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What Is UpLinc?

UpLinc is a new online communications platform at Lincoln Electric that also offers a mobile app experience. Communications can now be accessed at work, but also at home using your personal devices.

UpLinc can keep all employees informed in a fun, fast and easy way and offer news and updates in their local language. UpLinc is part of our Higher Standard 2025 strategy to improve employee engagement and digitize where possible. We hope you find UpLinc to be a large improvement in our internal communications.


UpLinc Features
Subscribe to the Stuff You Want to Know

Personalize your UpLinc experience by joining and following channels that interest you! Over time, more channels will be added, so keep an eye out for more content and features. You can also turn on your phone’s push notifications so that you don’t miss out on any key messages. If you did not select the option to accept push notifications when you registered for UpLinc, just go to your phone’s “Settings” option and then scroll down to “FirstUp”. Then, select “Notifications” and “Allow Notifications”.


There are several features in UpLinc to help you quickly get the news that’s important to you – in under 3-minutes per day!

At the top of the news page, there are 3 options to view news:

  • Latest: Your news shown in chronological order.
  • Featured: News that was posted as a key “feature” item by channel that you are subscribed to.
  • Trending: The most read stories.

When you read stories, many will have the option to automatically translate the text to your own language (based on your profile setting).

Look for this icon and tap it. The text will auto-translate!

Liking and Commenting on Stories

We encourage you to engage with stories. You can “like” them by clicking on the heart symbol. Comment on stories by clicking on the word bubble symbol and using text, emoji's and referencing other employees using @.

If you add a “like” or a “comment,” your name and profile photo will be posted alongside each one. Please remember that this is a business application and your comments should reflect our Code of Conduct and Ethics policy.

Access new channels, resources and your bookmarks in the hamburger icon in the lower right corner of your mobile app screen or in the upper left corner on the internet site:

Click on “Discover” to see a list of channels that are available.

Channels are used to organize news and updates by topic or location, so that you can select what you would like to see. You will be automatically subscribed to several channels, such as our “360° Leadership” channel, however over time, new channels will be added and you will have the choice to select channels that align with your interests, location or role. Just click “Join” to add the channel of your choice.

You will also see “Resources”, which offer a library of helpful documents. Reference documents will be added in this area over time.

“Bookmarks” provide with you the list of stories that you may have previously bookmarked when you saw a story by clicking on this icon:

Your Assistant is an excellent tool to quickly check on:

  • Stories you may have missed
  • Recommended stories for you
  • Posts that are related to you
  • Statistics about how many people viewed your post

Find the Assistant icon at the bottom of the screen and it may have numbered alerts next to the icon:

The Assistant home page provides a menu to help you quickly sort through stories and any comments or likes that relate to you.