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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
EMERGING NATIONS
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.
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