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Lincoln ElectricLincoln Electric

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Company Overview

• Nearly $3 Billion in Sales

• 9,000 Worldwide Employees

• Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio

• 42 Manufacturing Sites in 21 Countries

• Representation in 160 Countries

• 116 Year History

• Welding & cutting is our only business

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Apparatus

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

Equipment

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA

Gas Apparatus

GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA

Consumables

MASON, OHIO

Consumables

MENTOR, OHIO

Equipment & Consumables

TORONTO, CANADA

Consumables

MISSISSAUGA, CANADAWORLD HEADQUARTERS

CLEVELAND, OHIO

Equipment, Consumables& Automation

Consumables & Accessories

TIJUANA, MEXICO

Equipment & Consumables

TORREON, MEXICO

Equipment & Consumables

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO

Consumables

BOGOTÅ, COLUMBIAConsumables

SAO PAULO, BRAZIL

Consumables

MARACAY, VENEZUELA

Equipment & Consumables

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

Consumables

JAKARTA, INDONESIA

Consumables

CHENNAI, INDIAConsumables

HOI CHI MINH, VIETNAM

HEADQUARTERS

SHANGHAI, CHINA

Equipment & Consumables

Consumables

NANJING, CHINA

Consumables

ZHENGZHOU, CHINA

Consumables

JINZHOU, CHINA

Consumables

JINING, INNER MONGOLIA

Consumables

TAINAN, TAIWAN

Equipment

ESSEN, GERMANY

Consumables

NIJMEGEN, NETHERLANDS

Consumables & Gas Apparatus

DZIERZONIOW, POLAND

Equipment

BIELAWA, POLAND

Consumables

SHEFFIELD, UNITED KINGDOM

Consumables

CHERTSEY, UNITED KINGDOM

Consumables

ROUEN, FRANCE

Consumables

LISBON, PORTUGAL

Consumables

HEADQUARTERS

BARCELONA, SPAIN

CONSUMABLES

SWIETOCHLOWICE, POLAND

CONSUMABLES

ISTANBUL, TURKEY

Gas Apparatus

BOLOGNA, ITALY

Consumables

AREZZO, ITALY

Equipment

GENOA, ITALY

42 Plants in 21 Countries on 5 Continents

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Industrial Arc Welding Equipment

• Power sources

• Wire feeders

• Submerged arc systems

• Engine driven welders

• TIG welders

• Welding helmets

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• Welding Robots

• Hard Automation

• Fume Removal Systems

Automation Systems

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World Class Products – Arc Welding

• Arc welding consumables include– Stick electrodes

– MIG, Flux-Cored, Submerged Arc, Stainless Steel, Aluminum and Non-Ferrous wires

– Submerged Arc fluxes

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Diversified Customer Segments

General Fabrication

Pipeline Offshore Heavy Fabrication

Shipbuilding Power Gen Transportation Pipe Mill Construction

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Leader in Technology

• Technology is driving manufacturing

• Lincoln is the global leader in Welding Technology

• Drive welding technology into the manufacturing marketplace to keep it cost competitive

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NAM report

• Global pressures– High premium on skills

– Skills shortage, not labor shortage

– Re-shoring of manufacturing

• Relentless advances in technology– Today’s manufacturing jobs are technology jobs

• Demographic shifts– Baby Boomers retiring, most welders mid-50’s

– Projected need for 10 million new skilled workers by 2020

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Weld Ed

• “National State of the Welding Industry Report”

Durable goods manufacturing industries in which welding is a critical enabling technology account for 90% of total U.S. durable goods value of production. It is an industry that continuously evolves from a technology, processes and materials perspective and one which requires on-going training for its practitioners as well as for those who teach welding at all levels.

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• Additional career opportunities– Technicians

• automation, other mfg processes

– Inspectors

– Welding engineers & Quality Control experts

• Many are not degreed

– Sales and distribution