verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . november 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message arc machines inc. type incorporated founded 1976 headquarters pacoima california u.s.a. products orbital welding systems narrow groove welding solutions custom engineered solutions related services number of employees 211 u.s.a. 242 worldwide subsidiaries arc machines switzerland arc machines uk ltd. arc machines gmbh exel orbital products website 1 arc machines inc. is an american company that designs manufactures and distributes advanced automated orbital welding equipment systems and services . founded in 1976 2 arc machines is headquartered in pacoima california with offices in switzerland germany the united kingdom and india plus a network of domestic and international representatives in more than 55 countries worldwide . contents 1 history 2 industries 3 references 4 external links history edit arc machines inc. headquarters in pacoima california arc machines inc. ami 3 was created in 1976 to provide engineering solutions for custom applications requiring reliable automatic orbital welding equipment that produces high quality repeatable welds mainly in the semiconductor and nuclear industries . from its early development as an inferior welding process for the semiconductor industry ami 4 has been expanding its orbital welding technology and now serves the needs of many other industries such as food processing pharmaceutical offshore biotechnology shipbuilding nuclear power generation and aerospace among others . milestones 5 1985 arc machines europe gland switzerland . 1991 arc machines uk ltd. daventry united kingdom . 1993 arc machines gmbh . much germany . 2008 acquisition of exel orbital products in the u.s.a. industries edit industries using automated orbital welding 6 aerospace brewery food dairy beverage fossil heat exchanger manufacturing nuclear offshore oil & gas petrochemical pharmaceutical power generation pulp paper semiconductor shipbuilding vessel manufacturing biotechnology medical wastewater treatment an ami orbital pipe welding head narrow groove welding system using remote vision for precise monitoring of the weld deposition . references edit orbital welding pipe welding narrow groove welding arc machines inc. . history . 1 arc machines inc. ami via youtube . arc machines offices . industries served . external links edit official website achieving quality weld results in a biopharmaceutical plant article documenting welds from an orbital welding power supply article hot wire narrow groove welding and cladding with nickel based alloys technical paper orbital welding of stainless steel tubing for biopharmaceutical food and dairy applications article installation of pharmaceutical process piping case study retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title arc machines & oldid 723741406 categories manufacturing companies of the united statesmanufacturing companies based in californiahidden categories articles needing additional references from november 2011all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 june 2016 at 23 07 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view