WELCOME 3 INSIDE NEWS
04 The Welding World Awards are causing a major stir in the industry and the time to reward success is getting closer. We exclusively interview awards host Michael Portillo
06 News and views from across the Welding World Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal opens new laboratories at the start of a new era of research for TWI
08 Welding World in Gdansk, 3M Supports Movember and BOC celebrates opening of Acetylene Plant
10 EWM Award Goes To . . .
13 Mach 2016 exceeds space sold for 2014, New Sales Office West dedicated
14 Air Products building Helium plant for Rasgas, Obituary – Stephen Barnes
15 Lincoln Electric celebrates conference success plus NDA Innovation Award Winner
16 BOC Gas and Gear plus Help for Heroes
18 The AWD Board Members
19 The President Presidents Comment
NEW PRODUCTS 20 A guide to some of the latest technologies
FEATURES
26 Tag Pipe making its presence felt in the world of pipe cutting, bevelling, aligning, purging and handling.
28 TWI Job Knowledge Eddy current testing
REGULARS 30 Sif Tips 31 And Finally
A message from the Board EDITOR’S NOTE
And before you know it the year is at an end! And what a fascinating 2015 it has been.
For UK Plc we saw a surprise General Election which gave us a clear-cut result that few had expected. Whatever the outcome, the year has also seen an improvement in terms of the economy although some industries have shown that nothing should be taken for granted.
That of course applies to the welding industry, although a glance through these pages across the year shows that innovation and forward thinking has been very much alive. Here at Welding World itself we have had a busy year and I hope to have made a
difference in my first full year as editor. Along with the formality of a complete redesign, we have also seen the emergence of a superb app for Welding World along with a great social media feed that keeps us close at hand 24/7. Perhaps of greatest significance has been the launch of the Welding World Awards which we are all looking forward to coming to fruition with our ceremony during MACH next year. And of course that brings us to next year. MACH is clearly a highlight along with the awards (make sure you book your tables now!) but for every individual AWD member there will also be separate but each highly significant goals for the coming 12 months. Before then of course there is the festive period. It has been a 2015 of hard work and generally good results. There can be little harm in sitting back and raising a glass to toasting all that success - just as this year seems to have flown by, 2016 and the hurly-burly of business will be back with us soon enough.
Darren Isted, Editor, Welding World
editor@welding-world.com
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