ESAB India Limited was established in 1987 as a part of ESAB Group owned by the Charter International Plc.Group UK, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange. The Company is engaged in the business of fabrication technology. The company caters to both domestic and international markets.
The company directly export welding consumables and welding and cutting equipment to Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Kenya and Uganda. The company also exports products to Middle East, Asia Pacific, Europe and the USA through their group companies in Sweden, Singapore and Dubai..The company also in the business segment of Equipment, Consumables.
The company has a wide and comprehensive range of welding, cutting and allied products and services. The product range covers Welding Consumables, Reclamation Consumables, Arc Equipment, Industrial Gas Equipment, Cutting Machines and Working Environment Products for the specialised welding, cutting and allied needs. These are manufactured to stringent quality control measures in the state-of-the-art manufacturing units.
1904: A leader is born. Elektriska Svetsnings-Aktiebolaget (ESAB) founded in Göteborg by engineer Oscar Kjellberg. In the beginning, operations focused very clearly on the shipyards' repair requirements.
1906: Innovation unfolds. The patent is granted for Kjellberg's unique invention - the world's first coated welding electrode.
1912: The Anglo-Swedish Electric Welding Co Ltd, London, is founded.
1914: The Belgian-Swedish Electric Welding Co Ltd (BSEW), Antwerp, is founded.
1919: La Soudure Autogene Française uses Kjellberg's method to build the ship “SAF no. 4”. It is 20 metres long, 4 metres wide and 2.3 metres deep.
1920: The all-welded workshop boat “ESAB IV”, 16 metres long and 4 metres wide, is launched.
1920: Lloyd's Register of Shipping approves Kjellberg's welding method.
1921: Kjellberg Elektroden & Maschinen GmbH, Berlin (later Kjellberg Elektroden & Maschinen GmbH, Finsterwalde) is set up.
1932: ESAB-Iberica S.A., Madrid, Spain, is founded.
1932: ESAB S.A., Brussels, Belgium, and PEAS in Prague in Czechoslovakia are established.
1933: Welding Supplies Ltd., England, and ESAB-Denmark are set up.
1935: ESAB-Elettrodi Rivestiti S.A., Milan, Italy is established.
1936: The first issue of ESAB's publication Svetsaren is published.
1937: Breakthrough development. The submerged arc welding method is invented, providing a versatile means of depositing large amounts of metal quickly, consistently, and safely.
1938: Kjellberg-Eberle GmbH, Germany, is founded.
1938: ESAB Norway is set up.
1940: ESAB Welding Corporation in the USA is established.
1942: The machine plant in Laxa is opened.
1943: ESAB-Finland is founded.
1944: Revolutionary technology. The new process of TIG welding (called Heliarc) is introduced, providing greater control over the weld for stronger, higher quality results.
1950: Quantum leap. Gas metal arc welding (GMAW) or MIG/MAG welding is developed. Its versatility and speed help make it the most commonly used industrial welding process.
1945: A new production plant for cutting machines is set up in Frankfurt.
1950: ESAB-France is set up.
1951: Electrode production begins in Perstorp, Sweden.
1953: ESAB-Brazil is established.
1955: Plasma cutting emerges. The Linde Division of Union Carbide invents the plasma arc for cutting metals. Linde later became L-Tec, which was eventually purchased by ESAB.
1956: ESAB-Austria is founded.
1958: ESAB Arc Rods Ltd. in Montreal is established.
1958: Máquinas ESAB Lta in Rio de Janerio is set up.
1962: A branch factory for cutting equipment is set up in Rodheim, Germany.
1971: Leading KEBE employees part from the company and found HANCOCK GmbH in Dörnigheim, Germany.
1972: ESAB Inc in the USA is founded.
1972: A new electrode plant is built in Perstorp.
1973: The black-and-yellow logotype is introduced.
1974: ESAB-Ekman Welding pte in Singapore, ESAB-Iran Co, ESAB-Roman, Portugal, and ESAB Manufacturing Inc, USA, are set up.
1975: The cutting division of ESAB moves to new production plant in Karben. ESAB Australia Pty ltd, Australia, is established.
