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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MIAMI, Florida December 2, 2005 Scott Braun of Two Rivers, Wisconsin, has won the $2,500 grand prize in the American Welding Societyıs Second Professional Welder Competition at the FABTECH International & AWS Welding Show in Chicago, November 14-16.
Troy Jaeger, also of Two Rivers, won the $1,000 second prize. Both men are employed by Manitowoc Crane Group in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
The third place price of $500 went to Anh H. Nguyen of Louisville, Kentucky. He is employed as an advanced welder at Kentucky Trailer Services in Louisville.
The competition attracted 133 participants. It involved welding an I-beam to a vertical plate, simulating a beam-to-column weld in the construction of a building. The participants had five minutes to complete the task. Their work was judged on the weldıs size and appearance.
The American Welding Society is the largest organization in the world dedicated to advancing the science, technology, and application of welding and allied processes including joining, brazing, soldering, cutting, and thermal spray. Headquartered in Miami, Florida, AWS serves almost 50,000 members in the United States and around the world. For additional information on AWS programs and publications, visit the Societyıs Web site, www.aws.org.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
George Leposky, American Welding Society (AWS)
Senior Manager-Marketing Communications
(800) 443-9353, ext. 416
gleposky@aws.org
To download the accompanying photos in high-resolution files, please visit
http://www.aws.org/pr/competition1.jpg for the photo of the welder at work, and
http://www.aws.org/pr/competition2.jpg for one of the winners receiving his prize.
