The plan of global expansion of multinational Lincoln Electric Holding, Panama is considered a strategic point. “We were in our Howard exploring business opportunities,” said John Stropki yesterday, the president of this company that is headquartered in Ohio, a presence in 160 countries and annual sales in excess of 2.5 billion dollars.

Still no decision, but the leader in welding equipment could be installed in Panama from a sales office or a regional training center to an industrial plant.

“That is not discarded,” said Stropki. The minimum investment for a complex manufacturing Lincoln would be $ 10 million. Nor discarded participate as subcontractor in the construction of the third set of locks yesterday raised concern that the Panama Canal Authority.