3,200+ consumables, machines, safety and fume-extraction lines. Five own brands, manufactured and stocked for UK trade. One account, the whole workshop.
02 — The departments
3,248 lines across consumables, machines, safety, gas and fume extraction, four levels deep and all from one trade account.
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Since we last rebuilt this site we've launched a full trade portal: your pricing, live stock and online ordering in one place. It does the paperwork so you can get back to the bench.
04 — Training
Behind the same century of welding expertise: certificated online courses and hands-on, accredited training, so your team gets better, not just better-equipped.
Online Self-paced Certificated online welding and fabrication courses covering the theory behind every process, learned at your own pace with instant certificates and manager reporting.
In person EAL-accredited Hands-on, EAL-accredited training on real equipment at our Technology & Training Centre in Letchworth, from first arc to positional tickets.
05 — Ask the experts
Short videos from the people who do the job every day, covering technique, consumables, extraction and servicing. Real questions, answered by name.
06 — Free reference
Every SIF consumable spec'd with part numbers, plus the filler-selection charts that tell you exactly what to run on what. The reference our trade desk uses, yours free in the 2026 edition.
The Orbital Centre Letchworth 07 — Why Weldability
We supply the trade, with account pricing, no minimum order and free UK delivery on orders over £150. No consumer noise.
SIF, CEPRO, Extractability, Fumex and Newarc are manufactured and stocked by us, not just factored in. One partner, five ranges.
The UK's largest independent fume & dust extraction stockholder, from a single capture arm to a complete, LEV-tested system.
Learn to Weld: EAL-accredited courses at our own training centre, behind the same century of welding expertise.
08 — Proof, not promises
Customer Project 2022 Bridgwater & Taunton College Welding Centre of Excellence How Weldability SIF helped EDF and Bridgwater & Taunton College build a 20-booth Welding Centre of Excellence, training over 5,000 welders for projects including Hinkley Point C. Read the story 
Fume Extraction Modern New ventilation system made Volvo's production roll faster Volvo Buses is one of the world's largest bus manufacturers. With core values such as quality, safety and the environment, the company wants to develop… Read the story 
Heritage 1950s The Jaguar D-Type: SIFbronze on the Racetrack How the low-temperature SIFbronze process joined the Jaguar D-Type's Reynolds 531 tubular chassis, making it strong, light and distortion-free enough to win at Le Mans. Read the story 09 — Our brands
We manufacture and control our own brands end to end. That's depth a reseller can't match.
SIF A century of welding consumables 1,495 productsExplore 
Extractability The UK's largest independent fume & dust extraction stockholder 467 productsExplore 
Fumex High-efficiency industrial fume extraction 690 productsExplore 
CEPRO Certified welding safety & protection 572 productsExplore 
Newarc Inverter welding machines, engineered since 1973 15 productsExplore 
Learn to Weld EAL-accredited welder training Training centreExplore 10 — Heritage
Founded in 1925 as the Suffolk Iron Foundry, SIF and SIFbronze helped build the things that built Britain: Jaguar at Le Mans, London Transport on the rails, aircraft in the air. That credibility now backs a 3,200-line catalogue, an EAL-accredited training centre, and a digitised archive of 76 issues of SIF Tips, Britain's welding quarterly.
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Trade-only No minimum order Free UK delivery over £150. Request an account and get access to the full range.
