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About Rib Loc Australia.
Rib Loc Australia develops, manufactures and markets innovative pipe products, pipe machinery and pipeline rehabilitation technologies worldwide.
Rib Loc is the developer and worldwide manufacturer of the unique, patented technologies Expanda®, RibSteel® and Rotaloc®. These plastic pipe products have been used all around the world for the rehabilitation of deteriorated pipelines with minimal disruption.
For new pipelines, Rib Loc has recently introduced Plastream, a steel reinforced plastic composite pipe used for drainage and sewer applications.
In Australia, Rib Loc is one of the largest producers of plastic pipe products and was the first to commercialise Plastream in the pipe market.
Since 1980, when Rib Loc was first established, a strong focus on innovation and development has led the company to continually improve and introduce new products, taking pipe technologies to the next generation.
As a testimony to this, several prestigious worldwide awards have been presented to Rib Loc in recognition of it’s achievements in innovative pipe technologies.
While its head office and main production site is located in Adelaide, Rib Loc also has sales and distribution centres in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane to cover Australia and an international office in Germany.
Rib Loc employs 90 people worldwide and is now part of the global Chevalier Pipe Technologies Group.
Rib Loc business units.
Pipeline Rehabilitation
The Rehabilitation business unit manufactures and markets products that rehabilitate existing pipelines worldwide.
Rib Loc has three different technologies used for the trenchless rehabilitation of sewer and drainage pipes. These technologies include Expanda® , Ribsteel® and the most recent development, Rotaloc®.
These products are licensed to construction companies whose core business is pipe rehabilitation. Rib Loc manufactures and distributes the profile and machinery to contractors who install the product onsite to create a newly formed pipeline.
Pipe Products
Rib Loc Pipe Products manufactures plastic pipes for the Australian market. The products manufactured are mainly for drainage and include Plastream pipe, fittings, subsoil drainage pipe, and stormwater detention systems. In addition, Rib Loc Pipe Products also supplies the construction market with concrete column formwork.
Plastream
We manufacture and supply Plastream pipe production machinery, the next generation in pipe technologies, to anywhere in the world.
Plastream is next generation as it is the first to develop a steel reinforced plastic pipe that offers the unique benefit of lower material costs for the same structural performance.
Plastream pipes are suitable for non-pressure pipe applications including sewerage and drainage.
We offer a turnkey package which includes installation, commissioning, transfer of production know-how, technical and marketing assistance, and after-sales service.
In addition, we can offer you the experience of Rib Loc Pipe Products, the Australian domestic pipe manufacturer, for invaluable insights into production, distribution, sales, marketing and pipe engineering.
Plastream is a division of the Australian private company, Rib Loc Australia Pty Ltd.
