The history of Flowtite Technology can be traced back to 1929 when the owners of Jotun established a manufacturing plant for vegetable oils, called Vera Fabrikker, in Sandefjord, Norway.

[1][3] After a year of unsuccessful experimenting, a second invention was made — a steel band was added to the machine[4] and in 1968 Vera Fabrikker started producing GRP pipes and tanks.

[7][10] It is composed of the words “flow” and “tite” (a dialect version of “tight”[11]) and represents a steady movement of liquids through a compact and sealed medium.

Flowtite pipes can only be produced with a custom-designed production equipment, which has a basic filament winding machine as a basis.

It consists of a continuous steel band mandrel, supported by beams installed circumferentially to form a cylindrical shape.