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REVENUE RECOGNITION
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
REVENUE RECOGNITION  
REVENUE RECOGNITION

NOTE 2 — REVENUE RECOGNITION

The following table presents the Company’s Net sales disaggregated by product line:

Year Ended December 31, 

  ​ ​ ​

2025

  ​ ​ ​

2024

  ​ ​ ​

2023

Consumables

$

2,283,101

$

2,088,721

$

2,212,314

Equipment

 

1,079,603

 

1,008,524

 

1,038,290

Automation

870,299

911,425

941,032

Net sales

$

4,233,003

$

4,008,670

$

4,191,636

Consumable sales consist of welding, brazing and soldering filler metals. Equipment sales consist of arc welding equipment, laser, plasma and oxyfuel cutting systems, wire feeding systems, fume control equipment, welding accessories, specialty gas regulators, mobile power equipment, wear solutions, software and education solutions. Automation sales consist of a comprehensive portfolio of solutions for joining, cutting, material handling, module assembly, and end of line testing. Consumable and Equipment products are sold within each of the Company’s operating segments. Automation products are sold within the Company’s Americas Welding and International Welding operating segments.

Within the Automation product line, there are certain customer contracts that may include multiple performance obligations. For such arrangements, the Company allocates revenue to each performance obligation based on its relative standalone selling price. The Company generally determines the standalone selling price based on the prices charged to customers or using expected cost plus margin. Approximately 10% of the Company’s Net sales are recognized over time.

At December 31, 2025, the Company recorded $49,451 related to advance customer payments and $62,778 related to billings in excess of revenue recognized. These contract liabilities are included in Other current liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. At December 31, 2024, the balances related to advance customer payments and billings in excess of revenue recognized were $63,473 and $57,960, respectively. Substantially all of the Company’s contract liabilities are recognized within twelve months based on contract duration. The Company records an asset for contracts where it has recognized revenue, but has not yet invoiced the customer for goods or services. At December 31, 2025 and 2024, $78,211 and $81,781, respectively, related to these contract assets which are included in Other current assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Contract asset amounts are expected to be billed within the next twelve months.