EWI hosted a welding merit badge clinic on Saturday 13 April for Boy Scouts in Columbus and the surrounding areas. The welding merit badge is one of the newest in scouting. It is the 128th current merit badge and was released on Feb. 24, 2012. The event was held at the EWI facility in Columbus […]
Read MoreEWI was recently featured in the Healthiest Employers edition (3/29/13) of COLUMBUS BUSINESS FIRST. The article titled “The F Factor” mentioned several initiatives from EWI’s wellness program and gave special note to the successful “Wellness Smack-down” of 2012. Overall, we were ranked #6 healthiest among mid-size employers. To see the full article, go to http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2013/03/29/healthiest-employers-the-f-factor.html. […]
Read MoreMark Matson, EWI’s Vice President of Human Resources, has co-written an article in HR MAGAZINE entitled “Insider Trading – Internal Experts: An Effective, Affordable Way to Improve Operations, and Give These Workers Leadership Opportunities.” The piece proposes that when it comes to teaching employees about their own companies’ business processes, practices, and goals, the best trainers are […]
Read MoreIn a lot of ways, EWI is not different than other companies. There are deadlines and budgets; cuts and investments to make; and a lot of the same stresses you have at your company. As CFO, I hear the same gripes I’m sure other controllers and CFO’s hear… “why can’t we do (fill in the […]
Read MoreThe Department of Energy has a substantial fleet of nuclear facilities that have reached their end of life or are projected to be at end of life in the near future. Many of these facilities are contaminated with radionuclides, asbestos, lead based paint, or other forms of contamination. These facilities need to be deactivated and […]
Read MoreCongrats to Mark Norfolk and the Fabrisonic LLC team for being named this year’s “Outstanding Startup Business” at last night’s TechColumbus 2012 Innovation Awards ceremony! Twenty-eight Ohio businesses were nominated for the award which recognizes high-perfomance companies established within the last 5 years. To read more about the TechColumbus Innovation Awards, click here. Kudos to EWI Technology Leader Matt […]
Read MoreHere’s a test to see if you’re a Common Man… If I asked you (95% of the people reading this blog) to describe what welding is, I’m guessing you would describe one of two things: Arcs and/or Sparks. When I started here at EWI as CFO, I pictured either a guy flipping down his welding […]
Read MoreHey, we are in the news again! This morning EWI received special mention at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in an important session on advanced manufacturing. In describing Ohio’s leading role in new manufacturing technologies, Governor John Kasich specifically named EWI as a leader in additive manufacturing, calling our capabilities “absolutely remarkable.” Additive […]
Read MoreMore and more, robotic welding is becoming a viable option for use in heavy fabrication. The sophistication and capacity of modern robot systems is suitable for large structures which require multi-pass welds. Processes used for heavy fabrication such as preheating, gas metal arc welding (GMAW), flux cored arc welding (FCAW), tandem gas metal arc welding […]
Read MoreFriction Stir Welding (FSW) is an advanced welding process that uses a third body (often called the “tool” or “pin”) to generate frictional heat between two parts to create a solid-state bond. Originally developed for thin sheet aluminum, the process has now been adapted for a variety of materials from soft metals (aluminum, copper, magnesium, lead) to […]
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