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…
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…
Date of Event: 04/15/2026 Location: Aidans Pub Bristol, RI Number of Attendees: 3 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Boston Section Chairman Tom Ferri Event Summary: Boston Section Chairman Tom Ferri presented the Dalton E Hamilton Memorial District Award to David Deveau. Davis has been a Certified Welding Inspector for 31 years. Boston Section Chairman presented the Dalton E. Hamilton CWI of…
Date of Event: 01/14/2026 Location: City Welding 10 Ararat Street Worcester, MA 01606 Number of Attendees: 12 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Boston Section Chairman Tom Ferri presented the gold award to 50-year member Paul Curci Event Summary: District one member Paul Curci reached his 50 year or Golden Membership. Boston section chairman and longtime friend of presented to Paul his…
Date of Event: 10/25/2025 Location: Gillette Stadium Number of Attendees: 3000 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): The main stage featured Aaron Witt (BuildWitt), Demi Knight Clark (She Built This City), and Leon Garrett (Kenco Plumbing & Drains), with a guest appearance from two-time champion and New England Patriots alum Rob Ninkovich, who has a family history tied to iron working.…
Date of Event: 10/25/2025 Location: Gillette Stadium Foxboro, Massachusetts Number of Attendees: 5,000 Event Summary: A bring Back the Trades event was held at Gillette Stadium home of the six-time super bowl champion New England Patriots. The event drew over 5,000 attendees hosted by a variety of sponsors including the AWS virtual welding trailer The AWS Trailer…
Date of Event: 05/08/2025 Location: Fall River, Mass Number of Attendees: Approx. 60+ Event Summary: This was the annual Boston and Central Mass / RI co-section event held at DIMAN RVTHS in Fall River, MA. This event is for networking opportunitys, promoting welding, welding and metal working products, and information on how to become a member of…
Date of Event: 05/02/2025 Location: Blackstone Valley RVTHS, Upton, MA Number of Attendees: 30+ Event Summary: The Massachusetts States Skills competition finals were held in Upton, Mass at the Blackstone Valley RVTHS on May 2nd, 2025 to determine who would continue on to the national stage. The event was organized and administered by Skills USA and…
Date of Event: 10/23/2024 Location: THEO Laser 1900 West Park Drive Westborough, MA Number of Attendees: 14 Event Summary: The Boston Section members had the opportunity to tour the THEO Laser northeast headquarters and laser lab. Members were able to try their hand at handheld laser welding with the THEO MA-1 Laser system. From left to right…