Israel’s steel pipes largest manufacturer

The Middle East Tube Company, founded in 1951, is Israel’s largest manufacturer of steel pipes. The Company manufactures steel pipes for water, sewage, fuel and gas infrastructures, which are integral to the lifelines of the State of Israel. The pipes are corrosion-protected with cement linings, various additives and external coatings - mainly the Trio coating, an extruded triple-layer polyethylene coating, which provides maximum protection, prolonging pipe lifetimes. The Company uses modern technologies in all its products in order to achieve compliance with the most stringent standards of quality and safety.
Israel’s steel pipes largest manufacturer

Broad range of solutions

Drinking water

Steel pipes, wrapped in Trio with an inner lining of Portland cement

Sewage and wastewater

Steel pipes, wrapped in Trio with an inner lining of alumina cement

Gas transmission

Steel pipes compliant with the stringent standards applicable to high-pressure gas transmission

Fuel systems

Piping of high mechanical strength in compliance with API requirements

Chemical industry

Seamless SCH40 piping at diameters of up to 16"

Field service

Middle East Tube Company Ltd. supports its customers in the field with design and installation and extends its support for the entire duration of the product lifetime. The professional Field Support Team at Middle East Tube Company Ltd. guides the customers, advises and assists in specification of the most suitable solution for each project. The team is available to customers on a continual basis, including years after installation. It assists with overcoming challenges as these may arise throughout the product lifetime.

Logistical backing

Middle East Tube Company Ltd. delivers the pipes to the site and at a time most convenient to its customers. The Company stores the pipes within its facilities until such time as the customer requires their delivery, thereby relieving the customer from the need to secure storage spaces. Delivery is made at the precise timing as required for the project.

Israel’s steel pipes largest manufacturer

The Middle East Tube Company, founded in 1951, is Israel’s largest manufacturer of steel pipes. The Company manufactures steel pipes for water, sewage, fuel and gas infrastructures, which are integral to the lifelines of the State of Israel. The pipes are corrosion-protected with cement linings, various additives and external coatings - mainly the Trio coating, an extruded triple-layer polyethylene coating, which provides maximum protection, prolonging pipe lifetimes. The Company uses modern technologies in all its products in order to achieve compliance with the most stringent standards of quality and safety.

Israel’s steel pipes largest manufacturer

Field service

Middle East Tube Company Ltd. supports its customers in the field with design and installation and extends its support for the entire duration of the product lifetime.
The professional Field Support Team at Middle East Tube Company Ltd. guides the customers, advises and assists in specification of the most suitable solution for each project.
The team is available to customers on a continual basis, including years after installation. It assists with overcoming challenges as these may arise throughout the product lifetime.

Logistical backing

Middle East Tube Company Ltd. delivers the pipes to the site and at a time most convenient to its customers.
The Company stores the pipes within its facilities until such time as the customer requires their delivery, thereby relieving the customer from the need to secure storage spaces. Delivery is made at the precise timing as required for the project.

Broad range of solutions

Drinking water

Steel pipes, wrapped in Trio with an inner lining of Portland cement

Sewage and wastewater

Steel pipes, wrapped in Trio with an inner lining of alumina cement

Gas transmission

Steel pipes compliant with the stringent standards applicable to high-pressure gas transmission

Fuel systems

Piping of high mechanical strength in compliance with API requirements

Chemical industry

Seamless SCH40 piping at diameters of up to 16"

Manufacturing capabilities

3 production lines

Production, coating and lining

90,000 tons

Maximum manufacturing capacity

3"-120"

Pipe diameter

8-14 Meters

Pipe length

4-25.4 mm

Wall thickness

Projects

Eastern conduit from Beit Shean to the Jordan Valley center

An eastern conduit from Beit Shean to the center of the Jordan Valley, the Tirzah Reservoir and from there the distribution of water for irrigation in the Jordan Valley.

Source of water: saline springs and Sea of Galilee water.

The project was carried out for: Jordan Valley Water

Type of piping: Trio-wrapped steel piping and internal coating with cement cement, in main diameters: 28″,32″,36″,40″

The length of the line: 70,000 meters

Eastern conduit from Beit Shean to the Jordan Valley center

An eastern conduit from Beit Shean to the center of the Jordan Valley, the Tirzah Reservoir and from there the distribution of water for irrigation in the Jordan Valley.

