Lincoln Electric has introduced Buy America welding consumables to meet the Buy America requirements for infrastructure rebuild projects related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The Buy America requirements are applicable to most ARRA funded projects and mandate that contractors involved in infrastructure work must use welding consumables made with steel melted in the US. Lincoln’s Buy America consumables, ordered through Lincoln’s Specials Department, are manufactured using green rod or strip melted in US steel mills. Buy America products include: stick electrode – Excalibur 7018 MR, Excalibur 7018-1 MR; flux-core wire – UltraCore 71C, UltraCore 71A85, UltraCore 71A75 Dual; and submerged arc wire – Lincolnweld L-61 and Lincolnweld LA-75.