Awang Tengah (fourth left) having a closer look at one of the pipe products produced by Molecor near Madrid. Seen with him are (from second left) Kennedy, Entrie, Mohd Asfia, Dr Rundi and other members of the Sarawak delegation.
MADRID, Spain: Minister of Public Utilities Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hassan and his delegation made a one-day visit to the Molecor headquarters in Loeches and in Getafe yesterday.
While there, they were given a briefing by Molecor chief executive officer Antonio Arena and chief financial officer Jose Manuel Ramero on the unique and innovative manufacturing processes of the company, on technology capable of producing PVC-O pipes up to 800mm in diameter, the first such technology worldwide.
He was accompanied by the Malaysian ambassador to Spain His Excellency Kennedy Jawan, State Legislative Assembly speaker Datuk Amar Mohamad Asfia Awang Nassar, Assistant Minister of Public Utilities (Electricity and Telecommunication) Datuk Dr Stephen Rundi Utom, Assistant Minister of Public Utilities (Water Supply) Datuk Sylvester Entri Muran and permanent secretary to the Ministry of Public Utilities Ubaidillah Abdul Latip.
Awang Tengah, who is also Second Minister of Resource Planning and Environment and Minister of Industrial Development, was also given a detailed presentation at the headquarters of Molecor in Loeches on the operation of this unique technology, a revolutionary technology which is positioning PVC-O as one of the key materials for the conveyance of water under high pressure conditions.
This technology, an exclusive patent of Molecor, has already been installed in different countries around the world, promoting a significant increase in the use of PVC-O, a material that represents an indisputable number of advantages and features for the conveyance of water under pressure.
This technology also enables Molecor to produce pipes with the widest range of diameter, and also pressure rating up to PN25.
Molecor SEA is currently constructing a manufacturing facility in Gebeng, Pahang.
Scheduled to be completed and begin production in the fourth quarter of this year, the plant is able to produce pipes up to 400mm this year and up to 630mm in the 2nd quarter of 2015.
The pipes will be exactly of the same specification and performance as Molecor TOM pipes.
Also in the delegation were general managers and officers from the various Sarawak water authorities, water consultants, Molecor (SEA) CEO Nomis Sim and a specialised team of engineers.