Portable welding machine

Richard Craig, business development manager for ESAB, explained: “We are proud to be launching the new Rebel machine here. However, the purpose of this event is also to support our distributor customer base and offer distributor training on the Rebel machine.

“On top of that, we are giving our colleagues in GASARC – which manufactures and supplies specialty gases and gas equipment – the opportunity to see how ESAB operates and what it can supply.”

GASARC has been part of the ESAB group for two years. Gareth Toyer, GASARC’s director of sales and marketing, said: “An event like this helps us collectively to support the industrial and specialty gas sides of the business together as one.

“It provides an excellent opportunity to bring the companies together. Although ESAB might be targeting an industrial customer, that it sells thousands of pounds worth of products to, we also supply speciality gas control products for laboratory and process type applications. So there is a real synergy between what we can supply and what ESAB offers.”

ESAB’s demo bus, which travels all around Europe, was a central feature of the open day. It is a fully-featured, self-contained unit with its own on-board generator as well as gas, air conditioning, and heating so that it can be operated independently of any external power supply. All the equipment contained within the demo bus can be demonstrated.

Mr Craig explained: “Customers of our distributor, Elmdale, have been visiting us throughout the day and have the opportunity to see both our products plus a couple of extra, related stands as an added attraction. So, 3M abrasives and Nederman fume extraction are featured.”