IIW Annual Report 2022

ANNUAL REPORT

ING. SORIN KELLER IIW Acting President, Switzerland

As Acting President of the IIW organization, I have the duty and the honor to write this message

in the IIW Annual Report 2022. 2022 has been an unprecedented year for IIW with extraordinary challenges, with the post global pandemic affecting our professional and private lives and other unpredictable happenings that affected and may affect us in also the future. But nevertheless, we never lost our focus on the three fundamental pillars of the IIW: • Our Mission, to sustain the art and science of welding and to advance welding and joining technology through a worldwide network; • Our Vision, the leading global community linking industry, research, and education to the advancement of welding and joining for a safer and sustainable world;

• Our Goal, to be recognized as the best international provider of certification and best practices ensuring the highest standards for all welding projects with global scope and impact. In response to the pandemic, when after the years 2020 and 2021 we organized, with great success, two online General Assemblies, in 2020 originally planned in Singapore and 2021 originally planned in Genova, we all looked forward to the 2022 IIW Annual Assembly in Tokyo, finally in presence. This time the General Assembly was organized, with a proven record of success, for the first time in a Hybrid form with the participation of 51 countries with 550 in presence and 200 online registered attendees. The 2022 International Conference dedicated to: “Innovative Welding and Joining Technology to achieve Carbon Neutrality and promote Sustainable Developments” , was a remarkable addition to the IIW Annual Assembly in Tokyo. There in Tokyo, our welding community came back to a bit of normality, and this was possible only by the incredible engagement und conviction of the Japan Welding and Engineering Society, the Japan Institute of Welding, the IIW Secretariat, the IIW Board of Directors and especially you all as participants. The success of the event demonstrated the strength of our community and the possibilities offered by technology in enabling the association to still function in these days with permanent challenges. During the last year, the IIW Board of Directors and each of its two working groups (Governance and Finances, Audit and Risks) and with the participation of the IAB and TMB Chairs met almost monthly. This allowed the IIW to progress a range of actions towards achieving our 2018-2023 Strategic Plan and although some actions still need to be performed. Board members and our community of volunteers are working towards finalization. On the pure management side, IIW made further steps forward in optimization of resources to improve efficiency in processes and save costs. The incomes arising from the successful 2022 IIW Annual Assembly and the selling of the IIW journal “Welding in the World” resulted in a good financial result in 2022. Despite some loss of membership in the last years, different measures are now in place making IIW membership benefits more attractive, especially to developing countries. We look forward to adding new members in the future, increasing the global relevance of our organization. Welding has been and remains a key to global sustainable development and the IIW is the tool to help every country in this direction. It is part of our strategy to intensify cooperation with other players as EWF / European Welding Federation, AWF / Asian Welding Federation and other global associations and institutions. Now, rather to bore you with several details, I would like to highlight some significant goals achieved, aligned with the strategic plan: • The IIW-Strategy plan for 2023-2028 was started in this year and will be reported in 2023 • The financial losses of 2019 were completely covered • We established The Welding Charity Found of IIW to support project aligned with the mission of the organization In the last three years, the pandemic affected the activities of the welding industry, associations, and related business worldwide. IIW is working to support and to offer perspectives for a positive future. In the last period of the current year, good signals were received form the global market. My wish for everyone is that this will not only bring us back to standard values, but also allow us all to reach higher levels of productivity and financial wellbeing. The success of the IIW organization consist in the fact that we all are committed to the fundamental IIW spirit of serving and providing the art and science of welding worldwide. And for this I would like to thank you all very much. Respectfully, Sorin Keller , IIW Acting President

OUR PEOPLE IIW Board of Directors 2022/2023

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Managing the Organisation - IIW Secretariats

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IIW ACCOUNTS 2021 Treasurer’s Report

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SHARING WITH PEERS Message from the Chair of the Technical Management Board

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Spotlight on new Chairs

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IIW Working Units

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Working Groups - Young Professionals

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Working Groups - Standardisation

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LEARNING - INTERNATIONAL AUTHORISATION BOARD Message of the IAB Chair and CEO

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Roles and Responsibilities: Who is Doing What

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2022 Highlights from Group A

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2022 Highlights from Group B

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INTERNATIONAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING QUALIFICATION SYSTEM (IAMQS)

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2023/26 IIW AND ASSOCIATED EVENTS

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INFLUENCING IIW Journal Welding in the World Welding in the World Editors

22 22 23

Performance Data

75th IIW ANNUAL ASSEMBLY AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE In Summery

24 25 26 27 27

Running the Event Prestigious Awards Welded Art Exhibition

Future IIW Events

RECOGNITION 2022 IIW awards

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COLLABORATING IIW Member Societies

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IIW BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2022/2023

Ing. Sorin Keller (Switzerland) Acting President

Prof. Yevgenia Chvertko (Ukraine)

Mr Douglas Luciani (Canada) Past President

Dr Luca Costa (Italy) CEO

Prof. Thomas Böllinghaus (Germany) Treasurer

Mr Robert Shaw (USA)

Prof. Manabu Tanaka (Japan)

Prof. Srinivasan Ramachandran Iyer (India)

Dr Stephan Egerland (Austria)

Prof. Shuji Aihara (Japan)

Prof. Pedro Almeida Matias (Portugal)

