Acted as lead counsel to Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: LECO) in its acquisition of Tennessee Rand, Inc., a leader in the design and manufacture of tooling and robotic systems for welding applications. Tennessee Rand, with operations located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, serves a wide base of automotive and metal fabrication customers. The Tennessee Rand purchase complements the deal Lincoln Electric (represented by Hahn Loeser) made last year to buy Ft. Loramie, Ohio-based Wayne Trail Technologies, another robotic welding company. Hahn Loeser also represented Lincoln Electric for its acquisition of the Kaliburn, Burny and Cleveland Motion Control (CMC) businesses from ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT). Kaliburn is a designer and manufacturer of shape cutting solutions, Burny produces shape cutting control systems, and CMC manufactures web tension transducers and engineered machine systems. All three businesses are consolidated in a headquarters and manufacturing operation located in Ladson, South Carolina, near Charleston.