Manufacturers Education Foundation (MEF) Scholarship
A group of manufacturing companies in Georgia have partnered together to present the Manufacturers Education Foundation (MEF) Scholarship to three students at Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC)....
A new 5,500 pound sculpture has been welding by artist Po Shu Wang for the expanded Mayo Civic Center. Construction crews have installed it in its current...
Welding team and married couple Kelly DeWitt Norman and Travis Norman own a large property in the Texas hill country where they host intensive welding camps for...
This week’s welding roundup has a pile of articles on welding jobs and welding education opportunities. It seems that the word is getting around that careers in...
A two-man welding shop in Minnesota has fabricated materials for small companies and some of the largest businesses in the state. Jay Netter and Ron Schackmann have...
A dozen Boy Scouts attended a welding introduction course at the Wallace Community College’s mobile welding unit in order to learn about the possibilities of a career...
Nearly forty years ago Frederick Sachs learned how to weld from a friend while growing up on a farm in New York state’s Hudson Valley. However, Sachs’...
This is the first rodeo in Chanute, Kansas for welders that is. Bob Cross thought of organizing the rodeo when he heard about competitions in other towns where welders...
You can find welding just about everywhere you look, not just in fabrication shops. If theaters want to build larger, elaborate sets, they’re going to need welders...
When Lorianne Tavenor-Wilson won the Canadian Welding Association (CWA) Foundation post secondary award along with a $2,000 check, it marked a milestone for the hardworking married mother of...
Hazard, Kentucky will be the location of southeastern Kentucky’s first Welding Rodeo on October 23rd. The event will include welding teams from community colleges and local organizations...
Experienced and inexperienced welders may find some of their best career opportunities by signing on with the military. While welders who join the army may run the...
Automotive companies have long sought how to weld steel and aluminum together rather than relying on riveting and glue. Lightweight aluminum has long been ruled out as...
Columbus Laser Cutting Company Supplies Critical Industries
Ward Walker is an Indiana welder with an eye for the unusual and discarded. Walker turns scrap metal into works of art that he calls “scart.” Walker...
This Week’s Welding News...Dreams of a Welding Career
When Kaleb McCartney graduated from high school, he knew that he wanted to build things, and according to the Sequim Gazette, welding quickly became his dream career....
Durham Welder Creates Stainless Steel Memorial Tree
Welding isn’t just for pipelines and hot rods. In fact, some welders have found ways to donate their welding skills to the community by creating lasting memories...
Welding students at Grayson College have found a way to use their welding guns to make their communities stronger. Over the past year several student welders have...
Welding, College Libraries, and Renaissance Festivals
Welding, a college library, and Renaissance festivals aren’t exactly three things that you would expect to see together. However, in this week’s welding round up, a school’s librarian...
The Welding Industry is Lacking Skilled Labor (2012)
Thomas Friedman discussed the challenges of the manufacturing sector in the New York Times and addressed welding in particular, driving home the importance of welders getting the...