# LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC

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## Overview

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. is an industrial machinery and technology company focused on welding, cutting, brazing, machining, process automation and field repair. Its products include arc-welding equipment and consumables, laser, plasma and oxyfuel cutting systems, and related automation, software, wear solutions and training offerings. [1](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P87166448)[2](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P27839887)

Founded in 1895, the company serves customers in more than 160 countries and reports manufacturing and automation facilities in 20 countries; its 2025 results release lists 71 such facilities. [3](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P112080551)[4](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P91851244)[5](https://ir.lincolnelectric.com/news/news-details/2026/Lincoln-Electric-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2025-Results/default.aspx) Lincoln Electric reported 2025 net sales of $4.233 billion. [6](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T1473107) Its latest workforce figure located is more than 12,000 people in 39 countries, reported in the context of its 2024 ESG reporting. [7](https://sustainability.lincolnelectric.com/employee-development.html)

The company describes its purpose as “to operate by a higher standard to build a better world.” [8](https://www.lincolnelectric.com/en/About-Us)
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## Products & services

Lincoln Electric’s products include arc-welding equipment; welding, brazing and soldering filler metals; laser, plasma and oxyfuel cutting systems; wire feeders; fume-control systems; accessories; specialty-gas regulators; mobile power equipment; wear solutions; and software and education solutions. Its automation portfolio covers joining, cutting, material handling, module assembly and end-of-line testing, including integrated systems. [9](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P10729837)[10](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P95959109) Filler-metal families include MIG wires and TIG rods, stick electrodes, flux-cored wires, submerged-arc wires and fluxes, and specialty alloys. [11](https://www.lincolnelectric.com/en/products/filler-metals)

Examples of equipment capabilities include the Power Wave advanced welding platform, which supports applications from semiautomatic to robotic welding with waveform control and process-management features; and the Flextec 350X PowerConnect multiprocess source, which supports Stick, TIG, MIG, pulsed MIG, flux-cored welding and gouging, with 200–600 V single- or three-phase input. [12](https://www.lincolnelectric.com/en/products/equipment/welding-equipment/advanced-process-welders-welding-equipment/power-wave)[13](https://www.lincolnelectric.com/en/products/le-na-flextec350xpowerconnect) The Vantage 441X engine-driven welder/generator provides up to 520 A welding output and 17 kW auxiliary power. [14](https://www.lincolnelectric.com/en/Products/k4535-1)

Services include automation system integration and support, training, repair, preventative maintenance, remote troubleshooting, spare parts and engineering services. [15](https://www.lincolnelectric.com/en/automation/automation-services) Manufacturing-related services include large-scale metal additive manufacturing, machining, heat treatment, finishing and inspection, as well as fabrication and metalforming. [16](https://www.lincolnelectric.com/en/solutions/additive)[17](https://www.lincolnelectric.com/en/Solutions/Additive/Capabilities)[18](https://www.lincolnelectric.com/en/Automation/Advanced-Manufacturing-Services) In FY2025, reported product-line sales were $2.283 billion for Consumables (53.9% of net sales), $1.080 billion for Equipment (25.5%) and $870 million for Automation (20.6%). [19](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T9872773)
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## Geographic presence

Lincoln Electric’s operations are organized across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia. Its Americas Welding segment covers North and South America, while International Welding covers Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia. Harris Products Group operates globally, with its retail business primarily in the United States. [20](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P101584273)

In FY2025, segment sales were $2.724 billion for Americas Welding, $930.9 million for International Welding and $578.6 million for Harris Products Group—approximately 64.4%, 22.0% and 13.7% of consolidated sales, respectively. These segment figures are regional proxies, not a country-by-country breakdown; Harris includes global operations. [21](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T11725971) The company reports 71 manufacturing and automation-system-integration locations in 20 countries and serves customers in more than 160 countries. Its corporate headquarters is in Cleveland, Ohio. [5](https://ir.lincolnelectric.com/news/news-details/2026/Lincoln-Electric-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2025-Results/default.aspx)[22](https://www.lincolnelectric.com/en/Visitor-Information)
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## Business segments

Lincoln Electric Holdings reports three business segments. **Americas Welding** covers welding operations in North and South America; it generated approximately **64.4%** of FY2025 consolidated net sales ($2,723.6 million of $4,233.0 million). **International Welding** covers welding operations in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia, contributing approximately **22.0%** ($930.9 million). **The Harris Products Group** comprises global cutting, soldering and brazing businesses, specialty gas equipment, and a retail business primarily in the United States; it contributed approximately **13.7%** ($578.6 million). Shares are calculated from FY2025 segment net sales and consolidated net sales. [20](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P101584273)[21](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T11725971)
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## Company history

Lincoln Electric was founded in Cleveland on December 5, 1895, when John C. Lincoln began developing and selling direct-current industrial motors. His brother James joined the business in 1907; the company introduced a variable-voltage arc welder in 1911, and James assumed day-to-day leadership in 1914. Lincoln opened a welding school in 1917 and moved its manufacturing operations to a new Cleveland-area plant in 1923. [8](https://www.lincolnelectric.com/en/About-Us)[23](https://www.lincolnelectric.com/assets/US/EN/Lincoln125/index.html)[24](https://promotions.lincolnelectric.com/weldingschool/)[25](https://case.edu/ech/articles/l/lincoln-electric-co)

The company expanded internationally over subsequent decades, including the establishment of its Australian subsidiary in 1938, and relocated to a new facility in Euclid, Ohio, in 1951. From 1986 to 1991, Lincoln pursued faster international growth through acquisitions, particularly in Europe. It became a Nasdaq-listed company in 1995. [26](https://lincolnelectricstorelocator.com.au/about-us/)[25](https://case.edu/ech/articles/l/lincoln-electric-co)[27](https://www.company-histories.com/Lincoln-Electric-Co-Company-History.html)[28](https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/case-studies/lincoln-electric-company-1990s)[29](https://ir.lincolnelectric.com/news/news-details/2025/Lincoln-Electric-to-Ring-the-Nasdaq-Opening-Bell-on-June-10-2025/default.aspx)
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