Prof. Boyoung Lee (Republic of Korea)

Mr Jorg Vogelsang (Germany)

Prof Paul Kah (Cameroon)

Prof. Vencislav Grabulov (Serbia)

Mr John Gayler (USA)

Ms Georgia Kolyva (Greece)

Ms Susanne Baumgartner (Austria)

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MANAGING THE ORGANISATION IIW Secretariats

IIW has benefited from a prestigious history of secretariat services provided by Member Societies, from the early parallel roles of The Welding Institute UK as Administrative Secretariat and Institut de Soudure France as Technical Secretariat to 1995 when Institut de Soudure took on the combined role of General Secretariat. Since 2020 the General Secretariat role has been performed by Istituto Italiano della Saldatura in Genoa, Italy. Also in 2020, the service agreement for the management of the IIW International Authorisation Board (IAB) was renewed with the European Welding Federation (EWF) with the agreement updated to include services aligned with the needs of IIW and IAB members for the following five years. The IIW is grateful to the current and past secretariats for their outstanding work performed over more than 70 years of growth of the organisation, coupling continuity with the past with renewed energy in all enterprises. Personnel at the current secretariats aim to deliver world class service to the IIW community and support the organisation and its members as they face current and future challenges.

IAB MANAGEMENT TEAM

IIW SECRETARIAT

Dr Luca Costa Chief Executive Officer

Dr Rosario Russo Administrative and Communication Specialist

Eng. Rute Ferraz IAB Chief Executive

Dr Eurico Assunção IAB Deputy Chief Executive

Dr Elisabetta Sciaccaluga Technical Manager

Mr Andrew Davis Standards Officier

Eng. Pedro Catarino IAB Technical Officer

Ms Maria Flores IAB Projects and Administrative Assistant

Mrs Erdmuthe Raufelder Editorial Office Manager

Dr Francesco De Fino IT Assistant

Eng. Italo Fernandes IAB System Manager

Eng. Tobias Rosado Deputy IAB System Manager

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2021 is the first year when IIW finances have been significantly affected by the management of the new secretariat, which moved from France to Italy under IIW CEO Luca Costa. Under a final result that was significantly positive, important initiatives have been taken to allow IIW to follow its mission and vision. • Foremost, IIW has established the IIW Charity fund, to support projects that are aligned with the scope of the association. The fund welcomes donations from IIW members, organizations and individuals trusting IIW and its ability to manage projects. The fund is opened with an initial allocation of 23.000€ from the 2021 accounts enabling the organization to run the first projects in 2022. • In adherence with the IIW strategy, IIW spent a significant number of resources on the marketing of the organization and its members, with a 28% increase in respect of the budgeted amount. • The IIW Annual Assembly and International Conference were run in 2021 online due to the contingency of the Pandemic, but good management and the very positive reaction from the community resulted in a very successful event, not only from the technical perspective but also from a financial point of view with a result that is aligned with the budgeted amount for a face-to-face event. Due to the pandemic, travel expenses were significantly reduced, and, in addition, incomes were 2.5% higher than budgeted. IIW thus closes the financial year with a positive result of 54,801€, most of which has been allocated by the IIW General Assembly to the fund for irrecoverable debts. Even if not required by the law, the closure of accounts for the year 2021 has been approved by the independent auditor with the opinion that the financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the IIW as of December 31, 2021. At the date of delivery of this report, it is possible to offer a perspective on the financial situation for the year 2022. The year will be significantly affected by the increase of inflation, which impacts on IIW expenditures, mostly to the very significant increase in the cost of travelling for the secretariat resources. In 2022, IIW also supported the Ukrainian Welding Community through the IIW Charity Fund, which was used for the payment of the Membership Fee and past dues of our Ukrainian Member (Paton Welding Institute). Investments in the marketing of IIW were also increased, in adherence with the budget amount. In total, the year 2022 may finally result in a limited ability to allocate resources to our funds, however allowing IIW to close the year in Balance. IIW is very thankful to the members of the IIW for their trusting the organization and support through their membership fees. Finally, the Working Group Finance, Audits and Risks is a unit supporting the IIW Board of Directors in various areas and ensures that the organization is consistent with a low-risk profile. The Group continuously maintains the IIW Risk Registry by reviewing potential harms, their likelihood of occurrence, and setting recommendations for action. No material action was required in 2021, but this activity is proof of efforts taken by the IIW Board of Directors in keeping the organization reliable and safe.

PROF. THOMAS BÖLLINGHAUS Treasurer

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TREASURE’S REPORT

INCOME STATEMENT

2021

ITEM

REALISED

INCOME Membership fees

480,261 104.212 54.396

Fees from IIW events (A.A.+ Congress)

Welding in the World

Royalties on IIW Recommended Practices and PS

- -

Royalties on IAMQS

ISO Standards Other incomes

1.396

28.062

Interest from bank accounts

12

TOTAL

669.293

EXPENDITURE

Secretariat

480.000

Travelling expenses (for IIW Events since 2022)

3.418 1.375

Direct costs for meetings and prizes

Office supplies (included computer maintenance until 2021)

586

Postage and telephone

2.081

Promotion, communication & marketing Software (hosting and maintenance)

