Insulating for a durable tomorrow

Lijan offers the right protecting gear for industrial ventures

Lijan is all about insulation, and the technology to protect installations over a longer period of time. With an innovative and empowered team, as well as the right technology and mechanism, Lijan has solutions to all that you can ask for in the realms of thermal insulation to desalination and power plants, petrochemical plants, oil rigs and industrial installations. Moreover, it believes in innovation and is best at offering green solutions with a thrust on solar power and green roof ventilators.
Excerpts from an interview with Lijo George Kuttukaran, Managing Director, Lijan Group:

Tell us about your repairs and maintenance services, and what edge do you enjoy over your competitors?
Lijan Insulation Contracting LLC, the flagship company of Lijan Group established in 2004, is a reputed Contracting and Trading Company based in Dubai, UAE, and provides turnkey solution in all type of Hot/Cold insulation and renewable energy services for marine and industrial sectors. Keeping utmost care on environment, health and safety, we have endeavoured to execute our project in time, complying with the highest international standards. This is managed by a professional team having operational bases in the UAE and India with the state-of-the-art facilities and extensive expertise in various industrial insulation and climatisation projects.
We offer comprehensive repairs and maintenance services in Thermal insulation to Power & Desalination Plants, Refineries & Petrochemical Plants, Chemical and Bitumen Storage tank Farms, Offshore & Onshore Oil Rig Platforms and industrials Plants viz Cement, Steel, Fertiliser, Chemical, etc.
What kinds of insulations are in demand in the UAE, and how effective are your solutions?
Being the centre of the world, UAE has access to all latest Thermal Insulation material. In earlier days, Fibrous material like glass wool, Rockwool, etc. were being used and now it is replaced with sandwich panels. Fire rated Rockwool panels are manufactured in the UAE for pre-engineered building.
Pre-engineered buildings constructed a decade or more ago are not insulated. We offer retrofit solutions for these building by using latest materials like cross linked polyethylene, also coatings or formulations, which can be sprayed over the roof are available in the market. These reduce the metal sheet temperatures.

How environmental-friendly and sustainable are your services, and what paradigm you see as the world opts for greener solutions?
Over the years, the Group has diversified into the Green Energy sector and has introduced climatisation solutions in the MENA region. Lijan has successfully Executed Turbo Ventilators to various prestigious project for the government, local and international clients and recently completed installation of 1,500 ventilators for entire Dubai Textile City.
In order to utilise the sun's light, Lijan installs solar Sky Tubes for day lightings.  Sky Tubes work without Electricity in CSP Technology hence does not have PV Panels and Battery. So it is 100 per cent maintenance free system.

Can you list out some of your achievements and what big names are you associated with?
The company introduced Stainless Steel Modular Chimney System in the UAE market, which is designed and manufactured by a renowned European manufacturer. This twin wall insulated systems are specially designed for high temperature, pressure and condensing applications. It replaces conventional carbon steel piping, thermal insulation and metal jacketing with a single double wall insulated stainless steel push fit pipe system with locking band.

What future do you see as climatic conditions worsen due to global warming?  
The effects of global warming are causing havoc all over at an irrevocable pace. Unless and until the awareness is spread amongst the public this cannot be hindered. We at Lijan strive to reach out to Corporates and inculcate in them the need of using alternate sources. In this era, when electric cars have started gaining popularity and people are ready to bring about changes in their daily lives, we envisage an upsurge in the use of energy efficient solutions thereby leaving minimum carbon footprint.
- mehkri@khaleejtimes.com

• Sharjah