ESAB/Victor Technologies Group Overview

Victor Technologies Group, Inc. designs, manufactures, and supplies cutting, welding, and gas control equipment for use in various fabrication, construction, and manufacturing applications worldwide. The company offers gas cutting equipment, such as cutting torches, tips, and nozzles, as well as gas control equipment, including regulators, manifolds, flow meters, and flashback arrestors under the Victor, Cigweld, and Victor Turbo Torch names. It also provides plasma cutting systems comprising power supplies, torches, and related consumable parts for use in the fabrication, construction, and repair of steel and nonferrous metal products under the Victor Thermal Dynamics name; and carbon arc gouging products consisting of manual gouging torches, automated gouging systems, and consumable parts for cutting metals and to prepare an area for welding under the Victor Arcair brand. In addition, the company offers specialty welding equipment, including electric power sources, wire feeders, engine drives, and plasma welding equipment under the Tweco, Thermal Arc, and Cigweld names; and arc accessories, such as manual and robotic semiautomatic welding guns and related consumables, ground clamps, electrode holders, cable connectors, and assemblies under the Tweco name for a range of manufacturing and construction applications. Further, it provides filler metals to join metals during electric arc welding or brazing processes; and hard facing alloys to impart wear and corrosion resistance. The company was formerly known as Thermadyne Holdings Corporation and changed its name to Victor Technologies Group, Inc. in May 2012. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. As of April 14, 2014, Victor Technologies Group Inc operates as a subsidiary of Colfax Corporation.