32.200

1.973 6.238 2.137 8.450 2.617 1.643 1.018

Audit fees and legal fees

Bank charges

Straight-line method of depreciation

Insurance

Registry Tax (formerly business tax)

Other charges

Extraordinary costs: transfer IIW to Italy

14.054

TOTAL

560.214

OPERATING RESULT

109.79

BAD DEBTS INVENTORY Bad debts recovered

470

Allocation to fund for doubtful account (membership fees)

-35.000 35.000

Provision for doubtful account (VAT recovery)

Irrecoverable debt

0

Use of fund for doubtful accounts (membership fees) TOTAL BED EBITS

470

WELDING CHARITY FOND Allocation from IIW

23.000

Donations

0 0 0

Expenditures

Use of IIW Charity fund

TOTAL IIW CHARITY FOUND

-23.000

NET RESULT BEFORE TAX

86.549 -31.748

Income tax

RESULT AFTER TAX

54.801

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THE 75 TH IIW ANNUAL ASSEMBLY, TOKYO, JAPAN Undoubtedly our Japanese hosts have excelled in both organising and conducting a one-of-a-kind event to all individuals lucky enough to join either in person or on-line. Vividly I seem to recall the discussions held prior to this Annual Assembly, in-depth considering especially the question whether or not it may be technically even feasible to successfully carry out a meeting of such enormous impact and size using something referred to as “hybrid-mode”. Finally, however, it was the right decision taken by IIWs Board of Directors to put full trust in the abilities of the local organisers. Thus, and whichever approach progressively may be applied to execute future IIW Annual Assemblies; my sincerest personal congratulations to our Japanese friends for gathering the IIW family from all over the world and successfully conducting this latest and most important annual IIW event. No question, one fundamental part in all of the aforementioned was played again by the eighteen technical commissions of the IIW and their sub commissions collectively forming the technical and scientific backbone of our unique association. It was they and their members thoroughly planning the agendas and carefully executing the sessions to achieve highest degrees of satisfaction. The impressive number of positive comments received back from the IIW community subsequently to the Annual Assembly profoundly speaks for itself. Consequently, and on behalf of the whole Technical Management Board of the IIW; I gratefully congratulate all commission chairs for their unrivalled competence and true passion devoted in Japan. In addition, the approach of having symposia focusing on topics strategically important for the IIW, this time perfectly arranged and managed by Mr Doug Kautz (USA), Chair of IIW C-I (Additive Manufacturing, Surfacing, and Thermal Cutting), and Professor Satoru Asai (Japan), Chair of IIW C-XII (Arc Welding Processes and Production Systems), was proven the right path to follow. It could emphasise IIWs goal to take the global lead wherever promising and evolving technologies in welding and joining are concerned. Last, but very not the least, recalling the superb International Conference on “Innovative Welding and Joining Technologies to achieve Carbon Neutrality and promote Sustainable Development”. Superior international speakers could be engaged leading the event to preeminent success. Paired with the friendliness and hospitality openly granted by our Japanese friends, one is tempted to describe this 75th IIW Annual Assembly by using just one single word: Perfect!

With all these overwhelming memories in mind, I do now greatly look forward to meeting you all again in 2023 – in person hopefully – whilst collectively joining the 76th IIW Annual Assembly in Singapore.

DR STEPHAN EGERALD Chairman of the Technical Management Board of the IIW

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Through their leadership the chairs of IIW Working Units voluntarily share their knowledge, experience and resources to make excellent contributions to the vibrancy and productivity of the Working Units, the progress of IIW and the promotion of welding around the world.

David A. Werba, Manager of Product Design Compliance and Senior Electrical Engineer of Miller Electric Manufacturing Company (an ITW Welding Products Company), has over 35 years of progressively responsible experience in the Electrical Engineering and Design Compliance areas of three major companies that design and manufacture electronic chemical analysis equipment, electric motor drives, and arc welding equipment. David has spent over 20 years managing and coordinating the compliance of the product design process by working with and assisting Development and Design Engineers to design products that can be used safely, by the properly trained operator, to reliably perform the highest quality function. His knowledge of the appropriate Regulations, Directives and Standards, along with committee participation in writing industry standards encompass the company’s product design, general precautionary labeling, Third Party Certification, Reliability Test, and EMC Compliance areas to ensure a common safety vision for the certification and testing for the development of Miller Electric Mfg. Co. (Miller) products. David also serves as the Corporate Representative to perform all of the tasks required in discoveries, inspections and investigations, interrogatories, document production, depositions and trials for Miller. David is an iNARTE Certified Product Safety Engineer and a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Product Safety Engineering Society. He is currently the Chair of the American Welding Society (AWS) Safety and Health Committee and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) TC26, Electric Welding Committee and the National Electrical Manufacturer’s Association (NEMA) Arc Welding Section Technical Committee. He is also the Vice-Chair of the AWS Labeling and Safe Practices committee and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Z49.1 Safety in Welding, Cutting and Allied Processes Committee. He has served as a Delegate of the NEMA US Technical Advisory Group to IEC TC 26. Additionally, he is Chair of the International Institute of Welding (IIW) Commission VIII, Safety and Health, the European Welding Association’s Technical Committee (EWA TCE), specifically involved in the Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) and Energy Related Products (ErP) Directives and Standards development, NEMA EW 6, Guidelines for Precautionary Labeling for Arc-Welding and Cutting Products, NEMA EW 4, Graphical Symbols for Arc-Welding and Cutting Products, NFPA 51B, Technical Committee on Hot Work Operations, UL STP 2201, Portable Generators and UL STP 551, Electric Welding committees. He is also a long-term member of the AWS and IEEE. David has been awarded four US Patents for his work in designing welding power sources. He also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Kennedy Western University and an Associate of Science degree in Electrical Engineering Technology from the Herzing Institute.

