Lincoln Electric's CheckPoint™ and Yaskawa Motoman's MyMotoman™ to be shown at IMTS 2012

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IGear Online, a leading provider of cloud and mobile machine monitoring software technology for the global manufacturing industry, today announced that two of its innovative clients, The Lincoln Electric Company (Booth N-6618) and Yaskawa Motoman Robotics (Booth N-6600) will be featuring cloud based machine monitoring solutions powered by IGear during the IMTS 2012 show in the North Hall of Chicago's McCormick Place from September 10^th through the 15^th.

IGear will also be exhibiting at IMTS (Booth N-6031) and will be hosting 15 minute executive briefings each day at 8:45am and 4:30pm for manufacturing equipment builders to learn more about the Pulse Always On® monitoring platform.

"Lincoln Electric is committed to providing the most innovative, cost-effective, and highest quality welding and cutting solutions," states George Blankenship, Senior Vice President and President Lincoln Electric North America. "CheckPoint™ contributes to our vision by providing our customers the unique ability to monitor their Lincoln technology anywhere, anytime and on any device."

"Yaskawa Motoman is dedicated to providing the highest level of customer satisfaction in the automation industry; utilizing technological advancements and delivering innovative solutions to help our customers compete and win in the global marketplace," states Steve Barhorst, President and COO of Yaskawa America, Inc., Motoman Robotics Division.  "MyMotoman™ enables our customers to achieve a higher level of performance with their Motoman^® robots."

"We are extremely proud of our association with both The Lincoln Electric Company and Yaskawa Motoman Robotics," says Don Korfhage, President and CEO of IGear.  "Lincoln Electric's CheckPoint™ and Yaskawa Motoman's MyMotoman™ solutions are proof the global manufacturing marketplace is adopting cloud and mobile technologies to harness the power of machine information to analyze and improve production performance and heighten the response to machine failures."

About The Lincoln Electric Company
Lincoln Electric is the world leader in the design, development and manufacture of arc welding products, robotic arc welding systems, plasma and oxyfuel cutting equipment and has a leading global position in the brazing and soldering alloys market. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Lincoln has 45 manufacturing locations, including operations and joint ventures in 20 countries and a worldwide network of distributors and sales offices covering more than 160 countries. For more information about Lincoln Electric and its products and services, visit the Company's website at www.lincolnelectric.com.

About Yaskawa Motoman
Founded in 1989, the Motoman Robotics Division of Yaskawa America, Inc. is a leading robotics company in the Americas.  With over 250,000 Motoman® robots installed globally, Yaskawa provides automation products and solutions for virtually every industry and robotic application; including arc welding, assembly, coating, dispensing, material handling, material cutting, material removal, packaging, palletizing and spot welding. For more information please visit the company's website at www.motoman.com or call 937.847.6200.

About IGear Online
IGear, headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, is a leading provider of cloud and mobile machine monitoring solutions.  The company's Pulse Always On® technology is purpose-built as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform  to enable global manufacturing equipment builders with a hosted web solution for private label, machine monitoring applications that can be easily shared with their clients.  For more information about IGear Online visit the Company's website at www.igearonline.com.

IGear Contact
John Humphreys
VP Business Development
IGear Online, LLC
502.394.3324 (D)
[email protected]

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