HANOVER, Pa. – ESAB Welding & Cutting Products has added a new flux plant to its filler metal manufacturing facility in Hanover, Pa., providing the company with an upgrade in manufacturing capacity. The company already operates one flux plant that opened in 2002, and the new, larger flux plant, which opened in June, will allow ESAB to produce many of its bonded subarc fluxes in North America, supplementing the domestic demand with products produced in other ESAB facilities.
“This facility will enable ESAB to improve management of its flux product line and maintain better control of inventory and delivery, as well as control costs, particularly freight costs,” says Chris Depew, product business manager for the flux product line. “This plant complements our solid wire manufacturing plant in Ashtabula, Ohio.” The new plant went through extensive engineering, quality and applications testing to validate that the quality of the flux produced at the new plant was identical to what customers were receiving previously from Europe. “The product went through full process and quality validation, in-house testing, and extensive testing at our customers’ facilities to ensure that there is no difference from fluxes produced at our other facilities,” Depew says. For more information, visit www.esabna.com. |
