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Pipe systems for a future-proof infrastructure

egeplast is a leading manufacturer of plastic pipe systems for tomorrow's infrastructure. For the secure basic supply of clean drinking water, heat, and electricity to people, for wastewater disposal, and for access to fast internet. The family-owned company egeplast provides solutions for humanity's three most important challenges: water supply, climate protection* and digitalization. As a technology leader with decades of experience, we develop premium pipe systems for our customers worldwide.

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Locations

Facts and Figures

Company History

Sustainability

Social Commitment

Awards

The mutual trust, personal interaction, and consistently solution-oriented collaboration are always particularly noticeable.

Gerjan Schreuders,
De Jongh Pipesystems BV Netherlands

Infrastructure of the Future

Climate change, urbanization, and digitalization place new demands on tomorrow’s supply networks. egeplast offers intelligent pipe systems with innovative protection and testing technologies. These ensure that the pipe systems function reliably for over 100 years – for generations to come.

Together with municipalities, utility and disposal companies, network operators, Design Engineers, construction companies and retailers, we develop solutions – technologically leading and future-proofed. Our systems thus ensure durable, secure and resource-conserving infrastructures.

Source: Sustainability

Intelligent Pipe Systems

For decades, egeplast has focused on developing value-added plastic pipe systems that can be installed and monitored trenchlessly – to protect drinking water supply and the environment. Trenchless techniques are fast, efficient, and offer ecological advantages. Interventions in the environment and road traffic are reduced.

Monitored pipe systems ensure the long-term preservation of infrastructure value and are indispensable for soil and water protection – thus reliably preventing contamination, for example, when crossing drinking water protection zones. Monitored pipe systems also protect drinking water and the environment during extreme weather events.

Source: Sustainability

Secure Pipe Systems – Advantages of Modern PE Pipes Megatrend Water Scarcity Megatrend Extreme Weather Events

Our Locations

egeplast operates internationally – we have long-standing customer relationships from core markets in Europe to Asia. In addition to the company headquarters in Greven (Germany), the egeplast Group includes two further production sites in Norsjö (Sweden) and Doncaster (England).

At its headquarters in Greven/Westphalia, egeplast operates a state-of-the-art plastic pipe plant.

Sustainable energy, modern manufacturing, efficient logistics:

Many extrusion lines are equipped with QuickSwitch technology for stepless dimension changes during ongoing production. For sustainability and efficiency, egeplast uses IoT (Internet of Things) sensors to control the systems, which record electricity, water, and compressed air consumption in real time.

In 2024, egeplast opened the egeGigaFab at its headquarters. Here, microduct pipes are manufactured, which are needed for the widespread fiber optic expansion in Europe. With state-of-the-art production technology – fully automated and resource-efficient. A photovoltaic system with an output of over 1,300 kWp is installed on the roof of the egeGigaFab – this can generate as much electricity as an average of 400 households consume per year. Production in the egeGigaFab largely runs on its own solar power and certified green energy.

The site also includes a center for egeFit® system technology, an innovation center, the egeBistro, and the company’s own egeAkademie as a training center with pipe test tracks. Here, we impart specialist knowledge – practical and target-group-oriented.

The approximately 270,000 m² egeplast site is logistically located in the center of Europe. The excellent transport links enable smooth logistics through the rapid delivery of our products by truck, sea freight, and rail.

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egeplast UK Ltd. & Westwood Pipelines Ltd.: Production site for PE pipes and sales/trade
Managing Director: Steven Jones

Extena AB: Market and quality leader for standard PE pipes in Sweden
Managing Director: Peter Falk

egeGigaFab

This egeGigaFab offers a backdrop that could be part of a sci-fi movie set.

Joeri Van Bogaert,
FTTH Council Europe President 2007 – 2010

egeGigaFab

What egeplast has accomplished is truly impressive. The visit has given me confidence that "made in Germany" can continue to be a success story.

Dr. Stephan Albers,
Managing Director of the BREKO Federal Association for Broadband Communication e.V.

egeGigaFab

The new egeGigaFab sets standards in productivity, logistics, and automation.

Prof. Christian Hopmann,
Chair of Plastics Processing at RWTH Aachen and Head of the Institute of Plastics Processing (IKV)

egeGigaFab

State-of-the-art plant technology with a high degree of automation

11,000 m² production area

Photovoltaic system with a capacity of over 1,300 kWp

40,000 m² storage area

Awards

egeplast has been recognized as the 2025 winner in the "Excellent Digitalization & Automation" category at the "Factory of the Year" benchmarking competition. egeplast has received multiple awards. In 2023, it received the MX Award (Manufacturing Excellence) in the Best SME and Customer Orientation categories, and in 2022, it received the "Factory of the Year" industry award for "Excellent Series Production."

egeplast is "Factory of the Year 2025" in the category "Excellent Digitalization & Automation"

egeplast was honored as the 2025 winner in the benchmarking competition “Factory of the Year” in the category “Outstanding Digitalization & Automation”.

