Pipeline renewal product SPR(TM) was awarded with the Okochi Memorial Prize

SEKISUI Chemical’s pipeline renewal product SPR(TM) was awarded with the 59th Okochi Memorial Prize by the Okochi Memorial Association. The Japanese honoration ceremony took place in Tokyo on 22th of March.
The Okochi Memorial Association was established in 1954 to commemorating Dr Masatoshi Okochi's services to academic societies and industries. The Okochi Memorial Prize acknowledge remarkable achievements that are related to industrial engineering, research and development of production technology and the application of advanced production methods. It is the first time a sewer industry related technology is honoured with this prestigious prize.

The awarded spiral-wound product SPR(TM) is used to rehabilitate sewer networks. Worldwide underground infrastructure systems are deteriorating substantially due to age or steady increase of traffic loads. Trenchless technologies like spiral-wound are an environmental-friendly and cost-effective rehabilitation solution. SPR(TM) is globally used because it is able to to rehabilitate sewer pipes in a wide range of diameters and shapes. It is based on the principle of spiral winding a factory-manufactured continuous plastic strip into a liner of high stiffness and low weight directly into the deteriorated pipe. During installation there is no need for excavation. Unlike other trenchless technologies, it is feasible to rehabilate without stopping the water flow inside the pipe. At the end of the rehabilitation process the annular space between the spiral wound pipe and the existing pipe is filled with high-strength grout to ensure the static characteristics of the spiral-wound pipe.

For more information about SPR(TM) please visit our website www.sekisuispr.com or contact us info@sekisuispr.com

About the SPR (SEKISUI Pipe Renewal) Group
The SPR (SEKISUI Pipe Renewal) Group with headquarters in Tokyo offers cutting edge technological solutions in the underground infrastructure sector. The group is subdivided into the three continental companies SPR Europe, SPR Asia Pacific and SPR Americas. The SPR Group markets the key technologies spiral-wound pipe lining, cured-in-place pipe lining and Close Fit lining for the rehabilitation of water, sewage and gas networks. The products for trenchless pipe rehabilitation are manufactured in a total of seven plants in Australia, South Korea, Germany, Belgium, USA and the Netherlands. An international marketing and partner network pools the competencies of the technology companies and experienced local construction companies in the continental companies.
The SPR Group employs a workforce of 800 worldwide and operates in over 40 countries, achieving optimum results for its customers from the planning stage to installation.

SEKISUI SPR Europe GmbH
Julius-Müller-Straße 6
32816 Schieder-Schwalenberg
Germany

Press contact: Yvonne Stork (Junior PR Manager Europe)

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