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Industry News
22 November 2012
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UNIWELD Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
Werksstrasse 20
D-57299 Burbach
Phone.: +49(0)2736-415-0
Fax: +49(0)2736-415-199
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New appointments at EFD
EFD Induction has announced a
number of staff appointments. Peter
Runeborg, formerly the segment
manager for tube and pipe at EFD
Induction Norway, has been made
the company’s new sales and service
manager, with responsibility for selling
the firm’s complete range of induction
heating products and services.
Jan Arve Fuglaas of EFD Induction
Norway has been given special
responsibility for sales of tube and pipe
welding and normalising systems in Asia.
Mr Fuglaas will work closely with his
colleagues from EFD Induction China to
meet the continent’s burgeoning demand
for high-uptime, high-output induction
welders. Previously a project manager
at EFD Induction Norway, Mr Fuglaas
has more than 20 years’ international
experience devising pipe welding and
annealing solutions.
Bjørn Røsvik has been appointed
manager of the standardised systems
and direct sales division at EFD Induction
Norway. This division deals primarily
with Minac and Sinac induction heating
systems; solutions that can be used for
a wide spectrum of applications, such as
brazing, shrink fitting, straightening, and
pre- and post-heating.
EFD Induction has to date installed
thousands of heating solutions for a
wide range of industrial applications.
The company has manufacturing plants,
workshops and service centres in the
Americas, Europe and Asia. Corporate
headquarters are in Skien, Norway.
EFD Induction as – Norway
Fax: +47 35 50 60 10
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Victor Technologies
THERMADYNE Holdings Corporation
has changed its name to Victor
Technologies Group, Inc, and the
name of its wholly owned subsidiary
Thermadyne Industries, Inc has changed
to Victor Technologies International, Inc.
“To reposition the company in the
marketplace, we are returning to our
roots,” commented Martin Quinn, the
company’s chief executive officer.
“Victor Technologies will recapture
the pioneering spirit and embody the
original attributes of the Victor brand:
authenticity, reliability and innovation.”
Victor is the company’s strongest and
most established brand, celebrating its
100 th anniversary in 2013. “By leveraging
the Victor name, we reinforce to the
industry our focus on meeting the needs
of the end user customer for our products
and providing advanced cutting, welding
and gas control solutions through each
of our brands,” said Mr Quinn. “Our
vision for the company is ‘Innovation to
shape the world.’”
Headquartered in St Louis, Missouri,
Victor Technologies provides solutions
for cutting, welding and gas control
equipment under brand names that
include Victor, Tweco, Arcair, Thermal
Dynamics, Thermal Arc, Stoody,
TurboTorch, Firepower and Cigweld.
Victor Technologies – USA
Fax: +1 800 535 0557
Website:
Bjørn
Røsvik,
manager
of the
standardised
systems and
direct sales
division
Jan Arve
Fuglaas,
new sales
manager
CEO Martin
Quinn