About

About Us

Pure Piping delivers reliable, high-quality piping systems, fabrication and installation services to the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, semiconductor and bioprocess industries. The company directors have a combined over 50 years of experience in fabrication, project management and supervision in the industry. They intimately understand the environments in which we work and help clients get it right the first time. The result is exceptional quality.

The Pure Piping team rigorously applies the company Quality, Administrative and Technical Operations Management system in its day-to-day activities, allowing for the execution of projects in a standard and systemised manner.

We have completed several large-scale projects over the past eight years.

Quality Assurance

Pure Piping strives to produce the highest Quality Assurance documentation possible.  The QA pack we provide for our clients is set out in an obvious, practical way that captures all required components of the project. We ensure our documentation meets or surpasses the required standards as per our clients’ regulating bodies such as the Therapeutic Goods of Australia (TGA) or the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA).

Our quality pack complies with all codes of GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice), is equivalent to ISO 9001 and is prepared following AS/NZS ISO 9004.5

Our Premises and equipment

We have a custom-fitted 700m2  factory at 32 The Concord, Bundoora.
Our factory is home to equipment such as our forklift, brake press, band saws, pedestal drill, polishing grinders and a range of material stock.
To ensure a superior finished product Pure Piping uses high-quality, well-maintained welding equipment both in our factory and onsite.

  • 12x OrbimatOrbital Welding Machines, all with test and calibration certificates.
  • 1x Orbitwin 165CA Parallel Switching Box which allows for the connection of two welder heads from one machine.
  • 1x OW12 weld head, weld range3-12mm.
  • 3x OW17weld head, weld range 6mm-13mm.
  • 3x 38S weld heads, weld range 6mm-38mm.
  • 8x 76Sweld heads, weld range 6mm-76mm.
  • 2x 115S weld head, weld range 25mm-115mm.
  • 1x 170S weld head, weld range 25mm-170mm.
  • 36x TIGwelding machines.
  • 12x specialist tube cutting machines.
  • 7x tube end facing tools, ensures perfect square tube ends for precision orbital welding.
  • Magnehelic–With our extensive experience welding small size pipe/tube, we know how to ensure correct internal gas pressure using a Magnehelic.
  • Purge Monitor–Our calibrated gas monitors enable us to know for certain all oxygen is removed from the line during purging, ensuring we provide the cleanest internal welds possible.
  • 12x Laser levels–Our calibrated laser levels ensure our pipework and equipment is installed accurately to the project specifications.
  • 2x Passivation Skids–Manufactured in house to ensure all requirements could be catered for. Skid options-800L tank for large applications, 80Ltank for smaller applications
  • 1x Agilent Helium Leak Detector
  • 1x BeckmanCoulter Particle Counter
  • 2x TPS WP-81 Conductivity, pH and Temperature Meters

Our Team

Pure Piping trade personnel are second-to-none in the field, highly qualified, experienced and committed to working alongside our clients to provide exceptional results.

Pure Piping employees are all entitled to the PPTEU’s enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA).

The decision for our company to sign the EBA was to ensure our employees work under the best industry agreement and entitlements for them (e.g. RDOs, holiday leave, long service leave, redundancy fund).

The best conditions ensure we have the best employees in our unique high-purity industry.

Food, Beverage and Pharmaceutical

ASSDA FABRICATOR PROJECT OF THE YEAR 2022

Pure Piping

Project:

CSIRO GMP Facility

www.purepiping.com.au

Food, Beverage and Pharmaceutical

ASSDA FABRICATOR PROJECT OF THE YEAR 2023

Pure Piping

Project:

Project Hawara, CSL Global Headquarters

www.purepiping.com.au

Our Team

Andrew Owen

Founder - Director

Our Founder and Director Andrew Owen was inspired to start this company to be able to collaborate with other organisations that share the same vision, which is to deliver high-quality products and services that make an impact in the pharmaceutical & biomedical industry. Andrew has 21 plus years’ experience in fabrication, project management and supervision for stainless steel pipe work in the pharmaceutical, biomedical, and semi-conductor industries. Andrew commenced an engineering in light fabrication apprenticeship in 2001 and completed trade in 2005. Acquired certificate 7 in GTAW to AS1796.

Mark Owen

Director

Mark joined the Pure Piping Team in 2017 as a Director and is very passionate about leading innovation in the pharmaceutical & biomedical industry. Mark comes with 28 plus years’ experience in fabrication, project management and supervision for stainless steel pipe work in the pharmaceutical, biomedical, semi- conductor, oil and gas, Petro-chemical and water industries. Acquired certificate 7 in GTAW to AS1796.  Mark started an engineering in light fabrication apprenticeship in 1994 and completed trade in 1998.

Chris Vella

General Manager

Chris joined the Pure Piping team in 2017. Chris comes with 16 plus years’ experience in stainless steel pipe work in the pharmaceutical, food & beverage, oil & gas, and biomedical industries. Chris has managed several projects for Pure Piping including MSD Animal Health, CSL Behring Aurora and Australian National University.  Chris moved into the General Manager role in April 2021, to support all project and site managers on Pure Piping projects. Chris began a plumbing apprenticeship in 2006 and completed trade in 2010.

Ryan Warnock

Project Manager

Ryan joined the Pure Piping team in 2016 and comes with 16 plus years of experience in in stainless steel pipe work in the pharmaceutical industry. Ryan has site managed several projects for Pure Piping including CSL Behring Privogen, CSL Behring Aurora, MSD Animal Health, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, CSL Hawara projects, Monash Uni medicine manufacturing innovation centre and ANSTO . Ryan started a plumbing apprenticeship in 2006 and completed trade in 2010.

Brett Payne

QA Manager

Brett commenced employment with Pure Piping in July 2020. Brett comes with substantial experience in Business Management as well as facilitating productivity through excellent customer experience and product knowledge. Passionate about educating staff on Quality Assurance processes to ensure the best possible outcomes for our clients. Brett has a bachelor’s degree in Multimedia Systems (Computer Programming).