MR DAVID A. WERBA Elected Cahir of Commison VIII in 2022

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IIW WORKING UNITS

C-I / ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, SURFACING, AND THERMAL CUTTING Mr Ing. Doug Kautz

Commission I had a successful Annual Assembly where 8 papers papers were presented at the Commission meeting. Terms of Reference were approved for the main commission as well as each of the sub-Commissions. A new Vice Chair, Matteo Pedemonte from Italy was elected. A successful symposium for Additive Manufacturing was held during the Assembly in conjunction with several other commissions. An online intermediate meeting with Commissions IV and XII was held in March.

C-II / ARC WELDING AND FILLER METALS Dr Zhuyao Zhang

Commission II is focused mainly on welds produced by arc welding and on the filler metals which are used therefore. Its activities are set on the metallurgy of weld metals, the influence of the chemical composition and minor elements on the mechanical, corrosion and damage weld behavior and on the reliability of welds in practical service. he Commission work is determined by various issues of filler metal optimization and development in respect to metallurgy, new material grades, new arc welding processes and practical applications. Microstructural interpretation of weld metals, establishing of adequate test procedures for welds and standardization lthough there is a thematic overlap with other IIW commissions in some general technical topics of interests, the differentiation to other commissions, especially Although there is a thematic overlap with other IIW commissions in some general technical topics of interests, the differentiation to other commissions, especially to Commission IX, is the technical approach to these topics. While Commission II focuses on the weld metal by a technology driven approach other Commissions are focusing on base metals which are subjected to welding from a more scientific point of view.

C-III / RESISTANCE WELDING, SOLID STATE WELDING AND ALLIED JOINING PROCESS Prof. Dr Ing. Jorge dos Santos

Commission III maintained in 2022 a high number of participants and technical contributions. The main topic investigated in the area of resistance welding was liquid metal embrittlement (LME). In the solid state welding focus was the wear behaviour of FSW and refill FSSW welding tools. The participation of young professionals in C-III was noticeably high. A tendency of increasing contributions in the topics of machine learning and general data management.

C-IV / POWER BEAM PROCESSES Dr Herbert Staufer

Together with Commission I and Commission XII, the Commission works to establish more reliable welding and joining technologies with higher productivities through a deep understanding of the physical phenomena governing beam processes. In this joint group especially the laser based additive manufacturing process will be investigated.

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C-V / NDT AND QUALITY ASSURANCE OF WELDED PRODUCTS Prof. Dr Marc Kreutzbruck

All five Sub-Commissions were active in the improvement and development of new nondestructive testing methods and their transfer into real test scenarios of welded components. In C-V-C we have almost finalised new TFM/FMC ISO Standards 23864 and 23865 detailing how to use new ultrasonic imaging methods, and passed a resolution on the new FDIS stage. The newly-founded Working Group on a Handbook on testing anisotropic materials, under the leadership of Channa Nageswaran.

C-VI / TERMINOLOGY Mr Jérôme Dietsch

Commission VI develops and maintains all terms and definitions specifically applicable to welding and allied processes which fall into the scope of the International Institute of Welding.Its areas of interest consequently covers a wide range of disciplines and technologies, including, but not limited to, welding and joining processes, joints design, performance and testing, metallic and non-metallic materials, and also many further aspects regarding for example personneland quality management, equipment and consumables.In order to ensure technical reliability and accuracyon specific topics, Commission VIis committed to enlist,whenever possible, competent experts from other IIW Working Units or organisations.Further, Commission VI closely focuses on the multiple interdependencies between all the terms and definitions it manages, to ensure comprehensive, coherent,and organised vocabularies. To do so, it notably relieson its Subcommission VI-A, which maintains and develops the IIW Thesaurus, which is also used by information specialists constituting bibliographic databases to index scientific and technical literature in the fieldof welding and allied processes.The main goal of Commission VIis to offer toall kindsofindividuals (students, professionals, researchers) involved in all kinds of organisations (academic, research or industrial) with comprehensive vocabularies relevant to the field of welding and allied processes. These mostly come in the form of International Standards produced in collaboration with ISO. The Commission also looks forward means to make the content it develops publicly available through electronic or other possible forms.

C-VII / MICROJOINING AND NANOJOINING Prof. Guisheng Zou

A workshop on MICROJOINING AND NANOJOINING has been organized Hybrid: ON-SITE and ON-LINE), including 25 presentations from more than 7 countries in three half-day sessions (one as a joint meeting with C-XVII) and more than 50 attendees. The “Nano- & Micro-Joining (NMJ) Virtual Meeting”, 13:00-15:00(CEST), 7 July 2022, including more than 100 attendees and 3 invited talks.

