Company

The pipe factory, wich was setup in 1956, is one of Belgiums most important and largest extrusion plants for the production of PVC- and PE-pipes.
The Eupen Hütte based facility has extensive warehouses and the most modern equipment. This enterprise started with the development of plastic cable ducts. This was followed by the manufacture of sewage pipes, wich formed the basis for KWE's launch into the sanitation sector. The company was soon in a position to offer the Belgian market a very wide range of PVC- and polyethylene pipes for use as concealed cold water pipes, concealed hot water and industrial installations, underground water mains, drainage systems, rainwater pipes and waste water installations, with PVC.C being introduced after 1970.

The computer aided facility blends various raw materials together, wich are then pneumatically transferred to the automated extruder. The various blends are tested for quantity and quality before being sent to the production unit. The most up to date techniques and computers help the workforce to maintain the products consistently high standard. Through the use of constantly updated and improved techniques, this unit extrudes, calibrates, cools and labels the pipes. On exiting the extrusion line, an automatic socketing machine heats the pipes and fits the socket ends.

Permanent monitoring of the machines guarantees constant high quality and makes it possible to set op complete pipe manufacturing facilities and installations thanks to the use of the very latest reliable and readily processed materials. As proof of this high degree of reliability, Kabelwerk Eupen gives a 10 year guarantee on all its plastic pipes and since 1993 the quality control system has been certified in accordance with ISO 9002. A specially equiped quality control laboratory takes their paces by subjecting them to the prescribed tests. These results are confirmed at both national and international inspection centers.

The pipes and accessories are used in a great many different applications : sheating for electric cables, protection ducts for fibre optic and copper cables, water distribution and other pressurised liquids (sometime also corrosive and/or polluted liquids) at temperatures up to 100° C, high pressure gas distribution, disposal of waste and last but not least pipes for drainage systems and energy recovery (E.G. geothermal energy).

Kabelwerk Eupen regularly supplies public water distribution companies with pipes of between 20 and 355 mm in diameter. Indeed, many gas suppliers use HD-PE pipes manufactured by Kabelwerk Eupen for gas distribution, flame retardent PE pipes being the preferred choice for electrical installations.