Formed in 2005, PipeLine Machinery International is one of the largest providers of purpose-built and traditional machines for the pipeline industry in the United States. Based in Houston, Texas, it is a distributor of vanguard continuously powered welding tractors, wet decks and combo tractors. The firm offers a product, the pipelayer system, which is the first wireless load moment indicator for pipelayers and the Deckhand pipe handling system, which offers pipe handling and placement in all weather conditions and in tight access situations.