Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. - LECO- Profile

Lincoln Electric Holdings Incorporated. The Group's principal activities are to design, manufacture and distribute arc welding and cutting products. The Welding products include arc welding power sources, wire feeding systems, robotic welding packages, fume extraction equipment, consumable electrodes and fluxes. The welding products offering also include regulators and torches used in oxy-fuel welding and cutting. The products of the Group are sold in domestic as well as international markets. The manufacturing facilities of the Group are located in the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, England, France, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, People's Republic of China, Poland, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey and Venezuela. On 31-Oct-2006, the Group acquired all of the outstanding stock of Metrode, a privately held manufacturer of specialty welding consumables headquartered near London. Designs, manufactures and distributes arc welding and cutting products