IIW History 1990-2015

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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 ( https://cld.bz/sIfudRu ) pages 14-25. Further details of each Working Unit and its members are available on the IIW website www.iiwelding.org . 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

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