Presto, a family-owned French group that has been manufacturing and selling tapware for all types of public buildings for the past three generations, will be making its debut at the Big5 2015 expo in Dubai, UAE.

A mega event for the building and construction industry in the Middle East region, Big5 will be held from November 23 to 26.

The French company said it will be exhibiting its PrestoGreen range of tapware solutions for public places and healthcare facilities at the expo.

Presto has drawn on its decades of experience operating in water-scarce countries across the globe, where the need to save water is crucial, to design more water-efficient solutions.

The PrestoGreen range is fully in line with environmental approaches such as the green building standards of HQE (France), BREEAM (UK and the Netherlands) and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (Leed).

The PrestoGreen offers more water savings thereby guaranteeing more credits.

The range provides increased water savings by reducing the flow time to seven seconds, combining comfort and savings or through a water flow at 1.9 L/minute that is achieved by “spray effect” aerators which ensure maximum ease of use and an optimum jet pressure quality for such a low flow rate and which can be interchanged with all types of taps.

The French group's Presto 504, which boasts a 150 mm projection, has been designed to save water in places of worship. Its projection has been engineered to lend convenience and comfort to ablutions, said the company in its statement.

Another key solution to be exhibited at the Big5 will be Presto's SO’O wash basin mixer tap from its electronic tap range.

Just by merely detecting the user’s hand, it delivers the adequate amount of water to ensure perfect hygiene without having to touch the tap. It features an anti-overflow safety system that is triggered if the cell is obstructed as well as an anti-scalding safety system that limits the mixed water temperature to the required value.

The range also includes Presto1000XL DVA, a dual volume direct flush valve which allows a water saving of up to 90 per cent compared to a conventional flush, thanks to its two independent adjustable water volumes.

The French group's MasterMix is a shower thermostatic mixer tap from Sanifirst that is especially suited to healthcare institutions (hospitals, dependent care facilities for the elderly).

It offers the advantage of no cross-connection between hot water and cold water (no check valve), thereby limiting the risks of bacterial proliferation (e.g. Pseudomonas, Legionella, etc.).

The MasterMix tap also offers an anti-scalding safety system for users (securing of the cartridge, cold body) and is easy to maintain.

A pioneer in the history of French tapware, Presto operates in over 80 countries worldwide. In 2014, the group opened a its regional subsidiary (Presto Middle East) in Dubai and recently opened it subsidiary Presto North Africa in Tunisia.-TradeArabia News Service