IIW History 1990-2015

IIW representatives (from left) Glenn Ziegenfuss, Bertil Pekkari, Detlef von Hofe and Bruno de Meester at the IIW International Congress in Israel, 2005

Audience at the opening ceremony of the IIW International Congress in Cairo, Egypt, 2004

emphasis on increasing IIW’s presence in South America and visited Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Peru to encourage participation by South American regional countries in the activities of IIW. This was arranged through a work colleague of Pekkari’s from ESAB, Señor Juan Carceres in Argentina. As a result of information exchange and discussions, Pekkari managed to persuade Argentina and Chile to become IIW members and Brazil was to re-join later. 20

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