The award recognizes the high quality standards and the special level of innovation in the manufacture of plastic pipes for infrastructure. At the same time, it represents stable future prospects. This is because egeplast continuously invests in state-of-the-art production systems as a central element in securing the location.

In the egeGigaFab at the egeplast headquarters in Greven, microduct pipes are produced on 11,000 m², which are required for nationwide fiber optic expansion in Europe. Using state-of-the-art production technology – fully automated, resource-saving, and sustainable.

Source: Sustainability

The Factory of the Year award is an award for the entire egeplast team. My special thanks go to the engineering team led by Dr. Tobias Hallmann. We made the decision to build the new egeGigaFab in order to create stable future prospects for egeplast at its headquarters in Greven. As a family business, we think in generations and develop pipe systems that function reliably for more than 100 years. Our egeplast Microducts meet the high quality requirements of the largest network operators in Europe

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Dr. Ansgar Strumann, Managing Partner of the Greven-based plastic pipe manufacturer

State-of-the-art plant technology and a high degree of automation are the highlights of the new egeGigaFab. Under the leadership of Dr.-Ing. Tobias Hallmann, the entire product, manufacturing, logistics, and material supply concept was completely rethought to remain competitive in Germany, with its high labor and energy costs, in the future.

The output speeds have doubled, the set-up times have been shortened, and the degree of automation amazes many visitors.

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Managing Director of Operations Torsten Ratzmann.

egeplast was awarded the MX Award (Manufacturing Excellence Award) in 2023 in the category ‘Best SME and Customer Orientation’.

“The MX Award is an incentive for us to continue working on the tasks ahead of us every day and to constantly improve our processes. Thanks to the MX Award team for their great commitment,” says Torsten Ratzmann, Managing Director Operations and Innovation.

“The MX Award aims to promote cross-industry collaboration and provide experts from science and practice with a comprehensive communication network. In doing so, innovative and creative solutions not only serve to promote international competitiveness but also, in particular, Germany as a business location. For egeplast, this award is a recognition of passion and innovation as well as the commitment of the entire team, which works hard every day to achieve peak performance. As a medium-sized company, egeplast is proud to have been honored alongside industry giants such as Mercedes AMG, VW Wolfsburg Plant, and the two Siemens plants in Berlin and Hagenau.”

Thanks to a new lean strategy, discipline, and good teamwork, egeplast was awarded as “Factory of the Year” 2022 in the category “Outstanding Series Production”.

The award recognizes the high quality standards and exceptional performance level in the production of plastic pipes for energy and water supply, as well as for fiber optic infrastructure. At the same time, it represents stable future prospects, as egeplast continuously invests in modern production systems as a central element of securing its location.

At egeplast, emphasis is generally placed on customer-oriented production with short lead times, high delivery performance, and premium quality.

Read the interview with Managing Director Torsten Ratzmann

Münsterland Innovation Award in the Business category 2017

egeplast is awarded the Innovation Award for HexelOne^® XXXL – resource-saving material use and recyclability

egeplast was honored with the Münsterland Innovation Prize in the Business category for the innovative HexelOne^® XXXL high-pressure pipe. With the HexelOne^® XXXL, egeplast has developed a large-diameter high-pressure pipe made of polyethylene that offers economic and resource-conserving advantages: starting with material savings and faster handling on the construction site through to cost advantages for the customer.

The egeplast HexelOne^® XXXL is a newly developed large-diameter pipe system made of polyethylene with diameters of up to 2 m and for operating pressures of up to 20 bar. The intelligent pipe system is used particularly in hydropower and pumped storage technology. Trenchless installation methods reduce the impact on the sensitive landscape to a minimum. In addition to the product innovation, a manufacturing process was developed that enables savings of up to 50% in material and energy. This significantly reduces the total costs for construction projects. An improved CO2 balance protects the environment.

Dr.-Ing. Michael Stranz, Head of Development at egeplast, accepted the award. The product innovation was created at the egeplast technology center in Greven (Westphalia) as a result of the consistent further development of the patented egeplast HexelOne^® technology. Research and development have a long tradition at egeplast. The family-owned company, which has been based in the Steinfurt district for over 100 years, is known as an innovation hub for multi-layer pipes. Over 60 patents for products and manufacturing processes prove its technological leadership. Innovations are the decisive success factor for egeplast. egeplast has received the Münsterland Innovation Prize for the second time since 2005.

Source: Sustainability