Following the Brazil Welding show 2011, Polysoude has declared the official opening of a new sales office in Sao Paulo, thus gaining foothold on the international market in terms of sales and services. With 85 % of annual sales to the export market, the opening of an office on the South American continent is a contributing factor underlining the group’s constant growth.

The Polysoude group currently employs 300 people worldwide, 150 based at its head office in Nantes and 150 working at its 13 affiliated subsidiaries and offices around the world. This allocation of human resources is a demonstration of the irrefutable ambition that the Polysoude group has, to reinforce its international presence.

The TIG orbital, mechanised welding and cladding market is regarded as a niche market. Nevertheless, this technology has made a mark in many industries such as Food, Pharmaceutical, Aerospace, Chemical and Biochemical, just to mention but a few. The energy production and transporting sector has added to the continual expansion of its process and product range. Indeed, this highly dynamic sector is incessantly in search of everlasting modernised, state-of-the-art equipment in order to meet demanding future market needs. In addition, standards on carbon dioxide emanations have driven industrialists to go beyond technical limits in effect.

Polysoude, like all manufacturers of machinery and equipment, has been challenged by the worldwide crisis experienced by many industrialised countries in the past. In order to face this ongoing change, the group has focused its applications and its sales organisation on several areas:

• Expansion of its direct sales network in emerging countries such as China, India and now Brazil.
• Product design and process development, in particular, in the sector of electrical power plants (Narrow Gap welding for gas turbines (fig.1), Primary Circuit welding in the nuclear industry (fig.2), Cladding for first fit and maintenance (fig. 3).
• Systematic use of TIG Hot Wire process: a technology permitting an increase in productivity up to 300% compared to the standard TIG Cold Wire process.

Of course, European countries continue to play an important role. For example Germany, known for its excellent economic results, a country, which alone, holds an 50 % market share in the European tubing industry. Polysoude has recently reinforced its presence in the South of Germany with the opening of a subsidiary and a second office in the North of the country.

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