Rabmer, whose head office is at Altenberg near Linz, will continue to operate under its present name as a subsidiary of Sekisui. Ulrike Rabmer-Koller will retain 25 per cent of the company and stay on as manageress together with Wolfgang Steinbichler.

Sekisui Manager Ulrike Rabmer-Koller said "We offer our customers 25 years of knowhow in trenchless pipe rehabilitation and innovative renewal technologies. The fusion with Sekisui creates synergies for both groups and a perfect combination of systems, technologies and markets.

“With Sekisui as an international parent company we will be able to build on our strengths, develop additional markets and add further technologies to our portfolio.”

Rabmer’s ‘close-fit’ method now supplements the product range of affiliate company Sekisui SPR Europe in the product portfolio of trenchless technologies. Together with locally established Rabmer subsidiaries in Austria, Poland, Romania, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ukraine and Slovakia Sekisui Group intends to accelerate the marketing of SPR spiral-wound pipe lining technology in the central and eastern European growth markets.

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