Viking Johnson Secures Three-Year Stockholm Water Contract
Viking Johnson Secures Three-Year Stockholm Water Contract
Pipe joint specialist Viking Johnson has captured a contract with Stockholm Water from a long-established competitor, thanks to its comprehensive product range, superior quality and provision of accurate tendering documentation.
Negotiated by the company’s Swedish distributor Industri Belos, the contract is for the supply of UltraGrip and Large Diameter MaxiFit pipe couplings for the next three years, with an option for a further one.
“This was a difficult contract to win because the incumbent supplier had held the contract for 12 years, but we were able to offer a high quality product at competitive market price levels – something that was recognised by our high points score in Stockholm Water’s quality appendix,” said Industri Belos managing director Gote Mattsson.
“Another important consideration today is the way in which quotations are presented, so the support over documentation that we had from our Viking Johnson colleagues in the UK was invaluable.”
Although Viking Johnson has not been a regular supplier of Stockholm Water until now, it was already familiar with the company’s technical requirements; in fact some influenced the re-engineering of UltraGrip some years ago, and the recent addition of a 150mm x 175mm reducing coupling to the range.
Los acoplamientos para tuberías UltraGrip, los adaptadores de brida, los adaptadores Pecat y las tapas de cierre se suministran con unas pinzas exclusivas que ofrecen una sujeción total de los extremos en la mayoría de los materiales de las tuberías con la misma eficacia, para evitar el movimiento axial debido a la presión interna de la tubería. Esto los hace especialmente adecuados para las transiciones entre fundición gris y PE a la hora de reparar o rehabilitar tuberías.
La comodidad de UltraGrip se ve reforzada por su rango de tolerancia excepcionalmente amplio, de hasta 44 mm, lo que simplifica tanto la gestión de existencias como la instalación. En los casos adecuados, se pueden unir tuberías de diferentes materiales y diámetros mediante un único acoplamiento UltraGrip.
MaxiFit (which Stockholm Water will take in sizes up to DN600) is for repairing pipes of the same nominal bore when their exact outside diameter is unknown. Uniquely, it can accommodate plain-ended pipes with variations in OD of up to 17mm, thus reducing the number of fittings that have to be held in stock and transported to site.
When it is bolted up, MaxiFit’s exclusive slide easy‚ gasket provides maximum sealing pressure, even on the scored, pitted and corroded pipe surfaces that are often encountered during repair work.
MaxiFit is available in sizes from DN50 (2‰) to DN300 (12‰) and is suitable for use with steel, ductile iron, PVCu, cast iron and asbestos cement – in fact all conventional pipe materials except PE.
La gama incluye acoplamientos estándar, de manga larga y escalonados, adaptadores de brida y variantes que se adaptan a las necesidades de los clientes, como pernos de acero inoxidable y juntas de nitrilo.