Tesol Group

Industrial Welding and Automation

Tesol Group is a Spanish business group focused on industrial welding. Its subsidiaries cover activities ranging from equipment manufacturing to training and technical consulting. The parent company was founded in the 1980s to serve Spain’s marine industry and has since expanded into other industrial sectors.

The group is led by Fernando Couñago, born in Redondela in 1952, whom the company identifies as a pioneer in practical research on automated welding equipment. It operates in several countries as a distributor of major global welding-supply brands and also develops its own high-tech equipment.

Business Lines

• Welding consulting: Technical guidance to help customers get value from their process investments.
• Automation and turnkey projects: Development of robotic equipment and automated welding systems.
• Training: Formavigo provides vocational training for welders, including automation and robotics.
• Distribution: Welding equipment, safety products, and replacement parts from major global brands.

Group Companies

• Tesol: The parent company, founded to supply welding equipment to Spain’s marine and industrial sectors. It has its own research laboratory and distributes international brands.
• Formavigo: Training division founded in 1985. Students train on prototypes designed by Tesol.
• Special Welding: Subsidiary focused on nonstandard welding supplies and technically demanding applications.
• Tesol Gases: Subsidiary selling gases for cutting and welding, including compressed, cryogenic, and liquefied gases.
• IMOS Offshore: Subsidiary providing industrial welding for marine construction and repair, both onshore and offshore, worldwide.

Industries Served

The group works in automotive, marine, wind energy, hydrocarbons, hydroelectric power, aerospace, and other major industrial sectors.

Milestones and Technical Capabilities

• 1995: Introduced plasma welding in the Pontevedra area, suited to tanks for food-grade products and industrial tanks.
• 1996–1998: Through IMOS Offshore, participated in construction of the Øresund Bridge between Denmark and Sweden.
• 2006: Began geographic expansion, entering several European countries and emerging markets such as Brazil.
• 2008: Introduced Autocompat Tes-8, described as Spain’s first welding automation system for large shipyards.
• 2010: Installed induction-based plate-straightening systems at shipyards, with reported labor-time savings of up to 80%.
• 2014: Introduced the first robotic welding gantries at Spanish shipyards.
• 2017: Provided international training to qualify Allseas workers for the TurkStream and Nord Stream projects.

The group continues to research new technologies, including laser welding and fully robotic welding equipment.

Contact

Phone: +34 986 29 31 14. Email: info@tesolgroup.com. Additional emails: javier.gomez@tesolgroup.com and jose.ferreiro@tesolgroup.com. The company is based in Spain and operates in several European countries.