Lincoln Electric Reveals New Organizational and Segment Reporting Structure Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, has recently realigned its organizational and leadership structure. This is to drive greater operational efficiency and further support its 2020 vision and growth strategy. The company has combined its North America Welding and South America Welding businesses into “Americas Welding.” This segment will be led by George Blankenship in the newly created position of executive vice president and president, Americas Welding. Also, the Europe Welding and Asia Pacific Welding businesses will be combined into “International Welding,” and led by Mathias Hallmann, in the newly created position of senior vice president and president, International Welding. The company will continue to operate and report The Harris Products Group business separately, which includes its global cutting, soldering, and brazing businesses, as well as retail channel distribution in the United States. “We believe our new welding organizational structure will improve efficiencies by further integrating operational and product development processes across regions to better serve customer needs,” said Christopher L. Mapes, Lincoln Electric’s chairman, president, and CEO. The reclassification of historical results into the three new reportable segments for previously reported periods for 2013, 2014, and the 2015 first, second, and third quarters can be found at ir.lincolnelectric.com. Laser Welding Symposium Set for March 18 in El Paso, Tex., Open to the Community As part of a grant awarded to the Medical Center of the Americas Foundation, El Paso, Tex., for the development of career and technical education tracks at Jefferson High School, also in El Paso, that focus on developing a dual-credit curriculum for advanced and biomanufacturing, Simon L. Engel, president of HDE Technologies, Inc., Elk Grove, Calif., and vice chair of the American Welding Society C7C Subcommittee on LaserBeam Welding and Cuting, will be hosting a one-day laser welding symposium. This event will take place on March 18 at Silva Health Magnet High School’s auditorium. It’s open to the community, and there’s no charge. To register, visit surveymonkey. com/r/laserwelding. Angelica Rosales (angelica@MCAmericas. org), operations manager, Medical Center of the Americas Foundation, is serving as the contact. The symposium will review industrial lasers and laser welding technology; current laser welding activities market information in many industries with a focus on medical device manufacture; job descriptions; the status of education available to the currently employed and upcoming generation; and the details/costs of preparing educational courses that cover industrial lasers and laser welding technologies. Also, the foundation has a committee of 15–20 local community partners to develop a rigorous science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) curriculum on advanced and biomanufacturing in the Paso del Norte region. “The mutual interest by the participating organizations and individuals to introduce laser welding education to high school level students may well be a milestone in the laser industry,” said Engel. Upon implementation of the program at Jefferson High School, administrators will be looking at student outcome data. The goal is to implement a model for a STEM‐based project consortium that includes high school, community college, public, and private sectors working toward developing an advanced manufacturing workforce. FMA Acquires Canadian Metalworking, Canadian Fabricating & Welding The Fabricators and Manufacturers Association, Intl. (FMA), Rockford, Ill., has acquired the media brands Canadian Metalworking and Canadian Fabricating & Welding from Annex Business Media, Simcoe, Ont., Canada. They will be part of FMA Communications Canada, a media subsidiary of FMA, which delivers print and online products, plus sponsors in-person events in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Terms of the sale were not disclosed. In addition, the publications will be run by FMA’s new Canadian subsidiary, FMA Communications Canada. FMA’s existing Canadian brand, Canadian Industrial Machinery, will be transitioned into the two acquired brands. Rob Swan will serve as publisher of Canadian Fabricating & Welding while Rob Colman will be the editor. Current FMA Communications Director of Sales and Marketing, Jim Gorzek, will serve as publisher of Canadian Metalworking. Hypertherm Accepting 2016 ‘Spark Something Great’ Educational Grant Applications Hypertherm, Hanover, N.H., a manufacturer of plasma, laser, and waterjet cutting systems, is accepting applications for its “Spark Something Great” educational grant program. This aims to ensure the next generation of welders/metal fabricators know how to cut and gouge with plasma by making the newest generation of cutting equipment and standardized instruction available to schools. Applications for 2016 are due on or before April 1 with grant decisions communicated by May 2. For more details, including instructions and prizes, visit hypertherm.com/plasmaeducation. Laser Mechanisms Purchases Visotek Laser Mechanisms, Inc., Novi, Mich., has acquired Visotek, Livonia, Mich., a provider of Smart Laser Tools™ that simplify the use of lasers in any environment. The acquisition is expected to complement the company’s core business of providing laser beam delivery systems. Visotek will continue to operate as an independent entity in support of its existing customer base. PRESS TIME NEWS 8 WELDING JOURNAL / MARCH 2016 WJ
Welding Journal | March 2016
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