1977: ESAB acquires Sarazin Soudure in France.
1977: New electrode plant in Milan opens.
1977: KEBE-Ersatzteile is founded to guarantee delivery of spare parts for outdated flame cutting machinery.
1981: ESAB takes over Varios Fabrieken B.V., The Netherlands.
1981: ESAB acquires HANCOCK GmbH, one of British Oxygen's gas-cutting companies.
1982: The merger of ESAB GmbH and HANCOCK GmbH, as ESAB-HANCOCK GmbH, Karben, takes place.
1984: ESAB Canada Inc. is founded.
1986: Filarc Welding Industries B.V., The Netherlands, is acquired.
1987: ESAB India is formally incorporated.
1987: Siderotermica s.p.a. in Italy is acquired.
1989: The production of electrodes in Göteborg is transferred to Perstorp.
1989: The new corporate symbol for The ESAB Group is introduced.
1991: Takeover of Indian Oxygen Limited's (IOL) welding operation.
1991: AB Ph Nederman & Co is acquired and the Working Environment Equipment business area is set up.
1992: Flo-tech Welding & Cutting Systems Limited
1992: The Friction Stir Welding process is invented by The Welding Institute (TWI) where ESAB participates as the only welding equipment manufacturer.
1993: ESAB Vamberk in the Czech Republic is set up following the acquisition of the leading producer of consumables.
1993: A welding consumables pioneer. Marathon Pac, a unique bulk pack for solid or flux-cored welding wire, is introduced.
1994: Takeover of Maharashtra Weldaids Limited
1994: ESAB is purchased by Charter plc of the U.K.
1994: Nederman leaves the ESAB Group but is still a member of the Charter group of companies
1996: First of its kind. ESAB's first friction-stir welding machine, SuperStir ™ , is supplied to Marine Aluminum of Norway.
1998: ESAB acquires a majority holding in the Polish company Ozas, which manufactures welding machines and spares.
1998: A majority holding in Fersab, the leading manufacturer of agglomerated flux in Poland, is acquired.
1998: ESAB acquires AlcoTec Wire Company in U.S.A., the world's largest producer of aluminium wire.
1998: ESAB receives a large order from Boeing and supplies FSW equipment for welding fuel tanks for space rockets.
1999: ZAO ESAB-SVEL is set up in St Petersburg, Russia.
1999: SIB S.p.a in Italy, is acquired. SIB is a production unit for non-alloyed MAG wires.
1999: The ESAB Group identity is replaced with the black-and-yellow ESAB brand identity.
1999: ESAB acquires the majority of the shares in Elektrody Baildon, Poland.
2001: ESAB sets up a subsidiary in Moscow, Russia.
2001: ESAB starts producing solid stainless steel wires in Vamberk in the Czech Republic.
2002: ESAB establishes its headquarters in London, UK.
2006: Greenfield plant at Irungattukottai, Sriperumpudur.
2007: Global R&D centre formed for Consumables and Equipments at Chennai, Ambattur & Irungattukottai. This is now known as ESD (Engineering Services Division).
2007: Charter plc increased its shareholding stake from 37% to 55% through Open Market offer.
2008: ESAB Welding & Cutting Systems (100% subsidiary) merged with ESAB India Limited.
2010: High-speed solution. High-speed submerged arc welding is developed, generating high quality welds at high productivity.
2012: Next generation technology. ICE, the next generation in submerged arc welding technology, is advanced based on ESAB's leading Twin subarc process.
2012: Colfax made an Open Offer in the market and increased the stake of the promoters from 55% to 73.72%.
2015: Expanded Ambattur and Nagpur plant by moving all production facilities from Khardah to Ambattur in Chennai and Kamleshwar in Nagpur.
2017: Expanded the Irungattukottai, Chennai plant by moving the equipment facilities from Taratala, Kolkata.
2017: ESAB acquires TBi Industries GmbH, Germany.
2018: ESAB acquires Sandvik(now renamed as Exaton) welding operations including production units in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Sandviken, Sweden.
2018: ESAB acquires European gas equipment leader Gas Control Equipment (GCE).
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