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needed for teaching welding at every level. Developed by 35 of the industry’s top welding instructors, U/ LINC contains more than 18,000 pages of curriculum resources connecting welding theory, practice and knowledge in one place. Subscribers to U/LINC can easily search, download and print out lesson plans, class assignments, presentations, group-based activities and more with in-depth directions, tips and teaching strategies that leverage Lincoln Electric’s more than 100 years of welding training experience. “For 15 years, we have partnered with Lincoln Electric to bring industry-leading welding content to the manufacturing community, and we are proud to further extend our partnership by providing management support for the company’s U/LINC program,” said Jeannine Kunz, vice president of Tooling U-SME. “Our goal, as is Lincoln Electric’s, is to bring the most relevant and forward-thinking content to market, and by providing accessibility to more people, we will ensure the industry’s workforce is well prepared to perform in today’s and tomorrow’s advanced manufacturing world.” Plans call for U/LINC to migrate over to Tooling U-SME this fall. Existing U/LINC subscribers will still be able to access the U/LINC platform in its current form until the transition is completed in January 2020. . For more information on U/LINC, visit education.lincolnelectric.com/ulinc NDC Technologies Adds Language Support to its Cloud-Based Customer Support Portal “myNDC” NDC Technologies, a leading global provider of precision measurement and control solutions, announces that its cloud-based support portal myNDC now offers language support. Languages include French, German, Japanese, Spanish and Chinese. “NDC is a global organization serving the diverse needs of customers in over 60 countries in many languages, says Mahesh Havildar, VP of Customer Service for NDC Technologies. “Customer intimacy and customer satisfaction is very important to us. Offering multi-lingual support on myNDC enables us to communicate to our customers in their own language. This also allows us to accelerate the way we help our customers by making access to content, features and functions faster, easier and friendlier.” NDC is continually enhancing myNDC to create the most positive customer experience. And, the addition of language support is just one more way NDC is touching customers. myNDC offers 24-7-365 support and enables NDC team members to efficiently create incidents, view a customer’s installed base or service history and tap into a comprehensive and growing knowledgebase. Customers have access to a rich database of frequently asked questions, can quickly reach NDC support through several channels and easily generate their own Return Material Authorizations (RMAs) for product repairs. myNDC also offers live chat for immediate support and feedback to customer service requests. . TUBE NEWS July 2019 7