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APPENDIX 1
2001
Mr Daniel Beaufils appointed IIW Secretariat CEO.
New IIW Constitution implemented including only one IIW General Assembly meeting
instead of two.
Agreement reached for IIW Technical Reports and Specifications to be added to the options
available to IIW to publish documents through ISO.
Introduction of the IIW Kenneth Easterling Award, first presented to V.A. Karkhin, A.S.
Ilyin, V.V. Plochikhine, H.W. Bergmann for their paper Inverse Modelling of Fusion
Welding Process.
2002
Mr Bertil Pekkari (Sweden) became President of IIW.
IIW Technical Committee became the IIW Technical Management Board (TMB).
IIW enters a new era in its activities with the development of IIW’s website.
2003
Introduction of on-line version of Welding in the World.
First IIWWG-RA Technology Diffusion Workshop held at the 56th IIWAnnual Assembly
hosted by Romania.
2004
IIW WeldCare programme implemented throughout South-East European IIW Member
Countries with further IIW Technology Diffusion Workshops.
National Welding Societies of Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia & Montenegro established
the basis for a Network for Technology Transfer in Welding in the South-East European
region (SEENet).
IIW International Congress in Cairo, Egypt, opened new contacts with the African region.
2005
IIW Statement on Manganese released by Board of Directors.
Mr Chris Smallbone (Australia) commenced term as President at the 58th IIW Annual
Assembly in Prague.
Inaugural IIW Sossenheimer Award presented to Prof. Horst Cerjak (Austria).
IIW Board of Directors agreed to enter the field of certification.
Total of 32 countries attained IIW IAB ANB status: 25 European, 7 non-European, and 3
applicant countries.
First IIW International Congress held in India.
IIWWG Publications renamed WG Communications (WG-COM), changed in 2006 to IIW
Board of Directors WG Communications and Marketing (WG-COM&MARK)