Lincoln Electric Opens New Tech Center

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (Cleveland, OH) held an open house and ribbon cutting ceremony earlier today to celebrate the grand opening of their new Welding Technology & Training Center in Cleveland. The event highlighted their expanded educational offering and commemorates the centennial anniversary of their welding school, the longest-running welding school in the world. This new Center focuses on training welding educators, engineers and industrial professionals who are advancing welding in schools and industry globally. It also provides advanced technical welding training for professionals, as well as a comprehensive portfolio of turnkey educational solutions that can be used to launch welding training at customers’ own facilities.

Lincoln’s extensive education portfolio includes an extensive educational curriculum, virtual reality and technology-assisted training tools, industry-leading welding and cutting solutions and robotic cells. “Our new Center is a strategic investment to help our customers and educational partners grow using leading solutions,” stated Christopher L. Mapes, the chairman, president and chief executive officer of Lincoln Electric. “Our educational offering and leadership in automation systems provide meaningful ways to address the skills gap and capacity constraints facing users in our industry.”

“We are committed to providing students and customers with the relevant skills and knowledge needed to support career and technical schools, advanced manufacturing and infrastructure growth,” added Jason Scales, the business manager of education at Lincoln Electric. “Our education model will shape the next generation of welders, managers and industry leaders.”

Located at their headquarters campus in Cleveland, the new 130,000 sq ft facility represents a $30 million investment in training for a new generation of welding leaders and educators. The Center is a state-of-the-art educational facility that features 166 welding and cutting booths, a virtual reality training lab with ten VRTEX® virtual reality welding simulators, as well as extensive seminar and welding school classroom space, and a 100-seat auditorium to advance technical skills. The Center will also become an American Welding Society-accredited testing facility later this year.

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