AWS Honors 2009 Image of Welding Award Winners at Welding
Show in Chicago
The American Welding Society (AWS) announced its Image of
Welding Awards winners who were honored in an award ceremony in Chicago
in November 2009. The winners are listed in their respective categories
as follows:
- Individual Jennifer Simpson, a marketing
professional at Arc-Zone.com. Jennifer has taken the lead in developing
two industry leading blogs for Arc-Zone.com; JoeWelder.com and
CarmenElectrode.com
- Educator Jeff Smith, a teacher at
Northeast Technology Center in Pryor, OK. Jeff is a licenses welder who
has been teaching for nine years and encourages his students to work as
a team.
- Educational Facility Metropolitan
Community College (MCC) in Omaha, NE. MCC offers multiple levels of
welding program completion and is active in the community by donating
time and work to area projects.
- Large Business Burtek Inc. in
Chesterfield, MI. Burtek employees over 300 people and constantly gives
back to the community, most recently donating computers, tables and
chairs to the children's section of the Chesterfield Township Library
which has named the section Burtek Children's Technology Center.
- Small Business No 2009 winner
- Section AWS Indiana Section, one of the
AWS's most active sections. The section conducts the Indiana SkillsUSA
contest for both Indiana State and Indianapolis Regionals. They also
helped build an art project on the grounds of a local elementary school
to offer the city a better understanding of why welding is so important
in the community.
- Distributor WESCO Gas & Welding Supply
in Prichard, AL. WESCO is fully invested in the tools and facilities
needed to be committed to training future welders. Their facility is
fully equipped to train and certify welders in an array of processes
and applications and is one of the few AWS Accredited Test Facilities
in the Region.
The Image of Welding Awards ceremony is one of many events
organized by AWS. The Fabtech Show ran from November 15 -18, 2009 at
the McCormick Center in Chicago, and also featured a variety of
seminars, conferences, professional and educational programs along with
a Weld-Off competition.
2010 Image of Welding Awards will be announced at the Fabtech
Show in Atlanta this November.
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