Among the documents listed this year for the first time are specifications for the qualification of welder test facilities, resistance welding technicians, and robotic arc welding, and recommended practices for oxyfuel gas heating torches.

The ultimate source for materials joining products, the AWS 2005 Mid-Year Edition Product Catalog ­ expanded this year to 44 pages ­ contains everything an engineer, designer, researcher, or student needs to know about welding, brazing, soldering, and allied processes.

AWS Global Engineering Documents, the retail arm of Information Handling Services (IHS), handles order fulfillment of all AWS standards and other publications. To order copies of the AWS 2005 Mid-Year Edition Product Catalog, contact Global Engineering Documents at 800- 854-7179 or visit their website at www.global.ihs.com.

You can also contact AWS Member Services at 800- 443-9353, (305- 443-9353 outside the U.S.), Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM ET or download the catalog from the AWS website, www.aws.org/catalogs

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, USA, AWS serves almost 50,000 members in the United States and around the world.

Global Engineering Documents, AWS's customer-service and standards-distribution partner, was established in 1968. Together with its parent company, IHS, Global is a leading distributor of standards, specifications and other technical publications. Thousands of customers in more than 100 countries rely on Global to fulfill their technical information needs. Global has worldwide sales and customer service to serve customers in real-time business hours in their local language and currency. For more information on Global, visit www.global.ihs.com .