TBi Industries

TBi Industries GmbH

Company Founder

Mr. Alexander Binzel, the company founder, has been well known in the welding world for over four decades. After his extensive operational duties in leading two major companies in the welding industry to great success, the main focus of his work today is the strategic consulting of the management, the identification of new distribution channels and the initiation of international business relations.

Alexander Binzel
Chairman of the Supervisory Board

The Management

The focus and the philosophy of a company is mainly defined by the management and their vision. Building on the broad experience of Mr. Alexander Binzel, today two of his sons, lic.oec. Felix Binzel and MSc. Oliver Binzel, are successfully leading the operational activities and promote the further expansion of the company. His third son, Philipp Binzel, is responsible for our international sites as in Brasil or Tschech Republic. Today, they constitute already the third generation of the Binzel family in the welding torch business.


lic.oec. HSG Felix Binzel Managing Director	MSc. Oliver Binzel Managing Director

The Company

We are a medium-sized family-run company which has a long connection to the welding torch industry. We set a high value on the social and technical competence of our employees and our goal is to achieve the best performance for our customers. For us, quality and service always rank first.
We set ourselves the goal to develop technically excellent products and to be technological market leader in the welding torch business. To achieve this goal, we have on one hand a highly specialized production infrastructure, on the other hand we invest considerably in the development of innovative and improved products; around 10% of our employees work in research and development! Additionally, we maintain close relationships and regular co-operations with well known welding institutes and external specialists.

Our Philosophy

Faithful to our motto ’Ready for Tomorrow.’ we are involved right from the beginning in the development of the adequate welding tool for a new process or application. This well-defined orientation towards future technologies, the concentration on noticeable customer's application benefits and additionally an excellent performance in pre- and after-sales-services are defining our TBi philosophy.

The TBi-Team

In addition to expertise in their respective areas, our employees have their focus on providing exceptional services and performance to our customers. Because our customers represent the center of all our activities.
We cultivate an open-door corporate culture with a flat hierarchy and fast decision-making. This is our way of continuously providing a first-class service.

The History
2009	Introduction of the new Infiniturn robot torch system which allows endless rotation in air and water cooled systems. Inauguration of the new state of the art application and technology center at TBi headquarters in Fernwald. Very successful presentation at the Welding & Cutting show in Essen. Besides high quality torch technology, process development and system integration is also offered. 40 new products demonstrate the innovation capacity of the company
2008	TBi is the only torch manufacturer to offer a 1-year guarantee on the TCP of their RoboMIG robot welding torches. We have moved into our new sales and logistics facility in Fernwald. On an area of more than 6000 sq. m, we enjoy expanded storage space, an optimized infrastructure and room for the further growth of the company.
2007	Highly specialized and custom-designed MIG and TIG welding torches for robotic use help us win well-known international automotive suppliers as customers. Many robot manufacturers show the TBi RoboMIG torch at the international welding show in Shanghai.
2006	We succeed in continuing the healthy growth of the last years, and again reach higher turnovers and profit. Worldwide success of our Tandem (Twin-wire) welding torches TBi TD 9 and TD 10 for high-speed welding in the automotive industry. Flawless performance of the TBi Plasma Powder welding torches for visible seems in steel casings.
2005	Very successful appearance at the international Welding & Cutting show in Essen, Germany. Highlights of the show proved to be the new TBi Plasma and Plasma-powder welding torches, the MIG-brazing process with a graphite contact tip and the development of a High-End Plasma-GMAW torch.
2004	The group of companies is restructured and merged into one single company, TBi Industries GmbH. Increased work on new developments regarding new welding processes and the new welding tools needed to run these processes is accomplished.
2003	New development of Plasma-MSG welding torches, aircooled MIG robot torches with our dual-gas-channel design and Robot fume extraction welding torches; further additions to our TBi Top 2000 MIG welding torch series in the high performance area.
2002	Continuing development of our PowerPull planetary wire feeding systems. Now, a complete range of compact push-pull torches, intermediate wire drives and drive boxes for robotic applications is available. Development of Tandem (Twin-wire) welding torches with a new cooling system.
2001	New models are added to our MIG torch series TBi Top 2000. These torches are designed to the state of the art and allow for very productive work with long life of the consumables.
2000	Completion of the entire robot torch equipment. The collision-resistant stainless steel torch significantly increases productivity of robotic equipment. Additionally, gas savings of up to 50% are achieved. The automobile industry and their suppliers worldwide are our customers.
1999	Expansion of the TBi headquarters in Fernwald, Germany. An addition to the existing buildings, an extension of approx. 1000 square meters for office space, stock and production is being planned. The building is finished end of 2000.
1995	Formation of the TBi Industries GmbH & Co. KG as R&D and distribution company. Many innovative products are developped and launched in the following years.
May 1990	Formation of the T+B Schweißtechnik GmbH with Mr. Alexander Binzel as Managing Director. In the years after, steady growth of the company with trade and production of MIG/MAG welding torches and accessories.