IIW History 1990-2015

187 / 234

LINKING PEOPLE, JOINING NATIONS
experienced by the human race. At the forefront of these changes have been continued
advances in new materials and the means by which these materials can be joined. Key
components in meeting the challenges of the welding industry for the application of the
latest in welding science and technology, therefore, are the availability of qualified and
trained human resources and the need for collaborative research among various disciplines
in basic and applied welding science. IIW fulfils this role extremely well through its
qualification and certification schemes and also through the innovative resources available
through its Commissions, Select Committees and Study Groups.
As Mr Robert Salkin, IIW President 1987-1990 was to say in 1988,
after IIW’s first 40 years of existence, ‘Whatever the truth, the IIW was
endowed with a structure that was necessary and sufficient to accommodate
these evolutions and allow itself, 40 years on, to tackle with confidence the
great challenges of the end of this century’.33
The challenges have certainly become more complex since Salkin uttered these
words but the inherited strength of IIW’s collaborative approach lives on. In the future,
IIW will need to be continually responsive and innovative in meeting the immensely
different challenges of the twenty-first century as it strives to remain relevant as the leading
organisation in the world for the science of welding and joining.
ENDNOTES 
1. ‘Infrastructure productivity: How to save $1 trillion a year’, McKinsey Global
Institute – January 2013.
2. Paper presented to the 1960 IIWAnnual Assembly and Conference, Liege, Belgium
– 1960.
3. ‘Alternative Energy Solutions for the 21st Century’ – Alternative Energy Website
4. ‘Plans for nuclear reactors world-wide’– World Nuclear Association – Updated
April 2016.
5. Mathews, John A., ‘China’s Continuing Renewable Energy Revolution – Latest
Trends in Electric Power Generation’, Asia-Pacific Journal, vol. 14, Issue 17, 1
September 2016.
6. Alternate Energy Solutions for the 21st Century –
7. World Watch Institute – October 2016.
8. Conserve Energy FutureWebsite – EF Conserve/
Energy Future
9. Wikinger Offshore Wind Farm – 4COFFSHORE Website
and Power Technology Website
10. Brooks, Bruce ed. The Essential Frank Lloyd Wright: Critical Writings on
Architecture, Princeton University Press, 2008, p. 106.
11. Massey, Kenneth L., History of Walther P Chrysler and the Chrysler Building.
12. Shouldiner, Herbert, ‘New Champ in the Skyscraper League’ Popular Science.