Who is Lincoln Electric?
Lincoln Electric is a high-performance industrial machinery and technology leader who helps customers manufacture and maintain vital equipment and infrastructure. Lincoln Electric’s innovative solutions enable higher quality and productivity across a variety of processes including welding, cutting, brazing, machining, process automation, and field repair. The Company leverages proprietary technologies and expertise in materials science, power electronics, automation, and intelligent software to help customers build better and achieve resilience in their operations. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Lincoln Electric is the essential ‘Linc’ that keeps the economy running. The Company operates 71 manufacturing and automation facilities across 20 countries and serves customers in over 160 countries.
Some important educational products, besides welding machines and consumables include robotic welding, plasma cutting, oxy-fuel cutting, fume removal equipment and a virtual reality welding trainer.
Why support WorldSkills?
Lincoln Electric believes in supporting education at many levels including youth organizations that teach welding and the skilled trades. We heavily support Skills USA and based upon our successes with that organization, we want to expand world-wide. Through educational programs, we can inspire youth while educating industry on the latest technologies involving safety, quality and productivity.
What we bring?
Lincoln Electric has a value added approach with a long term focus by supporting schools with safety information, training aids, welding books, curriculum and the high tech products needed to educate the skilled crafts people that industry needs. We also operate a non profit foundation, the James F. Lincoln Foundation, to promote the art and science of welding.
What we want to gain?
We simply want the chance to meet and interact with the leading training institutes to find out what we can provide to them. Our mission is to assist in making them better at what they do so we have no expectations until we demonstrate a value.