The company was founded in 1895 by John C. Lincoln with an investment of $200 to make electric motors he had designed.

[5] The Harris Products Group has manufacturing facilities in Georgia, Ohio, California, Poland, Mexico, Brazil and Italy.

[6] In 2019, Lincoln announced the acquisition of Worthington Industries, Inc. a metal manufacturing company.

A display unit was shown at CES 2024 and featured NACS and CCS1 charging plugs, along with a touchscreen user interface developed using Qt.

Today, the think tank still focuses on promoting "creative approaches to land as a solution to economic, social, and environmental challenges.