26 نوفمبر 2021
UTP Group is now registered and verified with Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) that is in compliance with environmental principles - developed using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology - of high frequency welded Steel Pipes and Tubes, in accordance with ISO 14025 and EN 15804.
UTP Group's key business entities Universal Tube & Plastic Industries Ltd (UTP Pipe) and THL Tube & Pipe Industries LLC is now registered and verified with Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) that is in compliance with environmental principles - developed using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology - of high frequency welded Steel Pipes and Tubes, in accordance with ISO 14025 and EN 15804.
Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) has been developed using the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology. The environmental impact values calculated were expressed to 1 metric ton (MT) of Steel Pipe.
The assessed life cycle included all phases in the manufacturing process of high frequency welded Steel Pipes and Tubes in a “Cradle to Gate with options” scope including end of Life and Resource Recovery Stage. This LCA covers from the supply of raw material (HR coil) and all other processes up to the distribution of final product to the customer. For pipe finishing, and under customer requirement, Universal Tube & Plastic Industries Ltd does Painting (water/enamel) or galvanizing. This EPD has been conducted according to the program operator regulations and it has been verified and registered in The International EPD System. The EPD regulation is a system for the international use of Type III Environmental Declarations, according to ISO 14025:2010. Not only the system, but also its applications, is described in the Programmer’s Product Category Rules (PCR). This report has been made following the specifications given in the European standard EN
15804:2012+A2:2019.