ESAB
ESAB Corporation (NYSE: ESAB) is a global industrial manufacturer of welding, cutting, and gas control equipment serving approximately 150 countries through direct sales and distributors. Founded in 1904 and headquartered in North Bethesda, Maryland, the company has expanded via acquisition into non-destructive testing and industrial inspection technologies.
- Company typePublic
- Founded1904
- HeadquartersBethesda, United States
- Headcount5,001–10,000
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What ESAB does
ESAB Corporation (NYSE: ESAB) is a publicly traded industrial manufacturer founded in 1904 and headquartered in North Bethesda, Maryland, with over 9,000 employees operating in 47 countries and serving customers in approximately 150 countries. The company operates two core business segments: ESAB Fabrication Technology, the self-described world leader in welding, cutting, and related fabrication equipment and consumables, and GCE, a global leader in gas control equipment for industrial, specialty gas, and medical applications. Following the June 2026 completion of its $1.45 billion acquisition of Eddyfi Technologies, ESAB has expanded into advanced non-destructive testing (NDT), inspection, monitoring, robotics, and asset integrity solutions serving aerospace, defense, nuclear power, energy, and civil infrastructure sectors across 110+ additional countries.
Revenue is generated predominantly through B2B hardware sales under quote-based, multi-year enterprise contracts, with targeted end markets spanning highly cyclical industries (oil and gas, construction, automotive, shipbuilding, heavy manufacturing) and increasingly mission-critical sectors (nuclear, aerospace, defense). The underlying technology stack includes the WeldCloud digital platform for connected welding and real-time process monitoring, the proprietary ESAB Business Excellence (EBX) operating system, and acquired NDT/inspection IP from Eddyfi, alongside over 40 disclosed AI projects (including computer vision for workplace safety via Voxel) and an AI expert director added to the Board in January 2026. Distribution combines direct enterprise and field sales with global distributor networks, including a specialized GCE distribution footprint across the Americas, Asia, and Europe.
Recent strategy has been acquisition-led and capital-intensive: Swift-Cut Automation (UK CNC cutting, March 2023), Linde Bangladesh (gas control, May 2024), EWM GmbH (German arc welding, ~$322M in 2025), and Eddyfi Technologies (Canadian NDT, $1.45B completed June 2026), collectively expanding TAM by approximately $5 billion. FY2026 guidance points to $2.85-2.95 billion in sales with $575-595 million in adjusted EBITDA, implying 6-9% core organic growth, while Q1 2026 delivered record sales of $746 million (up 10% year-over-year) but with core adjusted EBITDA margin contracting 80 basis points to 19.0% on EWM integration and Middle East conflict costs. The $1.45 billion Eddyfi deal was financed through $1 billion in 5.625% senior notes due 2031, $318 million in committed equity, and cash on hand.
ESAB firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- ESAB
- Legal name
- ESAB Corporation
- Website
- https://esabcorporation.com
- Company type
- Public
- Founded year
- 1904
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 5,001–10,000 employees
- Short description
- ESAB Corporation (NYSE: ESAB) is a global industrial manufacturer of welding, cutting, and gas control equipment serving approximately 150 countries through direct sales and distributors. Founded in 1904 and headquartered in North Bethesda, Maryland, the company has expanded via acquisition into non-destructive testing and industrial inspection technologies.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
ESAB industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Industrial Welding and Cutting Equipment
- NAICS
- Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing (33641), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451), Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511), Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516), Other Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (336419)
- SIC
- Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826), Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Phase II ESA & Subsurface Investigation (Soil/Groundwater Sampling) (EUAHAEAB)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Spacecraft Integration, Assembly & Test (IAT) (IMABACAK), Brake-Based Active Safety Hardware Manufacturing (ABS/ESC/AEB Actuators & Modulators) (IMACAMAH)
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Where ESAB is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Bethesda
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices3 records
Markets served
ESAB business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Fabrication Technology Products: ESAB offers welding and cutting equipment and consumables, including arc welding, plasma cutting, and automated systems. Revenue is generated through product sales across diverse industrial end markets.
- Gas Control Equipment (GCE): GCE, a global market leader for gas control equipment, develops and manufactures solutions for industrial, medical, and life sciences applications under ESAB Corporation.
- Inspection and Monitoring Technologies: Following the acquisition of Eddyfi Technologies (completed June 2026), ESAB generates revenue from advanced inspection, monitoring, and non-destructive testing equipment serving aerospace, defense, nuclear power, energy, and civil infrastructure sectors. Eddyfi serves customers in more than 110 countries.
