Insituform enters the Indian market:
First project will rehabilitate nearly 550 feet of New Delhi pipeline

ST. LOUIS, April 5 – Insituform Technologies®, Inc., in partnership with Indian contracting company Subhash Projects and Marketing Limited (SPML), has won a project for the New Delhi Municipal Corporation in the territory of Delhi. The cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) project is the first win for the joint venture.

According to Insituform’s CEO and President Tom Rooney, “Our entrance into the Indian market fits with our strategy to aggressively pursue international growth opportunities. As a company, we look forward to growth on a global level.”

Scheduled to begin in October, the Insituform & SPML joint venture will rehabilitate 166 meters (544 ft.) of 1,150 mm (40 inch) sanitary sewer pipeline.

This win marks SPML’s entrance to the trenchless technology market. SPML is India’s leading engineering, construction and project management company. Its main focus areas are the water & power sector. SPML has already done more than 200 projects in the water sector. The company has undertaken lump sum turnkey projects for pipeline, pumping stations and treatment plants.

According to S. C. Sethi, Vice-Chairman of SPML, the win with Insituform “is a new chapter for SPML.”

Insituform will continue pursuing work in India’s sewer pipeline rehabilitation market and will also expand into drinking water and culvert rehabilitation in the coming months.

The Indian water and wastewater market is worth more than $1 billion and is experiencing 15-20 percent annual growth.

Insituform’s cured-in-place process rehabilitates deteriorating and damaged pipe with little to no digging, avoiding disruption to roads, sidewalks and residential property.