About Lincoln Electric
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. is a manufacturer of welding, cutting and brazing products. Welding products include arc welding power sources, wire feeding systems, robotic welding packages, fume extraction equipment, consumable electrodes and fluxes. The Company's product offering also includes computer numeric controlled (CNC) plasma and oxy-fuel cutting systems and regulators and torches used in oxy-fuel welding, cutting and brazing. The Company operates in five segments: North America Welding, Europe Welding, Asia Pacific Welding, South America Welding and The Harris Products Group. On July 29, 2011, the Company acquired Techalloy Company, Inc. and certain assets of its parent company, Central Wire Industries Ltd. In January 2013, the Company acquired Tennessee Rand, Inc. Effective November 18, 2013, Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc acquired an undisclosed majority interest in Burlington Automation Corp.
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