Polieco manufactures KIO, the manhole cover made of Kinext, a composite material intended to revolutionise the world of road manhole covers.

The special composite material fromwhich KIO manhole covers are made has several advantages: the Polieco manhole cover is extremely solid and strong. At the same time, plastic manhole covers are about 70% lighter than traditional manhole covers, making them easier to handle and install in worksites, significantly reducing labour and equipment costs, both during installation and in subsequent maintenance interventions. Furthermore, the lowweight of the Polieco manhole covers in composite material considerably decreases transport costs.

The manhole cover made ofcomposite material contributes to environmental protection, by limiting the release of CO2 into the environment throughout its entire lifecycle. That’s not all: choosing plastic reduces noise when vehicles and pedestrians pass over them, therefore also contributing to a reduction in noise pollution.

KIO is therefore a roadmanhole cover ideal to be installed in transit, exhibition and pedestrian areas, because Kinext material is  a non-conductor of electricity,  protecting pedestrians from dangerous voltage composite leakage. In contrast to traditional manhole covers, composite manhole covers also discourage the occurrence of theft and vandalism. Lastly, the plastic manholes designed by Polieco can be customised with logos and colours.

Polieco Group produces different manhole covers of the KIO line, designed for any type of need: starting from the KIO 15kN composite manhole cover, designed as a round manhole cover for areas with pedestrian or bicycle traffic, up to larger ones and in different shapes, such as the KIO class B125KIO C250  and KIO D400 manhole cover, ideal for closing a road manhole. KIO manhole covers are used for gas, waterworks, sewer and electricity networks.

To complete the KIO range, Polieco also makes the KIO Concave Grating ideal for draining stormwater and surface water and KIO TRENCH, the modular manhole cover designed to be installed on top of concrete channels in service areas, industrial areas, commercial areas, ports and quays.

Discover all the manhole covers of the KIO range by Polieco: download the information material from the Download Area for detailed information on all the features that make manhole covers in composite material an enormous innovation in the world of road manhole covers.