1 EXHIBIT 21 LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT The Company's significant subsidiaries, all of which are included in its consolidated financial statements, are listed in the following table: COUNTRY OF PERCENT NAME INCORPORATION OWNERSHIP ---- ------------- --------- The Lincoln Electric Company United States 100 Harris Calorific Limited Ireland 100 Harris Calorific S.r.l. Italy 100 Harris Calorific, Inc. United States 100 Indalco Alloys, Inc. Canada 75 Kaynak Teknigi Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. Turkey 50 Lincoln Electric (Shanghai Holdings) Pte. Ltd. People's Republic of China 84 Lincoln Electric (U.K.) Limited United Kingdom 100 Lincoln Electric Company (Australia) Proprietary Limited Australia 100 Lincoln Electric Company of Canada Limited Canada 100 Lincoln Electric Do Brasil Ltda. Brazil 100 Lincoln Electric France S.A. France 100 Lincoln Electric Italia S.r.l. Italy 100 Lincoln Electric Mexicana, S.A. de C.V. Mexico 100 Lincoln Electric Manufactura, S.A. de C.V. Mexico 100 Lincoln Electric Norge AS Norway 100 Lincoln Electric Philippines, Inc. The Philippines 60 Lincoln Global Inc. United States 100 Lincoln Smitweld B.V. The Netherlands 100 Lincoln Smitweld GmbH Germany 100 Lincoln-KD, S.A. Spain 100 PT Lincoln Austenite Indonesia Indonesia 60 Sacit S.r.l. Italy 100 The Lincoln Electric Company (Asia Pacific) Pte. Ltd. Singapore 100 The Company has omitted the names of its subsidiaries which, considered in the aggregate as a single subsidiary, would not constitute a "significant subsidiary" within the meaning of Rule 1-02 contained in Regulation S-X. 43