C-VIII / HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT Mr David Werba

IIW C-VIII is an interdisciplinary network that regularly reviews, exchanges and shares knowledge and general trends in international and national regulations, laws, and rules, and develops best practices that can affect Health, Safety, and the Environment regarding exposure to physical and chemical agents in welding. As has recently been the most explored topics, welding fume and the exposure limits continue to be the topics of most interest. Some specific recent presentations included comparing the effects of acute MMA fume inhalation, quantifying the efficiency of technical measures for welding fume protection, fume emission during laser welding, modeling the fume emission rate of GMA welding and reducing fume exposure of welders. Over the next year, focus will be on updating the IIW Best Practices documents, additional presentations by members and guests, review of health and safety training materials, and further focus on welding fume related discovery. I encourage all who have any interest in Welding Health, Safety, and the Environment to attend IIW C-VIII meetings and sessions.

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IIW WORKING UNITS

C-IX / BEHAVIOUR OF METALS SUBJECTED TO WELDING Dr Hee Jin Kim

To cope with the new developments in the design and welding processes, this commission is collaborating with other commissions and recently, faces a challenge to expand its scope into the material behaviours subjected to additive manufacturing.

C-X / STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCES OF WELDED JOINTS - FRACTURE AVOIDANCE Prof. Mitsuru Ohata

The revised version of “Terms of reference (X-1998-2022)” was approved and submitted to WG TWU. The draft “Operational Plan (X-1998-2022)” of C-X for the purpose of expanding targets and research items to be addressed in C-X was approved, whereas it would be advanced step by step with the suggestion of all members. The main activities are 1) Advancement of FFS standard, 2) Development of new assessment tools and 3) Establishment of WG. Taking a new initiative in additive manufacturing research by making a working group (or sub-commission) in C-X was also approved.

C-XI / PRESSURE VESSELS, BOILERS AND PIPELINES Prof. SuJun WU

During the Annual Assembly, Dr. Xing Sun (TWI, UK) was elected to be the Vice Chair of C-XI. Six papers were recommended for the journal and it was proposed to re-open the sub-commission XI-H: 'Performance of welds for hydrogen service' (to be approved). During the intermediate meeting, an international webinar with the theme of ‘Performance of Welds under Hydrogen Environments’ was successfully held online on 31st May, there were a total of 310 participants online fromall over the world.

C-XII / ARC WELDING PROCESSES AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS Prof. Satoru Asai

In the Commission XII meeting at the 2022 IIWAnnual Assembly, 36 documents were presented from11 countries in two full-day sessions. Main topics included welding processes and production systems for high quality and efficiency, arc physics and monitoring& control for automation. As a new strategy, the intelligent manufacturing symposium concerning artificial intelligence, digital twin and virtual reality was organized. Also, the joint symposium for additive manufacturing was held with Commissions I and IV.

C-XIII / FATIGUE OF WELDED COMPONENTS AND STRUCTURES Prof. Kenneth MacDonald

The level of activity of C-XIII improved for the in-person Assembly and online intermediate meetings of the working group. Activity at the annual assembly was significantly increased over 2021 levels. 22 papers were recommended for the journal and work continues to complete final editorial review and publication of the document on Retrofitting Engineering for Fatigue Damaged Steel Structures. The guidance document for statistical analysis of fatigue data is progressing to publication expected in 2023. WG6 Chair position was filled by a long-term and very active member of the Commission with a fresh programme of work planned.

C-XIV / EDUCATION AND TRAINING Mr Carl Peters

The Annual Assembly in Tokyo provided the perfect venue for sharing best practics among member countries. We learned how nine countries improved teaching techniques, implemented digital and distance learning, and promoted welding standards and certification programs. There was a focus on involving young professionals, attracting the next generation of welders, and intelligent manufacturing. Three global leading universities presented on research programs, enrollment practices, student support, and industry relevance.

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C-XV / DESIGN, ANALYSIS, AND FABRICATION OF WELDED STRUCTURES Dr Eng. Stefano Botta

In the C-XV meeting held during the online Annual Assembly, seven technical documents were presented, and all of them were proposed for peer rewiew and publication in Welding in the World . Furthermore after the report of the judging panel, the Chinese builders of the Hong Kong Zhuhai Macao Bridge was proposed to the TMB for the awarding of the UGO GUERRERA PRIZE 2022. As for the administrative matters, Prof. Ben Young and Prof. Tak-Ming Chan both from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University have been elected as new Co-Chairs of Sub-Commission XV-E Tubular Structures in place of the retiring Co-Chairs (Prof. J. Packer and Prof. J. Wardenier).

C-XVI / POLYMER JOINING AND ADHESIVE TECHNOLOGY Prof. David Grewell

It focuses on the standardization and certification programs, new education and training methods, digital and distance learning, training for intelligent manufacturing, education research, improving educator understanding of learning theory, and the image of welding as a profession.

