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Lincoln Electric announces retirement, promotion

David Nagle and Gregory Doria

Cleveland-based Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. has announced that David J. Nangle, executive vice president, president, The Harris Products Group (HPG,) will retire Oct. 1, 2021, and will be succeeded by Gregory Doria. As part of the transition, Doria has been promoted to senior vice president, COO, HPG. He formerly served as vice president, marketing, Lincoln Electric.

Nangle joined Lincoln Electric in 1979 and was named president of the company’s Harris Calorific subsidiary in 1999; followed by president of the company’s retail subsidiary, WCTA LLC, in 2003; and president of J.W. Harris Co. in 2005. As executive vice president, president of HPG, Nangle has achieved 15 years of record sales and profitability growth in the segment.

Doria joined Lincoln Electric in 2000. He’s held several leadership positions in sales and marketing, including director, global industry segments; director of global sales and application engineering for Indalco; and west regional sales manager (USA). Since 2019 he has served as vice president, marketing, with oversight of Lincoln Electric’s global industry segment strategy and marketing program, as well as applications engineering. He received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Western Ontario and an MBA from the University of Phoenix.