We are pleased to announce that we will once again be exhibiting at IFAT to be held from May 30th to 3rd June 2016. Please visit us in Hall B6 at stand number 127.

IFAT is the world’s leading trade fair for water, sewage, waste and raw materials management, and a place where visitors can find strategies and solutions for using resources in intelligent cycles in a manner that ensures their long-term preservation—with a great deal of success.

Business Development Manager, Jim Shaw said “IFAT is recognised Globally as the leading exhibition for water distribution and our participation at the previous show in 2014 was a huge success. At this year’s expo, we’re showcasing a number of number of exciting sealing solutions such as:

• A new and unique design of chemically resistant flexible coupling – an important addition to our range of UK manufactured VIPSEAL Flexible Couplings.
• Tyton-SIT VIP-ER self restraining gaskets for ductile iron pipe.
• Patent pending corner jointing system for tunnel segment gaskets which eliminates corner point loading
• Our VIP-WECO trenchless internal repair seal

In addition to the above, on display will be a selection  from our extensive range of sealing gaskets for plastic, ductile iron, GRP, clay and concrete pipeline solutions.

For further information, please contact: jim.shaw@vip-polymers.com

Following the success of WTC Dubrovnik in May earlier this year, VIP are pleased to announce that we will also be exhibiting at the ITA-AITES World Tunnelling Conference to be held in San Fransisco from 22-28th April 2016.

Sales & Technical Director, Steve Casey said “The WTC Exhibition is an excellent opportunity for us to showcase our products and discuss ways in which we can support new and existing customers. The conference in Dubrovnik in May was extremely useful event which led to a number of Global  tunnelling projects being secured. Since May, we have further enhanced our product offering by developing a number of new sealing profiles suitable for the most demanding tunnelling applications”.

On show will be our patent pending corner jointing system, specifically developed to eliminate cracks forming in concrete segments.

 

See Steve Casey being interviewed at the WTC Dubrovnik earlier this year here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slUPe-FDc6E

Established since 1923, VIP-Polymers are a UK based, world-class manufacturer of high-performance sealing gaskets for a number of applications including tunnelling and water distribution. We work with civil engineers as well as a number of the  leading tunnel segment manufacturers Worldwide to develop innovative sealing solutions.

For further information, please contact: steve.casey@vip-polymers.com

VIP today took delivery of two new “C Frame” LWB Steinl presses which will increase gasket jointing capacity and also facilitate the production of angled joints that are increasingly
needed on segment gaskets. 

Paul Green and Jim Shaw this week visited the SMAGUA exhibition in Zaragoza this week. SMAGUA is the leading water related exhibition held in Spain every two years and the reason for VIP’s visit was to meet with existing and potential customers. Paul Green, Business Development Director said “The Spanish market has always been an important one for VIP and we have several long standing customers. In addition, we made contact with a number of potential customers which we will follow up during the coming days and weeks”.

VIP visited what is generally recognised as the largest construction exhibition in the Middle East during November, the BIG 5, held annually at the World ~ Trade Center in Dubai. The exhibitors were showcasing just about every construction related product imaginable from pipes to bricks and from insulation to evacuation chairs. For VIP, it is an ideal opportunity to connect with numerous existing and potential customers in the region.

 

Jim Shaw and Matthew Levitt attended the 3rd annual Arabian Tunneling Conference held in Dubai from 23-25th November. The event provided another opportunity for VIP to showcase their extensive range of innovative gaskets for use in segmentially lined tunnels.

Matthew Levitt meets the President of the UAE Society of Engineers His Excellency Eng, Essa Al Maidoor

According to Matthew, the event was a great success “This conference provides a great opportunity for us to enhance our presence in the region where a number of large tunnelling projects are either under way or planned. The visitor profile for this conference is extremely diverse including engineers, specifiers and contractors, all of whom are key contacts involved in the selection of tunnel segment gaskets”. Jim Shaw added “Another  main benefit of the conference is that it attracts key personnel not only from the Emirates, but also from surrounding countries where we are looking to secure projects and increase our representation network”.