EWI welcomed more than 50 community visitors to its Columbus facility on October 4th as part of the national Manufacturing Day initiative. The event attracted interested students, parents, neighbors, business people, manufacturers, and state government representatives. Each session (one in the morning, one after lunch) included an overview presentation, a laboratory tour, and a Q&A period. To see photographs, […]
Read MoreThis is a Technical Brief written by Dr. George Ritter, Principal Engineer in our Materials group. George can be contacted at 614.688.5199 or [email protected]. You can view George’s bio here. If you are interested in this article, you may also be interested in another article on lightweighting. Composites as Structural Materials Composites provide directed, purposeful stress management […]
Read MoreWNY TO GEAR UP FOR MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE By James Fink, Buffalo Business First (7/10/13) With more than 1,700 manufacturing-based companies in Western New York, local leaders believe an emphasis should be made on keeping the firms up-to-date on the latest technology and trends. That’s why when the Western New York Regional Economic Development Council meets […]
Read MoreEWI has been named as one of the country’s four top innovators in manufacturing by the National Journal magazine. The honor recognizes EWI for the services we offer to support American manufacturers and increase their competiveness. NJ called EWI one of the “50 problem solvers Washington learn from,” and featured us in their special June 18th issue, “Back […]
Read MoreEWI’s engagement with Abakan Inc.‘s subsidiary MesoCoat on the development of the award-winning CermaClad™ technology was featured in the April 17 edition of the Wall Street Journal. The CermaClad high speed metal coating process has received numerous tech innovation awards in the past year. To learn more about EWI and CermaClad, read the full article: http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130417-908337.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Read MoreEWI 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 […]
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