and Boston (USA).
Abrera DWTP (Barcelona)

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El Prat de Llobregat SWDP (Barcelona)

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worldwide references
Lithuania CCGT (350-450 MW)
Elektranai - LitHuania
IBERDROLA - AB Lietuvos
Elecktrine
404 m - DN 1000, 1500,
2000 - PN 6 - Cooling Circuit

Modernization Project for

the Riaza Canal Irrigators
Association
Valladolid - SPAIN
TRAGSA - SEIASA DEL NORTE
60,000 m - DN 450 to 1200
PN 10 - 12.5 - 16

Narva Power Plant

(2 x 300 MW)
Narva - ESTONIA
Alstom Power Eesti
Energia
800 m - DN 450 to 2200
PN 4

Port of El Musel, LNG

Regasification Terminal
Gijn - Asturias - SPAIN
ENAGAS - ENAGAS
1000 m - DN 250 to 1800
PN 6

Brazi CCPP (860 MW)

Brazi RUMANIA
METKA - Petrom (member of
OMV Group)
1857 m - DN 80 to 900
PN 6-10-16

El Prat de Llobregat SWDP

(200,000 m3/day)
Barcelona - SPAIN
DEGREMONT/ DRACE/ AGBARATLL
Reverse Osmosis Technology
Wastewater Lines: 2487 m
DN 2000 - PN 6

Elefsis Refinery Upgrade

(400,000 bpd)
Elefsis - GREECE
PHOCENNE /TCNICAS
REUNIDAS - Hellenic
Petroleum
900 m - DN 600 to 1500
PN 12

Modernization Project for the

Valle Inferior del Guadalquivir
Irrigation Area
Sevilla - SPAIN
TRAGSA - SEIASA DEL SUR
Y ESTE
88,000 m - DN 600 to 1500
PN 6 - 10

Koudiet CCPP (1200 MW)

Koudiet - ALGERIA
IBERDROLA - Shariket
Kahraba Koudiet ed Draouch
2200 m - DN 800 to 3200
PN 6 - Intake Structures
DN 4500, Piping DN 2000
(Underground & Above
Ground)

Bocalatn Hydroelectric Power

Plant (13.2 MW)
Bocalatn - PANAMA
CAFISA - HIDROPIEDRA S.A.
2500 m - DN 2000, 2800 &
3000 - PN 6-10-16

El Diuto Hydroelectric Power

Plant (3.2 MW)
El Diuto - CHILE
AUXILIAR DEXPLOTACIONS
ENERGTIQUES - CH El Diuto
Limitada
488 m - DN 2600 - PN 6

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Company Profile I References

Honaine SWDP
(200,000 m/day)
Tlemcen -ALGERIA
BEFESA/SADYT- MYAH BAHR
HONAINE
Reverse Osmosis Technology
Desalination Plants
Power plants
Civil Works

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Headquarters
c/ Indstria, 3-5 Polgon Industrial Anoia 08635 Sant Esteve Sesrovires - Barcelona SPAIN
Tel. +34 93 779 88 88 Fax +34 93 771 35 05

Other facilities
Polgono Industrial de Valdeferrn, Calle 3 - Parcela 49 50600 Ejea de los Caballeros - Zaragoza SPAIN
Tel. +34 976 66 42 93 Fax +34 976 66 36 98
Gat No. 147, Mahulngegaon, Chakan Talegaon Road Taluka Khed, District Pune 410501 - Maharashtra INDIA
Tel. +91 02135 678700 Fax +91 02135 678701
North Wulumuqi Rd., No. 199, Room 1109

200040 Shanghai CHINA

protesa@protesa.es

www.protesapipes.com

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