ESAB Adds New Manufacturing Lines To Ashtabula Plant

ESAB Welding & Cutting Products (Florence, SC) has added two new wire drawing lines at its Ashtabula, Ohio, manufacturing facility. These new lines will produce wire for high production submerged arc welding (SAW) applications. This addition will significantly increase ESAB?s SAW wire capacity.

The new lines will descale, clean and draw the wire to the proper diameter, coat it with copper and package the product. The wire from the new lines will be used in coil and drum packages, including ESAB?s newest package, the 2200 lb EcoCoil. The new lines will also produce wire with a cleaner and more consistent surface.

Dan Gerbec, ESAB?s product manager for submerged arc consumables, said that the new manufacturing capabilities will increase productivity and allow the company to better serve its customers with faster delivery and more consistent product.

With more than 100 years of experience, ESAB is one of the world?s largest and most skilled manufacturers of welding and cutting equipment and welding filler metals.

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ESAB Welding & Cutting Products, Florence, SC, www.esabna.com.