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1981
ESAB takes over Varios Fabrieken B.V., The Netherlands.
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1981
ESAB acquires HANCOCK GmbH, one of British Oxygen's gas-cutting
companies. |
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1982
The merger of ESAB GmbH and HANCOCK GmbH, as ESAB-HANCOCK GmbH,
Karben, takes place. |
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1984
ESAB Canada Inc. is founded. |
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1986
Filarc Welding Industries B.V., The Netherlands, is acquired. |
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1987
ESAB India is formally incorporated. |
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1987
Siderotermica s.p.a. in Italy is acquired. |
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1989
The production of electrodes in Göteborg is transferred
to Perstorp. |
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1989
The new corporate symbol for The ESAB Group is introduced. |
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1991
Takeover of Indian Oxygen Limited's (IOL) welding operation |
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1991
AB Ph Nederman & Co is acquired and the Working Environment
Equipment business area is set up. |
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1992
Flo-tech Welding & Cutting Systems Limited |
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1992
The Friction Stir Welding process is invented by The Welding
Institute (TWI) where ESAB participates as the only welding
equipment manufacturer. |
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1993
ESAB Vamberk in the Czech Republic is set up following the acquisition
of the leading producer of consumables. |
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1993
ESAB introduces Marathon Pac, a bulk pack for solid or flux-cored
welding wire. |
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1994
Takeover of Maharashtra Weldaids Limited |
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1994
ESAB is purchased by Charter plc of the U.K. |
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1994
Nederman leaves the ESAB Group but is still a member of the
Charter group of companies. |
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1996
ESAB's first Friction Stir Welding machine, SuperStir, is supplied
to Marine Aluminium of Norway. |
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1998
ESAB acquires a majority holding in the Polish company Ozas,
which manufactures welding machines and spares. |
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1998
A majority holding in Fersab, the leading manufacturer of agglomerated
flux in Poland, is acquired. |
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1998
ESAB acquires AlcoTec Wire Company in U.S.A., the world's largest
producer of aluminium wire. |
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1998
ESAB receives a large order from Boeing and supplies FSW equipment
for welding fuel tanks for space rockets. |
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1999
ZAO ESAB-SVEL is set up in St Petersburg, Russia. |
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1999
SIB S.p.a in Italy, is acquired. SIB is a production unit for
non-alloyed MAG wires. |
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1999
The ESAB Group identity is replaced with the black-and-yellow
ESAB brand identity. |
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1999
ESAB acquires the majority of the shares in Elektrody Baildon,
Poland. |
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