C-XVII / BRAZING, SOLDERING AND DIFFUSION BONDING Dr Huaping Xiong

In 2022 we held a face-to-face intermediate meeting within C-XVII on 23rd June in Aachen, Germany, and we had 8 technical present ations. During the 75th Annual Assembly of IIW, 3 technical sessions were held by C-XVII on 19th and 20th July. In total 27 technical presentations were made, and the number of the attendeesA tendency of increasing contributions in the topics of machine learning and general data management. for the hybrid meetings was about 130. We had hot discussions especially on the topics of high entropy brazing alloy, Ga-or-Si-or-Sn based filler alloy, composite filler, ceramic-metal joining, induction brazing, and analysis of residual stresses and distortion of the dissimilar joints. In recent years we always encouraged people with an industrial background to join our commission and this time we collected 5 industrial background presentations. Furthermore, in the afternoon on 20th July we had a successful joint meeting bedtween C-VII and C-XVII. In 2022 we recommended 14 presentation papers to "Welding in the World". Furthermore, two experts (also principal reviewers) within C-XVII were recommended to enter the editorial board of WITW. A new Commission best practice document “IIW Recommendations and Best Practices for Welding Inspection – Tasks and Responsibilities" • A new Commission best practice document “Recommendations and Best Practices for Welding Coordination to ISO 14731 - Tasks and Responsibilities” • A new ISO standard on "Soldering - Quality requirements for structural soldering of metallic materials" jointly with Commission XVII • A new Commission document "Recommendations for competences for personnel involved in auditing to verify the compliance in accordance with quality system in the field of welding and allied processes" • Managing ISO 22688 "Brazing - Quality requirements for brazing of metallic materials" jointly with Commission XVII • Updating guidelines on the implementation of quality standards, for example, ISO 3834 "Quality requirements for fusion welding of metallic materials” C-XVIII / QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN WELDING AND ALLIED PROCESSES Mr Robert Shaw

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WORKING GROUP YOUNG PROFESSIONALS

Greetings to all IIW members and member societies. It has been a great honor to serve IIW and all of you as Acting Chairman for the IIW Working Group Young Professionals (WG-YP) starting November 1, 2022 following the retirement of former Chair, Mr. Ernest Levert from USA. I attended IIW for the first time in IIW2016 in Melbourne, Australia as a young professional. I graduated with M.S. and Ph.D. in Welding Engineering from the Ohio State University, USA in 2015 and returned to work as a researcher and then lecturer in Thailand after finishing my study. In Thailand, I also took IWE training course and earned my IWE Diploma in 2017. My current job is lecturer and researcher at the Sirindhorn International Thai-German Graduate School of Engineering (TGGS), King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, where I teach, do research, and coordinate the joint master program in Railway Vehicles and Infrastructure Engineering. Recently, I also help my university establish a new approved training body for International Welding Engineer (IWE) and International Welding Specialist (IWS) to promote education in welding and joining to industry sectors in Thailand. IIWWG-YP, formerly TG-YL, has goals to attract more young people to IIW activities and support the development and training of YPs for future IIW leadership positions. In the past, WG-YP helped IIW on number of activities, including, YP ice breaking session and YP’s evening event, during which first time YP attendees would have opportunities to meet with IIWBoard of Directors, Commission Chairs, and other YP’s and fellow students from around the world. IIW has also organized IIW Young Professional International Conference (YPIC) several times since

2014 and 2015 in Hungary, 2017 in Germany, 2018 in France, 2019 in Hungary, and 2021 Online due to Covid-19 situation. IIW YPIC aims to support young welding professionals and scientists in their professional careers and help YPs networking and exchanging their ideas, experiences and research finding with others. From 2023 onwards, WG-YP is working with IIW secretariat to organize two types of events for YPIC, namely YPIC Live (onsite events) with support by IIWmember societies as host under the approval of WG-RA, and YPIC Digital (online events) organized and supported by WG-YP members and IIW secretariat. WG-YP are also working on developing the Mentoring Program closely with chairs of technical working units to make sure that can help support career growth for YP attendees to work closely with IIW leaders to develop their leadership skills and soft skills and get recognition within IIW community. Another upcoming output from WG-YP is the IIW Student Chapter Handbook, in which WG-YP members from leading societies such as USA, Germany and Canada are bringing their best practices to help develop a complete package to help establishing student chapters and activities to support students and YPs. As Chair of WG-YP, I strongly encourage all member

KITTICHAI SOJIPHAN (Thailand)

societies to give kind support for YPs and students to attend IIW events and share with them about IIW. The future of our welding community depends upon all of us to help our young people to have opportunities to learn more about welding knowledge within IIW, to participate in IIW IAB programs, to pursue their research and

professional careers and to come to YPIC events, IIW regional activities, and IIW Annual Assembly and International Conference to share their knowledge and gain networking with more people in the field.

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WORKING GROUP STANDARDISATION

Standardisation is definitely a core activity of the IIW since its creation. Since nearly 40 years, it is moreover recognised by ISO (the International Or ganization for Standardization) as an inter- national standardising body, which permits to transfer to the industry cutting edge techno-logies developed in world-class universities, research centres and companies. IIW also plays a key role in the development of quality management standards in the field of welding and allied processes, allowing manufacturers from various fields to achieve their objectives in terms of safety, reliability and product performance. These standards also address the needs for qualified personnel, for the growth of their skills and competences and for well-being at work. Current projects notably intent to cover safety of welding consumables, eddy current array testing, quality requirement for soldering and the terminology used in various areas of material joining, processing and testing.

