AWS/WEMCO SPONSORS WELDING PAVILION AT EXPO MANUFACTURA

MIAMI - August 24, 2004 -  The American Welding Society (AWS) and the Welding Equipment Manufacturers Committee (WEMCO) will sponsor the Welding Pavilion at Expo Manufactura in Monterrey, Mexico . The expo is Mexico’s largest metalworking and manufacturing exhibition and is scheduled to run 22 - 24 February 2005. This will be the first Expo Manufactura pavilion sponsored by AWS and WEMCO.

“The decision to sponsor the Welding Pavilion within Expo Manufactura  is our response to the growing international market, and the need within the industry to expand our global marketplace,” stated AWS Associate Executive Director, Jeff Weber. “We are extremely proud of the opportunity to sponsor a pavilion within this prestigious metalworking and manufacturing exhibition.”

The Welding Pavilion will feature advanced technologies and processes that are in great demand in the international manufacturing market.

For more information on becoming a part of the Expo Manufactura AWS Welding Pavilion, please call Mary Ellen Mills at 800-443-9353, ext.444, or e-mail, memills@aws.org.

The American Welding Society is the largest organization in the world dedicated to advancing the science, technology, and application of welding and allied processes including joining, brazing, soldering, cutting, and thermal spray. Headquartered in Miami,Florida, AWS serves almost 50,000 members in the United States and around the world. In 2005, the AWS Welding Show, the premiere trade show for the welding industry, will take place April 26 through April 28 in Dallas, Texas. For additional information on AWS programs and publications, visit the Society’s Web site, www.aws.org.

WEMCO is a standing committee of the American Welding Society. Executives from welding-industry suppliers formed the committee as a forum to promote their understanding of the welding equipment market through customized plans and programs. Enhancing the image of welding as a crucial industry has been identified as a top-priority program. For more information on WEMCO membership and benefits, visit the committee’s Web site, www.aws.org/wemco.