HILLIARD, OHIO, Jan. 07, 2013 -- Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (ADS) has acquired Inlet & Pipe Protection, Inc., manufacturer of FLEXSTORM® stormwater inlet filters. The announcement was made today by both companies. The products will now be marketed under the ADS FLEXSTORM brand.
ADS FLEXSTORM Inlet Filters provide a technological advantage to trap debris. The ADS FLEXSTORM adjustable design allows it to fit any drainage structure and provide maximum protection while being easy to install and economical.
"Since 2009, FLEXSTORM products have been part of the ADS catalog," stated Ron Vitarelli, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of ADS, "and now we will increase production and distribution to meet the escalating demand for the inlet filters. Each ADS FLEXSTORM unit filters silt, solids and other pollutants to help our environment and assist communities in meeting the EPA’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Phase II Storm Water Rule."
Jamie Ringenbach, President of the Naperville, IL based Inlet & Pipe Protection agreed. "FLEXSTORM filters enable state DOTs and municipalities across the country to comply with mandates set forth by the EPA to find universally accepted structural best management practices (BMP) to address the issue of stormwater inlet protection. And engineers are specifying the use of the below grate system more and more because they find it prevents hazardous inlet ponding, road icing and jobsite erosion."