- Automated Welding Systems and Solutions: ESAB provides automated SAW lines, heavy-duty manipulators, and digitally controlled welding systems with real-time process monitoring for offshore wind and other industrial applications.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Multi-year contract | Enterprise industrial equipment pricing |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels4 records
ESAB product offering
Product offeringCore offering
ESAB Corporation designs, manufactures, and sells welding and cutting equipment, gas control equipment, and industrial inspection and monitoring technologies for global industrial markets. The company operates two core segments — ESAB Fabrication Technology (arc welding, plasma cutting, automated welding systems, consumables) and GCE Gas Control (industrial, specialty gas, and medical gas control solutions). Through its 2026 acquisition of Eddyfi Technologies, ESAB has expanded into advanced non-destructive testing, robotics, and asset integrity monitoring for aerospace, defense, nuclear, energy, and civil infrastructure sectors.
Product overview
ESAB Corporation is a focused premier industrial compounder founded in 1904, headquartered in North Bethesda, Maryland, serving customers in approximately 150 countries. The company operates two core business segments: ESAB (Fabrication Technology) as the world leader in fabrication technology offering welding, cutting, and related equipment and consumables, and GCE (Gas Control) as a global leader in gas control equipment for industrial, specialty gas, and medical applications. Following its June 2026 acquisition of Eddyfi Technologies for $1.45 billion, ESAB has expanded into advanced inspection and monitoring technologies including non-destructive testing, robotics, and software. Previous acquisitions include EWM GmbH (Germany-based arc welding equipment and automation) and Swift-Cut Automation (UK-based CNC plasma and waterjet cutting). The company also offers the WeldCloud digital platform for welding process management and real-time monitoring. ESAB employs over 9,000 associates across 47 countries.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- ESAB: World leader in fabrication technology, offering efficient solutions for every industry and process
- GCE
Products and services
- ESAB Fabrication Technology The ESAB family of brands offers welding equipment, cutting systems (including plasma and waterjet), automated welding solutions, and consumables for industrial fabrication across diverse end markets globally.
- GCE Gas Control Equipment GCE develops and manufactures gas control equipment and regulators for industrial, specialty gas, medical, and life sciences applications, serving customers across the Americas, Asia, and Europe.
- Eddyfi Technologies Inspection and NDT Equipment Eddyfi Technologies provides advanced non-destructive testing instrumentation, robotics, monitoring technology, and asset integrity software serving aerospace, defense, nuclear power, energy, and civil infrastructure sectors in more than 110 countries.
- EWM GmbH Arc Welding Equipment and Automation EWM GmbH provides industrial arc welding equipment, heavy industrial welding systems, and advanced automation technologies for industrial welding customers.
- Swift-Cut Automation CNC Cutting Machines Swift-Cut Automation manufactures CNC plasma and waterjet cutting machines for industrial fabrication and cutting applications.
- WeldCloud Digital Platform WeldCloud is ESAB's connected fabrication platform enabling real-time process monitoring, data analytics, and operational management of welding and fabrication operations.
Quantifiable outcome
- Record Q1 2026 sales of $746 million, up 10% year over year
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Companies that use ESAB
Customer profileNamed customers4 records
Segments3 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
ESAB technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
AI capability1 record
Feature3 records
ESAB partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Six partnerships are on record, tiered emerging, supporting, key and core.
- BlykallaemergingESAB partnered with Blykalla to scale advanced materials for Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), expanding ESAB's reach into the advanced nuclear energy sector and supporting next-generation nuclear infrastructure development.
- BITS Pilani Dubai CampussupportingESAB Middle East actively recruited at BITS Pilani Dubai Campus's 11th Annual Career Fair, connecting with over 400 students and 80+ UAE recruiters, with 51% of participating students shortlisted by employers. Part of ESAB's talent acquisition and campus recruiting efforts in the Middle East region.
- Titan Wind EnergykeyTitan Wind Energy signed its largest welding and handling equipment contract with ESAB for its new monopile manufacturing facility in Cuxhaven, Germany. The deal includes automated SAW lines, heavy-duty manipulators, and digitally controlled welding systems with real-time process monitoring designed for 14-metre-class monopiles, creating a scalable, data-rich production environment for offshore wind supply chain.
- Eddyfi TechnologiescoreESAB Corporation signed a definitive agreement to acquire Eddyfi Technologies for $1.45 billion, completing the acquisition on June 2, 2026. Eddyfi is a global leader in advanced inspection and monitoring technologies headquartered in Quebec City, serving customers in more than 110 countries across aerospace, defense, nuclear, energy, and civil infrastructure sectors. The acquisition is expected to expand ESAB's total addressable market by approximately $5 billion, with run-rate synergies potentially reaching $100 million.
- EWM GmbHcoreESAB Corp. signed an agreement to acquire EWM GmbH, a Germany-based provider of industrial arc welding equipment and automation, for approximately €275 million (~$317 million USD) in June 2025. The acquisition aims to fill product gaps, enhance technological capabilities, capitalize on improving European market conditions, and increase global sales, especially in North America.
- Swift-Cut AutomationsupportingIn March 2023, ESAB acquired UK-based Swift-Cut Automation, a CNC plasma and waterjet cutting machine manufacturer, strengthening its portfolio in fabrication and cutting equipment as part of its broader acquisition strategy.
