1921
Kjellberg Elektroden & Maschinen GmbH, Berlin (later Kjellberg Elektroden & Maschinen GmbH, Finsterwalde) is set up.

1927
Kjellberg awarded Gold medal by the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering & Science.

1931
Oscar Kjellberg died on the 5th July 1931.
Walter Edström appointed as the new President of ESAB.

1932
ESAB-Iberica S.A., Madrid, Spain, is founded.
ESAB S.A., Brussels, Belgium, and PEAS in Prague in Czechoslovakia are established.

1933
Welding Supplies Ltd, England, and ESAB-Denmark are set up.

1935
ESAB-Elettrodi Rivestiti S.A., Milan, Italy is established.

1936
The first issue of ESAB’s technical publication Svetsaren is published.

1937
The Submerged Arc Welding method is invented.

1938
Kjellberg-Eberle GmbH, Germany, is founded, and ESAB begin manufacture of cutting machines.
ESAB Norway is set up.

1940
ESAB Welding Corporation in the USA is established.