Guild International

World Supplier of Coil Processing Equipment for the Steel Processing, Tube Producing and Stamping Industries

Guild International offers a complete line of coil joining and end welding machines for almost any steel processing, tube producing, or stamping application. Our line of patented equipment includes laser welders, arc welders, and resistance welders. The Shearwelders™, Zipwelders™ and Laser Welders are the most technically advanced welding machines on the market. Guild International also produces a full line of tube mill entry equipment including uncoilers, speed funnels, flatteners, and accumulators. Each one of these machines is designed and manufactured to improve the productivity of any strip processing line requiring coil handling and coil end joining and welding.

Guild’s team of engineers is dedicated to helping customers assess and determine their coil end joining needs to ensure proper equipment design and compatibility with existing equipment. With thousands of installations around the globe, Guild International has the experience, know-how, and manufacturing capability to help its customers stay competitive in today’s manufacturing environment.

Recent Content on The Fabricator for Guild International

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• From The Tube and Pipe Journal

Tips for maximizing tube, pipe mill efficiency (Part II)

• By Eric Lundin
• Nov 2, 2021
• Tube and Pipe Production
• Article

Everyone in every processing industry wants maximum uptime and maximum yield, but when raw materials are expensive and scarce, these concerns are especially acute. Editor Eric Lundin interviewed several tube and pipe industry veterans about mills, tooling, and procedures that can help get the most out of a mill.

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• From The Fabricator

Guild Intl. to supply fiber laser welder to large stainless producer

• May 11, 2021
• Laser Welding
• News Release

Guild Intl., Bedford, Ohio, a provider of coil processing equipment for the steel, tube and pipe, and stamping industries, has been chosen to supply a fiber laser welder for a new direct rolling, annealing, and pickling line being built for a large steel producer based in India.

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• From The Fabricator

Three employees purchase Guild Intl.

• Jan 11, 2018
• Shop Management
• News Release

Guild Intl., Bedford, Ohio, a provider of coil joining equipment for the steel processing, tube producing, and stamping industries, has announces new ownership with the purchase of the company by three long-term employees. Joseph “Joe” Thomas, former vice president of operations, has been named...

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• From The Welder

Laser welding machine allows coil end welding on strip as thin as 0.003 in.

• Mar 20, 2015
• Laser Welding
• Product Release

Guild Intl. has introduced the LHMA laser welding machine. It creates complete edge-to-edge welds, without the need for start and stop tabs, on strip as thin as 0.003 in. According to the company, this capability has been unavailable until now. Current technology employing GTAW machines allows for...

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• From The Fabricator

Coil end welding machine accommodates strip widths 0.250 to 3 in., thicknesses up to 0.060 in.

• Jul 14, 2009
• Automation and Robotics
• Product Release

Guild Intl. has developed a welding machine for joining coil ends on production lines producing cored wire. The HMA Welder produces complete edge-to-edge welds on all types of lines producing cored wire from flat strip. It accommodates strip widths from 0.250 to 3 in. and thicknesses from 0.008 up...

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• From The Fabricator

Guild Intl. marks 50-year anniversary

• May 15, 2008
• Shop Management
• News Release

Guild Intl., Bedford, Ohio, has announced that this year marks the 50th anniversary of its founding. In 1958 Donald Wheeler—father of the company's current president, Michael Wheeler—began what then was known as Guild Metal Equipment Co., a manufacturer of shear welding machines for the...