Since completing the acquisition of Gas Control Equipment (GCE) in October 2018, ESAB Welding & Cutting Products has focused on aligning its global product offerings and innovations into four focus areas: cutting and welding, healthcare, specialty gas equipment, and cylinder valves. Furthering the global integration, ESAB announced that North American distributors and end-users now have full access to the GCE Druva® specialty gas equipment and GCE Valves product lines.
To support the move, ESAB announces the completion of a dedicated Configuration Center located at its Denton, Texas, facility. The Configuration Center, which serves both the GCE and Victor® brands, is isolated from the manufacturing areas for Victor industrial products, which are also part of the ESAB portfolio.
With headquarters in Sweden and manufacturing facilities around the world, GCE has been a leader in gas control equipment for more than 100 years. The company employs more than 900 people and has a dominant market, quality, and technology position for many of its product lines, notably specialty gas equipment and valves.
The GCE Druva product line focuses on products for the control and distribution of high-purity and specialty gases used in research and manufacturing processes. Products include those for analytical laboratory, semiconductor, automotive, petrochemical, and many other high-tech industries. The GCE druva product line provides highly configurable gas control equipment well suited for central gas supply systems used in the state of the art laboratories.
The GCE Cylinder valves product range encompasses standard valves, residual pressure valves (RPV), industrial and medical valve integrated pressure regulators (VIPR), stainless steel specialty gas valves, medical valves, dip tubes, and guards. GCE’s U.S. website divides products into three end-use categories: medical, cylinder, and high purity.