IIW History 1990-2015

APPENDIX 6

appendix 6

IIW WORKING UNITS 1990-2015

Current IIW technical and administrative Working Units (WU) are listed below,

showing the acronym for the unit which may have been used in the text of this book. The

term ‘present’ denotes that the position of Chair was held at the end of 2015. Page numbers

for references to Working Units and Chairs in the text can be found using the index.

To help clarify the history of the units, the name of the WU in 1990 is listed first, and

any name changes after 1990 or re-allocation of a Commission number are shown. Early

history may be found in the book ‘The Birth of IIW, Joining Nations – The History of the

International Institute of Welding 1947-1990’ by Philip Boyd.

Working Unit Chairs are pictured in the 2015 IIW Annual Report

pages 14-25. Further details of each Working Unit and its members

are available on the IIW website

This includes details of the large

number of IIW technical sub-commissions and joint working groups which work in a very

wide range of welding and related subject areas.

TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT BOARD

WU Title / History

Chairs

Dates

TMB Technical Committee

2002: Technical Management Board

R.W. Nichols (UK)

1990-1996

D.R. Reynolds (Canada) 1996-1999

R. Dolby (UK)

1999-2002

U. Dilthey (Germany)

2002-2005

B. de Meester (Belgium) 2005-2008

C. Wiesner (UK)

2008-2011

G. Marquis (Finland)

2011-2014

L. Costa (Italy)

2014-Present

WiW-

EdBoard

2010: Editorial Board for

Welding in the World

B. de Meester (Belgium) 2010-2012

J. Lippold (USA)

2012-Present