Blog & Resources Il giornale della fabbrica
How to source, compare, spec and install PPR, PEX and brass systems — written by an Italian manufacturer in Bologna, since 1970, not a content farm. Start with the two pillar guides, then browse by topic and read at your own pace.
I. Start Here Le due guide essenziali
Before you import a container, spec a project or sign a distributor deal, it pays to understand the systems you are selling. If you read only two things before sourcing, read these — who to buy from, and what to sell.
Pillar Guide · Sourcing & Vetting · Live
Where to look, how to tell a real factory from a trading company, which certifications — SKZ, DVGW, ISO — to check, the red flags that should end a conversation, and a reusable sourcing checklist you can apply to any supplier.
Read the sourcing guidePillar Guide · Choosing a System · Live
A B2B comparison across cost, lifespan, temperature, pressure and installation — when PPR wins, why PEX owns underfloor heating, and how brass ties the system together — so you stock what your market actually buys.
Read the comparison guideNew to sourcing? Start with the sourcing guide
II. The Library Sfoglia per argomento
Guides are grouped under the topics that matter most to importers, distributors, projects and installers — certifications, specifications, installation, importing and partnership. More are in production: subscribe below and we’ll tell you when each lands.
Underfloor Heating Manifold Installation — mounting, loop connection, filling and flow-meter balancing, step by step.
ii.How to Weld PPR Pipe — hot-melt socket fusion explained: temperatures, timing and the mistakes that cause leaks.
iii.PPR Pipe Specifications Explained — PN ratings, sizes, temperature and pressure, so you can read a datasheet like a buyer.
iv.DVGW & SKZ Certifications Explained — what the German marks certify, alongside ISO 9001 / 14001, and why they decide tenders and market entry.
v.Importing Italian Pipes to the Gulf & North Africa — from first enquiry to landed container, the route our own importers take.
vi.Private Label vs Distribution — your brand or ours: which route fits your market, margin and ambitions.
vii.Radiant Floor Heating Guide — how radiant systems work and what a complete underfloor-heating package includes.
Next guide — Coming soon. Subscribe below and we’ll send it the day it publishes.
III. E-E-A-T Dalla fabbrica, non dalla farm
Most piping content online is written to rank, not to inform — thin listicles from marketplaces and content farms that have never welded a joint or shipped a container. Our guides come from a working factory floor.
PPR, PEX and brass systems plus underfloor heating, made in Bologna since 1970 — 270+ SKUs from one source. The standards you read here are the ones our own importers and project buyers hold us to.
ISO 9001, ISO 14001, German SKZ and German DVGW — the marks that decide tenders and market entry across the Gulf, North Africa, Southern Europe and Latin America. Certificate details shared with qualified buyers on request.
Every guide answers something our own importers, projects and private-label partners actually ask us. When a guide tells you how to spot a real factory, it is not theory — it is how we operate.
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