Source of water: saline springs and Sea of Galilee water.

The project was carried out for: Jordan Valley Water

Type of piping: Trio-wrapped steel piping and internal coating with cement cement, in main diameters: 28″,32″,36″,40″

The length of the line: 70,000 meters

Neot HaKikar – Tzin Bridge – Ofarim Reservoir

An international project. Due to the large height differences and the large working pressure, pipes with a large wall thickness of 16 mm were required in the lower part of the line.

The project was carried out for: Mekorot

Type of piping: Trio-wrapped steel piping and internal coating with cement cement, diameter 20″

The length of the line: 31,000 meters

Neot HaKikar – Tzin Bridge – Ofarim Reservoir

An international project. Due to the large height differences and the large working pressure, pipes with a large wall thickness of 16 mm were required in the lower part of the line.

The project was carried out for: Mekorot

Type of piping: Trio-wrapped steel piping and internal coating with cement cement, diameter 20″

The length of the line: 31,000 meters

Lines connecting water reservoirs – the Arava

A connecting line between Paran Reservoir and Tzofar Reservoir and a connecting line between Timna and Yotveta Reservoir.

In this line, 13.5 meter long pipes were laid for the first time.

The project was carried out for: Mekorot

Type of piping: Trio-wrapped steel piping and internal coating with cement cement, diameter 32″

The length of the line: 30,000 meters

Lines connecting water reservoirs – the Arava

A connecting line between Paran Reservoir and Tzofar Reservoir and a connecting line between Timna and Yotveta Reservoir.

In this line, 13.5 meter long pipes were laid for the first time.

The project was carried out for: Mekorot

Type of piping: Trio-wrapped steel piping and internal coating with cement cement, diameter 32″

The length of the line: 30,000 meters

Shafadan Tal-or line – Habesor river park

The Shafadan Tal-or line to Magen is part of the transmission system of the third line to the Negev where treated water is flowed to irrigate the Negev.

The project was carried out for: Mekorot

The type of piping: Trio-wrapped steel piping and internal coating with cement cement, diameter 68, thickness 9.5 mm and 12.7 mm

The length of the line: 7,100 meters

Shafadan Tal-or line – Habesor river park

The Shafadan Tal-or line to Magen is part of the transmission system of the third line to the Negev where treated water is flowed to irrigate the Negev.

The project was carried out for: Mekorot

The type of piping: Trio-wrapped steel piping and internal coating with cement cement, diameter 68, thickness 9.5 mm and 12.7 mm

The length of the line: 7,100 meters

A connecting desalination line to Shraga reservoir – Western Galilee

A line connecting desalination line to Shraga reservoir is the first section connecting to the seawater desalination facility in the Western Galilee and establishing the water transmission system.

The project was carried out for: Mekorot

Type of piping: Trio-wrapped steel pipes, including sections of compression pipes, 80″ diameter

The length of the line: 6,000 meters

A connecting desalination line to Shraga reservoir – Western Galilee

A line connecting desalination line to Shraga reservoir is the first section connecting to the seawater desalination facility in the Western Galilee and establishing the water transmission system.

The project was carried out for: Mekorot

Type of piping: Trio-wrapped steel pipes, including sections of compression pipes, 80″ diameter

The length of the line: 6,000 meters

Karnei Shomron – Kidron river project

The project was carried out for: Mekorot

Type of piping: Trio-wrapped steel piping and internal coating with cement cement, diameter 42″

The length of the line: 4,000 meters

Karnei Shomron – Kidron river project

The project was carried out for: Mekorot

Type of piping: Trio-wrapped steel piping and internal coating with cement cement, diameter 42″

The length of the line: 4,000 meters

Yarhiv station – Karnei Shomron

The project was carried out for: Mekorot

Type of piping: Trio-wrapped steel piping and internal coating with cement, diameter 40″, thickness 16 mm

Line length: 1,000 meters

Yarhiv station – Karnei Shomron

The project was carried out for: Mekorot

Type of piping: Trio-wrapped steel piping and internal coating with cement, diameter 40″, thickness 16 mm

Line length: 1,000 meters

Elkana – Barkan connecting line

Expanding the reliability of the water supply to the communities located in Mount Samaria.

Connecting the water supply in Samaria to the national water system.

The route of the mountainous terrain posed a great challenge to the water line installers.