Scale indicators16 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights7 records
ESAB competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Ametek: Ametek is a broad industrial incumbent in electronic instruments and electromechanical devices, serving similar measurement, monitoring, and process-control customers as ESAB's Eddyfi acquisition. Comparable business model of niche industrial instruments sold into process and quality-control end markets.
- Honeywell International: Honeywell is a broad industrial incumbent with sensing, controls, and process solutions that partially overlap with ESAB's measurement, monitoring, and control product portfolio post-Eddyfi. While Honeywell operates across vastly more end markets, its Industrial Automation segment competes in adjacent industrial sensing and asset integrity spaces.
- Stanley Black & Decker: Stanley Black & Decker's Industrial segment includes tools, fasteners, and engineered solutions that overlap with portions of ESAB's fabrication/cutting equipment customer base. While SBD is more diversified into consumer tools, its industrial fastening and assembly businesses target similar manufacturing customers.
- Mersen: Mersen is a broad incumbent industrial group with electrical specialties and anticorrosion equipment that overlaps with ESAB's gas control (GCE) and industrial product lines. While Mersen is more diversified across graphite, anticorrosion, and electrical components, it competes in adjacent industrial markets serving similar customers.
- Emerson Electric: Emerson Electric provides industrial automation, measurement, and process control solutions that compete in adjacent spaces with ESAB's welding controls and Eddyfi inspection/monitoring businesses. Emerson serves similar industrial, energy, and process manufacturing customers.
- Atlas Copco: Atlas Copco is a broad industrial incumbent providing compressors, vacuum solutions, and industrial tools across manufacturing and process industries — overlapping customer base with ESAB's fabrication and welding tools customers. While not a direct welding competitor, Atlas Copco's industrial tool segment serves similar manufacturing operations.
- Parker-Hannifin: Parker-Hannifin's motion and control technologies serve many of the same aerospace, defense, and industrial customers that ESAB serves post-Eddyfi. While Parker is more focused on motion/flow control components, its customer base in aerospace, energy, and industrial manufacturing overlaps meaningfully with ESAB's expanded inspection portfolio.
Direct peers
- Hypertherm: Hypertherm is a direct peer in industrial cutting technology, specializing in plasma, waterjet, and laser cutting systems used in metal fabrication — directly overlapping with ESAB's Swift-Cut and plasma cutting product lines. Both companies target similar fabrication and metal-cutting end customers.
- Lincoln Electric Holdings: Lincoln Electric is the closest direct peer to ESAB, manufacturing arc welding products, welding consumables, and cutting equipment globally. Both companies serve overlapping end markets (construction, shipbuilding, automotive, energy) with similar business models of hardware + consumables sales, and compete head-to-head in connected welding solutions.
- Illinois Tool Works (Miller Electric): Illinois Tool Works owns Miller Electric, a leading global welding equipment manufacturer and direct ESAB competitor. ITW provides a publicly traded proxy for ESAB's welding segment economics and represents a broad incumbent competitor with deeper pockets for R&D and M&A.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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Valuation estimate
ESAB leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles4 records
ESAB subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries4 records
ESAB funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds2 records
Investors
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ESAB M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A4 records
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about ESAB
What does ESAB do?
ESAB Corporation designs, manufactures, and sells welding and cutting equipment, gas control equipment, and industrial inspection and monitoring technologies for global industrial markets. The company operates two core segments — ESAB Fabrication Technology (arc welding, plasma cutting, automated welding systems, consumables) and GCE Gas Control (industrial, specialty gas, and medical gas control solutions). Through its 2026 acquisition of Eddyfi Technologies, ESAB has expanded into advanced non-destructive testing, robotics, and asset integrity monitoring for aerospace, defense, nuclear, energy, and civil infrastructure sectors.
Is ESAB a public or private company?
ESAB is a public company. It is classified as public and is currently operating.
When was ESAB founded?
ESAB was founded in 1904. It employs 5,001 to 10,000 people.
Where is ESAB based?
ESAB is headquartered in Bethesda, United States, in the North America region.
How does ESAB make money?
Four revenue lines are on record. Fabrication Technology Products are the primary driver. The others are gas Control Equipment (GCE), inspection and Monitoring Technologies and automated Welding Systems and Solutions.
Who are ESAB's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Ametek, Honeywell International, Stanley Black & Decker, Mersen, Emerson Electric, Atlas Copco and Parker-Hannifin. Direct peers are Hypertherm, Lincoln Electric Holdings and Illinois Tool Works (Miller Electric).
Does ESAB have an API?
No public API is recorded for ESAB.
What industry is ESAB in?
ESAB's product category is Industrial Welding and Cutting Equipment. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EUAHAEAB, Phase II ESA & Subsurface Investigation (Soil/Groundwater Sampling), with a secondary code of IMABACAK, Spacecraft Integration, Assembly & Test (IAT). Its NAICS code is 33641 and its SIC code is 3823.