About

1949

In Paris on the 24th June 1949 ARO was founded by Mr Albert Roland with a capital of one million francs. The aim: to manufacture and sell resistance welding equipment to the motor body repair industry.

1955

ARO opens its first subsidiary in Germany.

1958

On April 1st the Chateau du Loir factory was opened and began manufacturing.

ARO receives an Oscar from the French minister of finance and economics, Mr Antoine Pinay, for the exportation efforts of its products to over 21 countries.

1964

ARO celebrates its 20th anniversary. The company has demonstrated a steady growth over the first 20 years and hopes to maintain this into the future.

1973

IWKA buys ARO to allow the flexibility of a medium sized firm yet the technical and financial potential of a big firm. It is allowed product expansion into resistance welding guns.

Headquarters moves from La rue de la Colonie in Paris to Chilly-Mazarin, next to the factory.

1987

ARO welding in the UK is established.

1988

ARO delivers its first commercial project using electric motorization.

1999

An acquisition with American company SAVAIR is made to facilitate trading in America.

ARO obtains ISO 9001 Certification.

ARO celebrates its 50th anniversary with a 3 day event. Clients from across the world were invited to celebrate as well as family and friends of employees. As part of the occasion, ARO launched its new manual gun series: the Ergoline range.

2004

The building for the ARO controls division is constructed. They are responsible for researching and developing the controls and electrics for all welding equipment.

2005

ARO opens a subsidiary in Wuhan, China.

2006

In December of 2006 Langley Holdings plc acquired ARO Welding Technologies from German MDAX listed automation group, IWKA AG.

2008

ARO was awarded the Ford Q1 award after recognition for its high standard in quality.

2008 also saw the launch of the auto adaptive range.

2009

ARO launches innovative robot Weld guns range : 3G.

2012

Aluminium Welding Solution: launch for mass production (ex: FORD F150)

2013

ARO opens a subsidiary in Sao Paulo, Brasil.

2019

New showroom and welding laboratory at Montval sur Loir plant showing the latest ARO innovations.

Commercial launch of “Servoline”, a plug and play servo manual station, eliminating the need for compressed air in manual welding.

Celebrating 70 years in business, today ARO continues to remain the market leader in adaptive resistance welding technology with around 500 employees worldwide.