PROTEM

About Us

Founded in 1972 and with several decades of experience, expertise and know-how, PROTEM supports the industrial projects of its clients throughout the world. PROTEM designs and manufactures weld preparation machines such as tube bevelers, orbital cutting machines, tube straightening machines, flange surfacers and reaming machines. PROTEM also designs and manufactures special machining machines that meet the requirements of ambitious and demanding specifications. Our clients are industrial operators in the energy sector: - Nuclear - Oil Gas - Renewable energies But also : - Defense - Chemistry - High purity (clean rooms, pharmacy, semiconductors, food industry - Shipbuilding - Prefabrication and manufacturing of tubes Generally speaking, our equipment is used when a perfect quality welded joint must be produced. The quality of the preparation then plays an essential role. PROTEM means: Professionals - Technology – Technicians - Expertise, Experience - High Precision technology

Our logo displays the words: “A Cut above the Rest” This means that our equipment remains at the cutting edge of technology, that we accept challenges and surpass them. Our production workshops allow us to carry out large-scale projects. We cite some examples which were world firsts: - Machine for dismantling the internals and vessel of a sodium-cooled reactor, KNK2, Germany - Machine for dismantling the internals of the BR3 reactor, Belgium - In-situ valve repair machine, US Navy - Machine for dismantling large components, France - Machine for repairing the sealing surfaces of VVER reactor covers and vessels - Mobile machine for chamfering nuclear submarine hulls, diameter 12 meters, thickness 100 mm, Marine Nationale, France

PROTEM constantly optimizes its performance in order to anticipate the needs and meet the expectations of its customers and partners in terms of requirements and quality. Its flexibility, responsiveness and ability to adapt to the situation presented by its clients have established the international dimension of the company. For more than 50 years, the awareness of its engineers and technicians of the issues represented by the quality of excellent preparation for welding has allowed PROTEM to reach the rank of world leader in the field of portable machine tools for preparing tubes for welding. Other companies wanted to exploit this growing market and developed a range of machines, but none were able to ensure continuous development of their products and thus prove their ability to adapt to a constantly changing market. PROTEM has been able to constantly optimize its performance in order to achieve its objectives and has demonstrated its technical competence, the reliability of its products, and above all, its understanding of the real needs of its customers. The success achieved and the trust placed in us by our customers all over the world allow us to assert our position as a world leader. – More than 20,000 PROTEM and SERCO portable machining machines are used worldwide. – PROTEM has designed more than 3500 special machines over the last 50 years.

Our values

PROTEM is a strategic partner with many major companies, in a variety of industries, across the globe in the design, manufacture and implementation of portable machining, cutting and welding equipment. We have achieved the status of worldwide leader in this industry because of our unceasing commitment to consistently optimize our performance and offer excellent support to industry operations all over the world. The success and confidence placed in us by our clients allows us to affirm our global leadership position in the market of portable tube and pipe machining equipment. PROTEM takes this responsibility very seriously. We will always continue to cultivate and maintain this trust!

Proven knowledge and expertise to provide optimal, individualized solutions to our customers around the world, assisting them in achieving their goals.

Insightful recommendations that meet our customer’s unique technical requirements and environmental constraints.

Employees who are dedicated to surpassing our customer’s expectations in every facet of our operation.

Being a key collaborator and partner with our customers by understanding their special industry needs and focus, offering perceptive expertise, and remaining ever vigilant and committed to being at the forefront of technological innovation.

High-performance solutions where excellence marks the quality of our achievements.

Assisting our customers to lower their production costs, increase efficiency, extend service life of key components and reduce time spent in hazardous environments with equipment that enables them to improve their overall performance.

Consistent quality in the design, service and manufacture of PROTEM machines to provide the highest machining performance.

Products that can be easily installed, set-up and used by a single operator and still provide safety and dependability under even the toughest conditions.

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