About us - TESOL

Tesol, a group that integrates the entire welding universe

Tesol Group brings together a group of companies involved in welding, from equipment manufacturing to training and consultancy for companies.

The Spanish firm is headed by Fernando Couñago, one of the pioneers in the practical research of automated welding equipment. This technology increases operator productivity and faces competition from third countries with low labour costs. The important thing is not to compete on labour costs,” Couñago is wont to say, “what is vital is to increase the productive capacity of the worker and his or her security.

The pieces that make up the Tesol Group

Tesol

Tesol

Founded thirty years ago to supply welding equipment to the Spanish naval and industrial sector, the company decided in the early years to set up a research laboratory which soon began to bring its own products to the market for all industrial sectors. Tesol distributes the world’s leading brands of welding equipment, safety material and spare parts, as well as providing technical consultancy services to ensure that customers’ investment in processes is as profitable as possible.

Formavigo

Formavigo

This is the Group’s training division. In addition to responding to the current needs of companies, its students are trained in the handling of the prototypes designed by Tesol, which soon end up in the main factories in the country.

Special Welding

Special Welding

This is our subsidiary specialising in non-conventional or technically demanding welding supplies, which require highly specialised personnel or exclusive materials that are commonly used.

Tesol Gases

Tesol Gases

The subsidiary Gases is in charge of the marketing of all types of gases for the cutting and welding industry: compressed, cryogenic, liquefied, etc.

Current events

The Tesol Group continues to develop new products and to research into new
technologies, such as laser welding projects or welding equipment.
fully robotised, in order to be able to offer its customers the latest
innovations in the world of welding, which will enable them to improve their
processes and become more efficient, to meet the challenges of the future.

2017

Tesol, through its subsidiaries IMOS offshore and Formavigo, are making a commitment to
by international training, by carrying out specific training for the
The qualification of employees of the company Allseas, in their project for the
construction of the largest gas project of the time, a set of 2,000 km of gas pipelines.
gas pipelines, one of more than 1100km across the Black Sea to Turkey (Turk
Stream), and another across the Baltic to Germany (Nord Stream).

2014

From Tesol’s constant commitment to innovation and improvement, the following are introduced
the first robotic welding gantries in Spanish shipyards, which will
allow for a high degree of automation of the blocks and the welding of
welding times and the quality of the welded products.
same.

2010

Tesol implements a new system in the shipyards for the straightening of
plates, the induction straightening machine. This system, used
especially in the liners, allows shipyards savings of up to 80%.
of working time and in turn avoids deterioration of structural characteristics
of the material.

2008

Presentation of the first welding automaton for large shipyards at the
Spanish industry. The Autocompat Tes-8 opened the door to new models more
advanced and competitive products produced by Tesol’s research team.
for the various sectors of metalworking and welding.

2006

Tesol and its subsidiaries begin a process of geographical expansion. Consolidated
already as a full-service welding-related company, it operates
in several European countries to which it offers consultancy and training services.
profesional. The landing in the new emerging markets begins, including
including the Brazilian market, where a significant demand was being generated
related to offshore shipbuilding.

1996-1998

Tesol is participating, through its subsidiary IMOS offshore, in the project for the
construction of the Øresund Bridge, which connects Denmark with Denmark.
Sweden, a highly complex structural work, which has been a source of admiration and
winner of several prizes.

1995

A new process is introduced in the Pontevedra area by Tesol.
welding, plasma welding, which allows for a higher welding speed and a higher
welding, good penetration, less deformation and smaller weld zones.
thermally affected, compared to other traditional processes such as TIG,
making it ideal for the manufacture of tanks for consumer products.
and tanks for industrial processes.

The subsidiary IMOS offshore is born, with the mission to provide industrial welding services.
in shipbuilding and ship repair, both onshore and offshore, at the level of the
worldwide, providing complete teams of professionals and equipment
to any part of the world, enabling companies to undertake
large-scale projects at any time with guarantees.

1990s

Tesol takes a new leap forward by opening up to new emerging sectors by developing
among other things, a dedicated welding automaton for operation in the
large windmills. It also looks ahead to the future with the introduction of
in Spain of flux-cored wire welding and the ceramic support, mounted on the
Tesol’s own facilities in the city of Vigo.

1985

Foundation of Formavigo, the vocational training subsidiary of Formavigo.
welders. In addition to learning the basic principles of
welding, they are trained in the new technologies related to welding.
automation and robotics, nowadays an essential part of increasing the
productivity demanded by the global market.

1980s

The parent company of the Tesol Group is founded, dedicated to supplying the naval sector.
Spanish economy, in the midst of a process of transformation due to the incipient
globalisation and the need to make a leap in competitiveness in order to avoid the
collapse.

Personality in welding has a surname: Couñago

Sometimes a company’s personality is born out of a product or a business strategy. At Tesol, the personality directly represents a person: its founder.

Fernando Couñago (Redondela, 1952) is an essential person in the last thirty years of the history of Spanish naval metallurgy. Since the formation of the first company of the Tesol Group, Couñago has studied the development of the global metallurgical market and the application of welding systems worldwide almost like an obsession. The conviction that it is always possible to weld faster and with higher quality has led him to personally develop welding automatons that are now used in shipbuilding, wind turbine construction and even in the automotive industry.

He is a strong advocate of continuous investment in innovation in his own company, and is convinced that only the most advanced technological applications can save European metallurgy in the face of competition from third parties.

"It is not a question of machines replacing man; it is a question of men operating machines that are much faster and more efficient than those of other men in other parts of the world".