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TEX20 years experience at the service of ground preparation For over twenty years, the company AFITEX has specialised on three key sectors: Ground drainage, support and sealing, and is presently recognised as the leader in this field. AFITEX proposes the design, manufacture and commercialisation of synthetic materials intended primariiy for use in the construction sector. Located in the outskirts of Paris, the company possesses an industrial site of 25,000 m’ dedicated to the transformation of basic textile products into geocomposite materials. Thanks to its extensive experience and...

Construction Sealing and drainage ot underground walls SOMDRAIN® T5 SOMDRAIN seals the walls to which it is applied, drains infiltration water and evacuates it to a drain collector at the base of the wall. Technical approval CSTB • Nc 7/03 - 1366" VI Drainage of underground walls ALVEODRAIN5 F ALVEODRAIN F enables vertical drainage of underground walls. It is also used for permanent formwork applications.

Noise protection walls ATALUS DOUBLE5 Aesthetic and planted, the ATALJS DOUBLE represents a noise protection wall perfectly adapted for use in an urban environment. Drainage of parks and gardens SOMTUBE5, COVERDRAIN* Used to replace the traditional gravel layer AFITEX drainage composites offer an economical alternative for the drainage of parks and gardens: Sport fields, parks and gardens.

Road networks Earth preparation work Drainage under backfill SOMTUBE FTF SOMTUBE FTF protects the backfill from hydraulic pressures from below by collecting and evacuating rising ground water. It may be used to replace a gravel layer up to 1 m thick. Drainage layer on roadside embankments DRAINCOTEX" DRAINCOTEX protects the road structure from lateral infiltrations coming from the natural soil level. In addition to its anti-capillary action it also offers better protection of the road surface during frost/defrost cycles. Technical approval SETRA • N° E9612 Sealing and planting of ditches...

Road and motorway water retention ponds: Drainage and physical protection of the geomembrane DRAINTUBE FT, ALVEOGAZ DRAINTUBE is used to avoid all risks of pressurisation resulting in irremediable distortion and damage to the sealing layer. Earth cladding: drainage within a flood wall DRAINATEX*, SOMTUBE* FTF For over 20 years, the geotextile composite solutions DRAINATEX and SOMTUBE FTF have been used for vertical and horizontal drainage downstream of the flood wall. Irrigation ponds: drainage for monitoring and protection of sealing DRAINTUBE0 FT Placed under the geomembrane, DRAINTUBE...

Drainage at bottom of landfill DRAINTUBE0 FT DRAINTUBE FT may be used on a geomembrane layer to substitute the anti-puncture geotextile and the 0.20 m thick drainage layer. This solution offers an increase in storage capacity in waste storage centres. Drainage of embankments DRAINTUBE0 UV, DRAINTUBE0 FT Placed on the sealing layer, DRAINTUBE UV drains leachate and offers mechanical protection of the geomembrane. Its filter layer is UV resistant. Placed under the sealing layer, DRAINTUBE FT drains infiltration water to avoid hydraulic pressurisation under the geomembrane and also offers...

AFITEX DRAINAGE & LINING PRODUCTS 13-15, rue Louis Bleriot - 28300 Champhol - France ■ Tel.: +33 (0)2 37 18 01 51 • Fax : +33 (0)2 37 18 01 60 • afitex@afitex.com www.afitex.com AFITEX ALGERIE OTE DES CASTORS - N°150C BOflDJ El KIFFAN -16000 ALGER ALGERIE Tel. / Fax :+213 (0)21 21 19 59 afitex-algerie@afitex.com AFITEX CANADA AFITEX OCEAN INDIEN 2160 CHEMIN DU TREMBLAY 32 ROUTE DE CAMBAIE BUREAU 205F - LONGUEUIL (Qc) J4N 1P8 ZA CAMBAIE - LA REUNION psaunier@afitextexel.ca afifex-oi@afitex.com