MR JÉRÔME DIETSCH (France)

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MESSAGE OF THE IAB CHAIR AND CEO

In a fast moving and evolving industry, the llW International Authorisation Board (IAB) continued to make progress towards an effective system to support the welding industry in education and training of its workforce. The goal is to deliver the necessary knowledge and skills for personnel and companies. The IAB accomplishes this goal by identifying, developing, and implementing the System - llW Education, Training, Qualification and Certification System, worldwide. In 2022 the IAB network met to continue the technical work being developed in IAB Groups A and B, Education, Training and Qualification and Implementation, Authorization and Certification, respectively. Strategic actions related to the promotion and marketing of the System were also discussed in the Members Meeting and at IAB Board level. These meetings were held online during the llW winter meetings and in hybrid mode in July during the llW Annual Assembly that took place in Tokyo. In 2021, 7.542 Diplomas, 628 Personnel Certificates (new and renewals) and 636 Company Certificates (new and renewals) were issued. These numbers show an overall increase, around 20%, of awarded diplomas and certificates when compared to 2020. Cumulative, until the end of 2021, 176.709 Diplomas, 2.344 new Personnel Certificates (only new) and 2.974 Company Certificates (only new) have been issued. For the near future, the challenge is focused on leveraging the implementation of the llW Education, Training, Qualification and Certification System worldwide through its promotion in the welding industry on a global basis. The promotion actions will need to reinforce IAB contributions to a competitive industry by offering a harmonised, up to date education, training, qualification and certification system for personnel and companies which meets industry needs. Several guidelines and rules documents were reviewed and updated.

PROF. BOYOUNG LEE IIW-IAB Chair (Republic of Korea)

MRS RUTE FERRAZ IIW-IAB CEO (Portugal)

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ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: WHO IS DOING WHAT

Group A ‘Education, Training and Qualification’ is responsible to:

• Develop and revise the Qualification Guidelines, Alternative Route rules and requirements and deal with Blended Learning Programmes; • Develop and manage the harmonised examinations.

Technical approval of the IAB Guidelines is the responsibility of Group A.

Group B ‘Implementation, Authorisation and Certification’ is responsible to: • Develop, maintain and revise the Rules and Operational Procedures for implementing the Qualification Guidelines and the Certification Systems; • Grant and confirm authorisations of Authorised Nominated Bodies (ANBs) and Authorised Nominated Bodies for Company Certification (ANBCCs); • Approve Access Conditions, Transition Arrangements and Blended Learning Programs; • Appoint Assessors.

Technical approval of the IAB Rules and Operating procedures is the responsibility of Group B.

IAB Peer, Blended and Lead Assessors are Experts of the IIW-IAB qualification and certification systems and are responsible for assessing ANBs and ANBCCs against the IIW-IAB Rules.

2022 HIGHLIGHTS FROM GROUP A

Scope: Education, Training and Qualification During 2022 the key activities of the IAB Group A were: • Continuing the development of Practical examinations for International Welding Inspector; • Review and development of questions used on the harmonised examinations for the levels IWE/IWT / IWS/IWP. Documents Revised and Developed under IIW-IAB Group A Guidelines: • IAB-089r0-22 – Guideline for International Welder (Experience Welder) – Part III; • IAB-442-22- Guideline for Alternative Route; • Harmonised examinations new and revised questions. 2022 HIGHLIGHTS FROM GROUP B Scope: Implementation, Authorisation and Certification During 2021 the key activities of the IAB Group B were: • Continuing the development of the Certification System for Welding Inspectors; • Analysis for the implementation of digital diplomas/certificates. Documents Revised and Developed under IIW-IAB Group B Rules: • Review and updating of several Operational Procedures. Updating of the Rules, and Guidelines’ log of Changes doc IAB-247; • Updating of specific rules allowing the use of remote auditing of ANBs, ANBCCs, ATBs and Companies under llW Manufacturers Certification System.

MR HORIA DASCAU IIW-IAB Group A Chair (Romania)

DR STEFANO MORRA IIW-IAB Group B Chair (Italy)

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IAMQS INTERNATIONAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING QUALIFICATION SYSTEM EWF AND IIW CONTINUE COOPERATE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION, PROMOTION, AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE 1 st INTERNATIONAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTORING QUALIFICATION SYSTEM (IAMQS) The IAMQS - International Additive Manufacturing Qualification System was created by industry and for industry to ensure that companies and professionals are equipped with the right set of skills to implement Additive Manufacturing at the industrial level . Due to the engagement with various AM stakeholders operating in the global market, in close connection with Standards requirements and with the support of EU funds , IAMQS has been able to build qualifications that are an added value to the sector and to the ones involved in the system: Authorised Nominated Bodies (ANBs), Authorised Training Bodies (ATBs), students and Industry. CONNECTING EDUCATION WITH INDUSTRY

It started by focusing on Metal AM and is broadening its scope for the development of training guidelines for Polymers , ensuring a full alignment with industry requirements and technological breakthroughs.

The system offers 12 Qualifications in Additive Manufacturing and it has already been implemented in 7 countries, namely: Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom, and Turkey.

AM OPERATOR

AM COORDINATOR

AM PROCESS ENGINEER

AM DESIGNER

AM SUPERVISOR

The system is managed by EWF and has also been supported by the International Institute of Welding (IIW) with the objective of creating a global network of qualification and training institutions across the world .

