Automation Solutions Terms and Conditions of Sale
OCTOBER 2017
1.SCOPE.Seller means the Lincoln Electric entity identified in the Seller Documents (defined below), and Buyer means the industrial company purchasing Goods, Services and/or Software from Seller. Any Seller proposal, acknowledgment or invoice and all documents incorporated by specific reference herein or therein by Seller (“Seller Documents”), and these terms and conditions of sale (“Terms”), constitute the complete terms and conditions governing the sale of Goods, Services and/or Software (“Agreement”). ANY AND ALL ADDITIONAL OR DIFFERENT TERMS IN THE BUYER’S REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, PURCHASE ORDER, BUSINESS FORMS, WEBSITE OR BY ANY OTHER DOCUMENTATION ISSUED BY BUYER ARE HEREBY DEEMED TO BE MATERIAL ALTERATIONS AND NOTICE OF OBJECTION TO AND REJECTION OF SUCH TERMS IS HEREBY GIVEN. No website usage agreement or any other click through agreement on a web-site will have any binding effect whether or not Seller clicks on an “ok,” “I accept,” or similar acknowledgment. Commencement of any work by Seller or Buyer's acceptance of delivery of the Goods, Services and/or Software will manifest Buyer's assent to this Agreement. Additional or different terms applicable to a particular sale may be specified in the body of a Seller Document or agreed to in a written contract signed by both parties. In the event of a conflict, the following order of precedence will apply: (a) written contract signed by both parties; (b) Seller Documents; and (c) these Terms.
2. DEFINITIONS.Unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Goods" as used herein means Goods sold under this Agreement, as identified in the Seller Documents; (b) “End-User” is the person or entity who uses the Goods or possesses them without any intention of resale. The “initial” End-User is the first End-User; (c) "Services" as used herein means all labor, supervisory, technical and engineering, installation, commissioning, programming, support, repair, training, consulting or other services provided by Seller under the Agreement; and (d) “Software” as used herein means all software, plus software documentation, if any, licensed to Buyer by Seller under this Agreement.