On February 16th, the Swedish Ambassador Lars Fredén and and oil company VIP guests from Sinopec, Petrochina and Total attended the launch event to celebrate the production start of KPS plastic petrol pipes in Beijing. Other guests were several specialists from the Chinese petrochemical standard organization SEI, from the Chinese test institute and from the Chinese environmental protection agency. Present at the event was also KPS CEO Lars Selling, Thomas Andersson and KPS China's General Manager Mrs. Qiu Lihong.
The Chinese production facility will supply KPS piping to the Chinese market and is prepared for production of both single and double wall piping. Improved logistics with production closer to the rapidly growing Chinese market is the main reason for establishing a new pipe production hub. The pipes produced at the Beijing factory are already approved to EN 14125 by ERA Technology Ltd, UK and are of the same high quality as KPS pipes produced in the Swedish factory.