For more information please visit: https://www.ewf.be/qualification/iamqs.aspx

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FUTURE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES 13 -16 December 2023 Bangalore, India IIW INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS

FUTURE ANNUAL ASSEMBLIES 16-21 July 2023 Singapore 06-12 July 2024 Rodi, Greece 22-27 June 2025 Genoa, Italy

UPCOMING IIW-ASSOCIATED EVENTS 11-15 September 2023 Essen, Germany INTERNATIONAL WELDERS COMPETITION January / February 2024 6 TH YOUNG PROFESSIONAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE (YPIC 2024)

May 2024 Budapest, Hungary JOIN TRANS 2024

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ANNUAL REPORT 2022 Technical Editors

Prof. John C. Lippold Prof. Américo Scotti

Dr Ing. Majid Farajian Prof. Thomas Kannengiesser

(USA)

(Sweden/Brazil)

(Germany)

(Germany)

Managing Editor Erdmuthe Raufelder (Germany)

In 2022, Volume 66 of Welding in the World published 186 papers and over 2600 pages of fundamental and applied research associated with materials joining and allied technologies. The distribution of papers published in 2022, arranged by Technology Area, is shown in the accompanying figure. The journal continues to publish papers in a wide range of technology areas associated with both welding and joining of materials, and additive manufacturing. Over 500 papers were submitted to the journal in 2022. The acceptance rate was 40% and average time to first decision was 45 days. The number of papers recommended by the IIW commissions increased dramatically in 2022 to pre pandemic levels. As shown in the accompanying chart, the journal impact continues to increase based on both Impact Factor (IF) and CiteScore, with an anticipated IF of 2.2 expected for 2022. The number of paper downloads again increased dramatically in 2021 to over 216,000, up 40% from 2020. It is projected that the number of full-text downloads will increase to over 250,000 in 2022. Also, the average time from paper submission to online publication for Volume 66 was reduced to ~165 days from 200 days in 2021.

TECHNOLOGY AREAS Metallurgy and Materials

23%

Solid-State Processes 17% Design and Fitness-for-Service 13% Brazing and Soldering 12% Arc Welding Processes 12% Additive Manufacting 6% High Energy Density Processes 5% Polymer Joining 4% Other 8%

Welding in the World - Publication and Performance Data WitW Data

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Invited papers from

115

130

126

135

156

82

93

143

IIW Working Commissions Total Decisions

172

358

290

443

477

580

455 >500

Papers published

90

114

120

120

160

179

186

186

Pages published

930 1300 1300 1350 1900 2170 2440 2670

Total Cites

327

521

807

829

939 1,556 2,319 >2,500

Cite Score

1.6

1.9

2.0

2.2

2.6

2.9

3.5

~3.8

Full Text Downloads

43,250 59,093 73,820 83,651 111,022 154,897 216,101 >250,000

Science Citation Index (SCI)

0.861 0.948 1.206 1.278

1.589

2.103 1.984 ~2.2

Impact Factor

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In October 2022, Dr. Thomas Kannengiesser (Germany) was added as a Technical Editor to replace Prof. Boellinghaus. Dr. Kannengiesser’s areas of expertise are welding metallurgy and mechanical performance of welded structures. Additions were also made to the Editorial Board which now consists of 42 members spanning the range of technology topics published in the journal. This group has been critical in assisting the Editors with the pre-screening of open submission papers and the overall execution of the peer review process. There are now approximately 300 active Principal Reviewers and Reviewers for WitW. The members of the Editorial Board are listed in the accompanying table. The Editors wish to thank all who contribute to the continued success of the journal including authors, working unit chairs and co-chairs, principal reviewers and members of the review panel, the Editorial Board, the IIW Secretariat, and the support staff at Springer. The remarkable progress in the growth and impact of the journal would not be possible without this support structure.

Welding in the World Editorial Board, December 2022 Shaju Albert (India) Fumiyoshi Minami Japan) Jean-Pierre Bergmann (Germany) Tony Murphy (Australia) Carl Cross (USA) John Norrish (Australia) Amitava De (India) Matthias Pelkner (Germany) Bruno deMeester (Belgium) Gerhard Posch (Austria) Thomas Dupuy (France) Michael Rethmeier (Germany) Stephan Egerland (Austria) Klemens Rother (Germany) Norbert Enzinger (Austria) Volker Schoeppner (Germany) Carolin Fink (USA) Aude Simar (Belgium) David Grewell (USA) Jeff Sowards (USA) Yoshinori Hirata (Japan) Herbert Staufer (Austria) Pat Hochanadel (USA) Manabu Tanaka (Japan) Erika Hodúlová (Slovakia) Asun Valiente (Sweden) Simon Jahn (Germany) Vincent VanderMee (Netherlands) Doug Kautz (USA) Pedro Vilaça (Finland) Hee Jin Kim (Korea) Elin Westin (Austria) Menachem Kimchi (USA) Peer Woizeschke (Germany) Martin Leitner (Austria) ChuanSong Wu (China) Hong Li (China) Huaping Xiong (China) Peter Mayr (Germany) Zhuyao Zhang (United Kingdom) Giovanni Meneghetti (Italy) Guisheng Zou (China)

Welding in the World 2012 - 2021

3,500

Impact Factor Cite Score

3,000

2,500

2,000

1,500

1,000

0,500

0,000 Impact Factor / Cite Score

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

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