Date of Event: 05/15/2026 Location: Manchester Community College Metal Fabrication Manchester, NH Number of Attendees: 60 Event Summary: The Steel Fabricators of New England facilitated a welding competition for New Hampshire high schools for a total of 30 students competing for cash prizes, welding machines and welding related tools and accessories for the top three winning…
The AWS Boston Section is a proud sponsor of the 2026 New Hampshire Welding Competition, hosted by Steel Fabricators of New England (SFNE), a part of American Institute of Steel Construction, to be held Friday, May 15, 2026, at Manchester Community College’s Welding Department. There will be 10 New Hampshire schools attending this year’s event with a total of…
Date of Event: 05/06/2026 Location: Assabet Valley Regional Technical School Number of Attendees: 100 Event Summary: Boston section chairman Tom Ferri presented to Assabet Valley Metal Fabrication and Welding instructor Chris Wittmier with the section instructor of the year award Boston section chairman Tom Ferri presented the educator of the year award to Assabet Valley metal fabrication…
Date of Event: 05/04/2026 Location: Greater New Bedford Regional Technical High School New Bedford, MA Number of Attendees: 101 Event Summary: The Boston and Central Mass/Rhode Island Section held a joint event called Welders Night. We had regional manufactures representatives perform live demonstrations and hand on trials of the equipment they chose to. demonstrate. Essentially it was…
Date of Event: 05/01/2026 Location: Blackstone Valley Regional Technical High School Number of Attendees: 50 Event Summary: Friday May 1m 2026 the top twelve Massachusetts technical high school students competed in the annual USA Skills welding competition. The students were tested on Oxy Fuel Cutting, SMAW,GMAW,FCAW and GTAW processes. The winner will compete at the national Skills…