The project was carried out for: Mekorot

Piping type:

Trio-wrapped steel piping and internal coating with cement cement diameter 28″

Line length: 10,000 meters

Elkana – Barkan connecting line

Expanding the reliability of the water supply to the communities located in Mount Samaria.

Connecting the water supply in Samaria to the national water system.

The route of the mountainous terrain posed a great challenge to the water line installers.

The project was carried out for: Mekorot

Piping type:

Trio-wrapped steel piping and internal coating with cement cement diameter 28″

Line length: 10,000 meters

Special Products

Jacking pipes
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Integrated jacking pipes enable laying steel piping while crossing highways without requiring road closure or traffic interruptions. The integrated solution consists of a concrete pipe, within which a steel pipe is cast. The integrated jacking pipe is then inserted into the ground. This solution combines the advantages of the steel pipe, which is capable of transmitting water at high pressures, with a concrete pipe, which bears the ground loads.

Spherical bell
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A steel pipe connected on-site using the bell-and-socket method with spherical bell and socket.
This solution enables quick connection of the socket to the bell while enabling slight rotations of up to 6°.
The process of connecting is quick, saving the effort needed to match pipe ends and using elbows.

Trio 4
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High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) coating, 4 mm thickness.
The wrap features high mechanical strength, good resistance to rocks within the trench and it delivers an excellent solution for pipelaying in difficult terrain conditions. The wrap saves the need for flow concrete.

CANUSA wraps
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Heat-shrinking wraps, easily applied, for completing the Trio coating after the pipes have been laid and welded.
The wraps, manufactured in Canada by CANUSA, which is one of the world’s leading providers of solutions for laying steel piping, completing the “heads” and the accessories and materials for repairing malfunctions.

14-Meter Piping
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Steel pipes come in a standard length of 12.20 Meters.
In special projects, if ordered in advance, coated pipes can be provided at lengths of up to 14 Meters.
This enables the customer to save on transport costs, laying and welding costs – savings which can amount to up to 14%

Solutions by industry

Drinking water
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Steel pipes, coated in Trio with an inner lining of Portland cement (internal concrete)

A pipe with high mechanical strength, intended for carrying drinking water. The ends of the pipe are adapted to be connected by welding while ensuring the continuity of the inner concrete.
The inner coating meets the requirements of the Israeli standard TI 5207 and the American standard A.W.W.A – C205
The coating meets the requirements of the Ministry of Health TI 5452

Sewage and drainage
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Steel pipes wrapped in a trio cover with an inner coating of Alumina cement cement

The steel pipes have high mechanical strength and are connected by welding, which gives the line high resistance in harsh field conditions and prevention of leaks in the connectors.
The internal coating with alumina cement gives the pipe resistance to chemical attack and corrosion to sewer lines operating in drainage.

Gas pipelines
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Gas pipelines operate under high working pressures and with strict safety requirements, therefore they are characterized as pipelines made of high-strength steels and large thicknesses.

Manufacturing and quality assurance requirements are more severe and strict than API requirements.

Fuel systems
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Pipes for transporting fuel are characterized as pipes of medium thickness (usually "3/8" and "1/2") manufactured in accordance with the strict requirements of the American Petroleum Institute API (American Petroleum Institute)

The requirements of the standard include careful control of all production stages starting from the raw materials, the production process, welding, pressure tests and non-destructive tests, ultrasonic tests and X-ray tests and tests done in the metallurgical laboratory and include: chemical composition, steel strength and welding strength, bending, bending and more.

The factory has a prestigious certification to mark the products with the API monogram.

Chemical industry
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The use of steel piping in the chemical industry is characterized by high pressures, high temperatures and abrasive and corrosive materials.

The pipes are produced with a seamless welding seam, and in the thicknesses defined in the tables as a schedule.

Quality and Standards

The Company invests heavily in compliance with the quality and safety requirements for pipe compliance with standards and specifications.
The quality assurance system meets the quality requirements and has been certified as compliant with these requirements by the highest level of accrediting bodies in the respective industries.
In the fuel industry – Middle East Tube Company Ltd. is compliant with the American Petroleum Institute (API) standards, and even exceeds these standards and certifications for gas supply.
In the water industry – all of the linings in pipes for use in drinking water are in compliance with Israeli Standard 5452.
Generally speaking, the Company complies with the requirements of the ISO 9001 Standard, through the Lloyds Register Quality Assurance.

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