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4 Welding World Awards 2018 And the winners are . . . the awards evening at the Hilton Metropole in Birmingham will see the winners receive their awards


4 Calendar Make sure you don’t miss . . .


6 COVER STORY – Health and Safety in Welding


Looking at the processes and procedures in today’s manufacturing


08 OH2018


Inspirational speakers to ignite your imagination


08 UA Certificate for JASIC from TÜV


10 Dove Engineering Centre New apprentice centre can play lead role for industry


10 Transformer Car


Exciting welding project is exhibit at new gallery opening


11 OBE awarded to BOHS past president


11 Automotive Confidence International confidence in the UK’s automotive sector was bolstered in March


14 WIN Eurasia 2018


Istanbul became the meeting point of industrial giants


15 Trade Academy and Awards International trade secretary Dr Liam Fox has launched the National Trade Academy Programme and Board of Trade Awards


15 British Compressed Gases Association The BCGA puts welding health and safety on the radar


16 Power Tool Inventor talks mag drills 18 Welding engineers


18 Core innovation hub Innovate UK has up to £72 million to invest


18 Metaltech


Calls for increased industry-wide efforts to help resolve the severe skills shortage


19 UK Steel Industry Britain’s steel industry is vulnerable


19 Brooker Award For Dr Isabel Hadley – TWI Industrial Research Fellow


22 President’s Hall of fame


Looking back at some brave and sometimes eccentric people who shaped this industry


NEW PRODUCTS


26 A guide to some of the latest technologies


FEATURES


34 Job Knowledge NACE TM0177 – Sour test methods


REGULARS


24 President’s Message 25 The Board 36 SifTips


39 And Finally EDITOR’S NOTE Welcome to this edition of Welding World.


And things don’t get much more exciting for this publication as we have the second Welding World Awards now very close at hand. The shortlist of businesses in the running for our cat- egories has now been announced and this in itself is a cause for celebration as it shows all of the hard work which is going on in our industry.


There are so many diversions at the moment for business in general and not just in our own sector. The awards are a timely reminder that there can be no substitute for rolling up our sleeves and getting on with the task in hand. The rewards for those who do this are there for all to see and we look forward to naming the very best at the event in Birmingham.


Our special guest and host for the evening is Eamonn Holmes so if you haven’t booked tickets already please do so now as we are sure it will be a special night. And of course for those who are in the running for an award the marketing and promotion of your success should already be underway. Use our links and our logo and make sure that clients and customers are aware how brilliant your business is.


Among a host of great articles and features in this edition we are also delighted to run a spe- cial on the workshop environment - we will be spotlighting many more in issues to come. Enjoy all the best features, reviews and regular columns that Welding World provides, keeping you in touch with all the news that matters in the industry.


Darren Isted, Editor, Welding World editor@welding-world.com


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