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.

Cuplajele pentru conducte UltraGrip, adaptoarele cu flanșă, adaptoarele Pecat și capacele de închidere sunt livrate împreună cu dispozitive de prindere unice, care asigură o fixare completă a capetelor pentru majoritatea materialelor din care sunt realizate conductele, cu aceeași eficacitate, pentru a preveni mișcarea axială cauzată de presiunea internă din conductă. Acest lucru le face deosebit de potrivite pentru tranzițiile dintre fontă cenușie și PE în timpul reparării sau reabilitării conductelor.

Confortul oferit de UltraGrip este sporit și mai mult de gama sa de toleranță excepțional de largă, de până la 44 mm, ceea ce simplifică atât gestionarea stocurilor, cât și instalarea. În cazurile potrivite, conductele din materiale și cu diametre diferite pot fi îmbinate cu ajutorul unui singur racord 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.

Gama include cuplaje standard, cu manșon lung și cu trepte, adaptoare cu flanșă, precum și variante adaptate nevoilor clienților, cum ar fi șuruburi din oțel inoxidabil și garnituri din nitril.