Astore Africa enters into the new millennium with great confidence, based on its achievements, and on measures to ensure full compliance with Y2K requirements.

Over the past 16 years, Astore Africa has build up a reputation in South Africa as the most versatile supplier of a comprehensive quality range of thermoplastic pipe fittings, valves and pipeline accessories, available in all recognized materials and serving most areas of usage in today's sophisticated market for plastic pipeline systems.

The company's philosophy has been based on the principle of supplying the right material for the application at the right price without sacrificing quality and performance for the end user. Astore's ability to react to developments in product design and new materials formulation has resulted in the company being able to offer a product range incorporating the latest available technology to the market.

The company has continually maintained close international links with its overseas suppliers to ensure that the latest developments in plastic pipeline systems are available to South African design and process engineers across a wide spectrum of applications from severe chemical process lines to domestic garden irrigation.

Astore's leadership as supplier of thermoplastic pipe fittings has been strengthened since the establishment of a local manufacturing unit of injection-moulded pipe fittings in PVC, Polypropylene and ABS, conforming to recognised local and international standards.

Locally manufactured PVC fittings under the "AFFIT" brand achieved the SABS-966 mark during 1999. This award-winning development has placed the company in the forefront in the market as the largest manufacturer of locally-produced thermoplastic pressure pipe fittings, using advance moulding technology based on the latest know-how with uncompromising insistence on quality and commitment to research and development.

The company offers customers in-house technical expertise coupled with a country- wide distribution network.