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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’.

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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.

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