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After the founding of the company Arplas in 1971 (the companies name being
a contraction of the founders name -- Mr. Theo Arp - and the Dutch word
for weld - las - ), the core business consisted of trade in welding equipment.
In due time business expanded with automation in resistance welding technology
and subsequently the basic trading business became a background activity.
In the years to follow various tailor-made welding equipment were designed, manufactured and sold, of which the fully automated Oil Drum Welding Machine is still being assembled at the companies headquarters at Amersfoort, The Netherlands. Research & Development was extended especially in the field of energy and cost saving welding technologies leading to the invention of the Arplas System (AL-S)® in 1997, for which worldwide patent applications were issued. An increasing number of automobile manufacturers recognised the Systems capability of welding small flanges and difficult to reach areas. Nowadays the AL-S technology is well established in a great variety of Applications at renowned automobile manufacturing plants in Europe and abroad. In 2003 the company AL-S Technology BV was established, dedicated to the development and worldwide marketing of The Arplas System (AL-S)®. Its latest R&D invention, for which worldwide patent application has been issued, is the AL-S Quality Certification System® that provides online measuring and documentation of the weld quality as well as online process statistics. |
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