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EXCEL - IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT - LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INCFinancial_Report.xls
EX-24 - EXHIBIT 24 - LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INCexhibit242014.htm
EX-31.1 - EXHIBIT 31.1 - LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INCexhibit3112014.htm
EX-21 - EXHIBIT 21 - LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INCexhibit212014.htm
EX-32.1 - EXHIBIT 32.1 - LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INCexhibit3212014.htm
EX-31.2 - EXHIBIT 31.2 - LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INCexhibit3122014.htm
10-K - 10-K - LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INCleco-20141231x10k.htm
EX-10.20 - EXHIBIT 10.20 - LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INCexhibit10202014.htm


Exhibit 23

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following registration statements:
Form S-8 Registration Statement of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. for the Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors (Form S-8 No. 333-49976),
Form S-8 Registration Statement of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. for the 1998 Stock Plan, including Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (Form S-8 No. 333-58305),
Form S-8 Registration Statement of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. for The Lincoln Electric Company Employee Savings Plan (Form S-8 Nos. 333-107114 and 333-132036),
Form S-8 Registration Statement of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (as successor to The Lincoln Electric Company) for The Lincoln Electric Company Employee Savings Plan, including Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (Form S-8 No. 033-64187),
Form S-8 Registration Statement of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (as successor to The Lincoln Electric Company) for the 1995 Lincoln Stock Purchase Plan, including Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (Form S-8 No. 033-64189),
Form S-8 Registration Statement of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. for the 2006 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan (Form S-8 No. 333-134212), and
Form S-8 Registration Statement of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. for the 2006 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors (Form S-8 No. 333-134210),
of our reports dated February 20, 2015, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries, included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2014.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Cleveland, Ohio
February 20, 2015