Leader in welding and cutting Lincoln Electric

LEADER IN WELDING AND CUTTING

The US-based Lincoln Electric group is a globally-renowned company with 116 years of experience of market operations and subsidiaries all over the world, including 10 scattered throughout Europe. Its Polish subsidiary Lincoln Electric Bester has been operating as a part of the group since 2002.

For over 119 years, Lincoln Electric has been a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of arc welding products, robotic arc welding systems, plasma and oxyfuel cutting equipment. It also has a leading global position in the brazing and soldering alloys market. Today it serves customers across a vast range of industry sectors, including automotive, offshore, pipelines, power generation, LNG, nuclear energy, pressure vessels, thermal energy and shipbuilding.

Lincoln Electric Bester Sp. z.o.o. is based in Bielawa, 60km south of Wroclaw. The original welding equipment company was established in 1946 on the premises of the former Krupp factory. In January 2002 it was taken over by Lincoln Electric and became part of the group. This also represented Lincoln Electric’s first investment in the Polish market. Since then the company has been able to substantially increase its sales. Today the majority of its sales are to the US and the Middle and Far East, although its products are also sold in Germany, the UK, France, Sweden, Spain, Greece, Egypt and Australia.

Lincoln Electric Bester offers a wide range of welding products for professionals and hobbyists, as well as the accompanying chargers. It is part of Lincoln Electric Europe, which comprises four different brands: Bester, Spawmet, Lincoln Electric and Harris. This is in line with the group’s drive to increase its retail channel throughout Europe, forming part of its Welding, Cutting, Tools and Accessories business division.

Ewmar-Ness is a company that has been operating on the market since 1991. – It is focused on the distribution of winding wires, bearings, bearing accessories and steel products.

In terms of winding wires we have cooperated with the world’s largest producers such as: ESSEX, DAHRENTRAD, LWW ŚLĄSKA.

We have more than 1000 items, within the scope of copper and aluminum winding wires, round and profiled. We supply wires to the biggest producers of electric motors and transformers. We also offer glass insulated wires, Nomex, Kapton, etc.

P.H. EWMAR-NESS Sp. z o.o. Ul. Zaruskiego 3, 41-219 Sosnowiec, Poland Phone: +48 32 296 11 11 Fax: +48 32 296 11 41 E-mail: wyrobyelektrotechniczne@ewmar.com.pl Web: www.ewmar.com.pl

Impeccable service

“Our company employs only the leading experts in welding activities – they are specialised professionals fully engaged in solving problems and tackling challenges in individual area of the welding industry,” explained a company spokesperson. “Lincoln Electric possesses exhaustive knowledge about the market and its mechanisms, which enables it to rapidly and effectively react to all changes taking place.”

Every client that approaches the company is offered a wide choice of solutions. It is also important to note that the enterprise does not only deliver products, but also technologies. Furthermore, the reliability of solutions provided by the company is also confirmed by the fact that 70 per cent of appliances come with a three-year guarantee.

Lincoln Electric has a very clear sales strategy and is also a very responsible supplier, with absolute loyalty assured to its customers. To further support them, Lincoln Electric has created a specialist training and technological centre, called Weldtech. The company also delivers cost-reduction programmes in order to help its customers to save their costs. “Customer service for us does not just stop with the purchase of a product. In fact, it is just the beginning of a common journey. We operate with passion and always strive to keep our promises.

“Through our Weldtech technological centre we offer a modern training facility where we equip clients from across Europe with new skills and knowledge. Our R&D Department offers access to the most modern welding technologies in the world. We also have a well-established sales team which has access

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to the entire portfolio of products, ranging from the simplest electrode to the most advanced robotic and mechanised welding stations. Our aim is to be a company which delivers complete solutions and not just individual appliances and materials. All in all, what differentiates us from our competitors is technology, advanced engineering and solutions, knowledge and skills in sales and marketing.”

Market leader

The robust scale of operations of Lincoln Electric Bester is also reflected in the fact that the company delivers its products to every single market across the continent. Solutions are targeted at four key industrial sectors: energy, automotive, steel constructions and the building industry.

Poland is of course one of the most important markets for the company, but at the same time Lincoln Electric continues to ensure that its products reach customers across the width of Europe. “We are currently focusing on a number of areas to guarantee further robust growth. We are carrying out significant investments in the energy sector, further develop networks for sending LNG gas, expanding in steel constructions and infrastructure and last but certainly not least, we are focusing on developing renewable sources of energy.” n