Lincoln Electric Acquires Custom Tooling Provider

Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. has acquired Detroit, Michigan-based Baker Industries Inc. and its related assets. Baker is a provider of custom tooling, parts and fixtures primarily serving automotive and aerospace markets. Baker has in-house design and manufacturing capabilities including machining, fabricating, assembly and additive manufacturing. Its operations adhere to stringent aerospace quality management standards and are AS9100D-certified and Nadcap-accredited.

Baker is expected to complement Lincoln Electric’s automation portfolio and its new metal additive manufacturing (AM) service business that will launch in mid-2019.

Leveraging Lincoln Electric’s core competencies in automation, software development and metallurgy, the new metal AM business will manufacture large-scale printed metal parts, prototypes and tooling for industrial and aerospace customers. Baker Industries, along with a new Cleveland, Ohio, additive manufacturing development center, will provide an AM platform to help customers improve their lead times, designs and operational quality.