Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. has acquired almost all of the assets of Applied Robotics, Inc., a leading manufacturer of CNC cutting tables and accessories in North America. Applied Robotics, referred to in the welding industry by its brand name, Torchmate, has headquarters and manufacturing facilities in Reno, Nevada. Torchmate offers a vast range of CNC plasma and oxyfuel cutting tables and systems, as well as small and medium-sized fabricators. The addition of Torchmate will boost Lincoln Electric’s ability to provide cutting process solutions for their. Torchmate’s CNC plasma cutting tables offer an economic alternative to cutting solutions required by many metal fabricators.