IIW History 1990-2015

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 Communication s (WG-COM), changed in 2006 to IIW Board of Directors WG Communications and Marketing (WG-COM&MARK)

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