ESAB, a world-leading international cutting and welding company, formulates, develops, manufactures and supplies consumable products and equipment for use in the cutting and joining of steel, aluminium and metal alloys. 

The ESAB saga began in 1904 with Oscar Kjellberg, a Swedish engineer who was working on ships and boilers in Gothenburg, Sweden. He was not satisfied with the quality of repair jobs. His quest for a better technology led to the invention of the world’s first covered electrode. And thus, Elektriska Svetsnings Aktie Bolaget (ESAB) was born. With over 110 years of experience in virtually every type of welding and cutting application across all industries, the company has an unrivalled ability to solve welding and cutting problems wherever in the world they may occur. ESAB also has one of the most comprehensive product ranges in the welding and cutting industry.

With a focus on providing top quality customer service, ESAB has continually strived to offer innovative and high productivity solutions to a wide range of industry sectors. The company has developed an exceptional product range in response to customer specific needs and has one of the largest welding consumables product ranges; it has consumables for every welding type application and consumables that cater to industry segments such as offshore, shipbuilding, petrochemical, transport, construction, energy, automotive, pipelines, and pipe mills. The consumables sold by ESAB are manufactured under a strict quality assurance programme. Moreover, with integrated worldwide certification of ISO 9001, 14001 & OSHAS 18001 first time in welding industry, the high quality consumables are preferred by industries for their ability to minimise welding defects.

A global presence and widely dispersed manufacturing facilities have facilitated an extensive reach and more effective response to customer needs. The ESAB group has 26 manufacturing plants across the globe and a presence in almost 80 countries with around 8000 employees of which more than 600 are engaged in research and development at centres in Sweden, Holland, UK, USA Germany, Brazil & India. It also has a widespread network of sales offices and distributors to reach end user industries in several geographic regions, where competitors have limited access. This enables the company to provide a truly global experience to its customers and a consistent customer experience.

ESAB undertakes continuous R&D to boost productivity levels and invests significantly into R&D to enhance the quality of its consumables, while reducing their environmental impact and improving the working environment of its customers. Through its regionally dispersed Process Development Centres, ESAB is able to provide rapid technical support as well as customer training which means ESAB uses a fully global competency base to develop products that are best suited to its markets. With a truly global set of products, engineers are able to respond to regional customer needs and tailor products best suited to those needs.

The ESAB Group is owned by the COLFAX Corporation of USA, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. ESAB India Limited is owned 73.72% by the ESAB Group. The remainder of its shares is held widely. The company is listed on the Mumbai Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange.

ESAB India Limited started its operations in 1987 by acquiring the welding business of Peico Electronics & Electricals Limited (now Philips India Limited). The company continued its expansion in the Indian market with the purchase of Indian Oxygen Limited’s welding business in 1991 and Flotech Welding & Cutting Systems Limited in 1992, followed by the merger of Maharashtra Weldaids Limited in 1994.

Today, ESAB India has established itself as the leading supplier of welding and cutting products in the country. ESAB India’s initiative on Total Quality Management has resulted in ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certifications four of its principal manufacturing facilities located at Kolkata, Chennai and Nagpur. Further, the skills, know-how and resources at its Research and Development Departments, have helped the Company to offer a wide range of world-class products for diverse applications, cost effectively. ESAB India’s initiative in Environment Health and Safety (EHS) program has resulted in the certification of ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 respectively.

Broad portfolio, worldwide operations

With operations in a large number of countries, ESAB is a world leader in the production of welding consumables and equipment, including market leading position in India. The brand is synonymous with world leading expertise in the following key areas:

Manual welding and cutting equipment

Welding consumables

Welding automation, and

Cutting systems.

For each discipline, continuous development of methods, materials and know-how is being directed to meet the challenges posed by a diversity of industry sectors. ESAB is organised to deliver efficient, high-productivity solutions to meet their requirements in a manner that exceeds their expectations.

Customers of ESAB are found in the following industries: automotive; general fabrication and civil construction; pipelines; pipe mills; power generation; process industry; repair and maintenance; shipbuilding and offshore; transport and mobile machinery.

ESAB India exports welding consumables and welding and cutting equipment to neighbouring countries such as Nepal, Bangladesh and SriLanka as well as through Group Companies to US, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Canada and East Africa.

The company in India has also established the ESAB Welding Institute at Kolkata, which is the Welding Technology Centre of Esab India Limited. This institute is founded with the sole objective of helping the industry by way of offering training programmes and solutions to the welding and cutting industry. With its ultra modern, international standard infrastructure and technical know-how facilities, the institute offers the following three distinct services:

Engineers’/Supervisors’ Training Programmes

Welders’ Training Programmes, and

Technical Services.