Date of Event: 11/11/2025 Location: 8900 N Harrison ST. Davenport, Iowa 52806 Number of Attendees: 25 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Mike Jacobsen General Manager Event Summary: IPG Photonics invited the local Eastern Iowa AWS section to tour their exciting facility on November 11, 2025. IPG Photonics is a global company with locations in over 30 countries. The Davenport location, formerly…
Date of Event: 10/07/2025 Location: JT Cullen 901 31st Ave. Fulton, IL 61252 Number of Attendees: 20 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Michl Peters Business Unit Manager Event Summary: The JT Cullen welcomed Eastern Iowa Section 162 to tour their impressive fabrication facility. Everyone was impressed with the craftmanship and innovation that has made JT Cullen an industry leader in the…
Date of Event: 02/18/2025 Location: 1086 South 3rd Street Manchester, Iowa 52057 Number of Attendees: 8 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): The presenter and tour guide was Cory Stafford, the Director of Operations. Event Summary: Cold Northeast Iowa weather and lots of colds and flu effected the attendance to this impressive presentation and plant tour. Cory Stafford, the Director of Operations,…
Date of Event: 11/07/2024 Location: Williams, White & Company at 600 River Dr. Moline, IL 61265 Number of Attendees: 22 Event Summary: The Eastern Iowa Section 162 had a plant tour of the Williams, White & Company production facility in Moline, IL on 11.07.24. Williams, White & Company was founded in 1854 and is noted for very…
Date of Event: 10/24/2024 Location: 1913 7th Ave, Camanche, IA 52730 Number of Attendees: 17 Event Summary: The AWS Eastern Iowa Section toured the manufacturing facility of Merrill Steel in Comanche, Iowa on 10.24.24. Merrill Steel is a third generation family owned Complex Structural Steel and Heavy Plate Fabricator with locations across the Midwestern USA. This tour…
Date of Event: 05/15/2024 Location: 8500 Hillandale Rd., Davenport, IA Number of Attendees: 95 Event Summary: On May 15th, the Third Annual AWS/John T. Blong Technology Center Welding Competition was held for local High Schools and College students. 56 students competed for the $1,000.00, $750.00, and 500.00 scholarship prizes for SMAW, GMAW, GTAW welding processes. Ten vendors…
Date of Event: 03/19/2024 Location: 500 Walford Road SW, Cedar Rapids, IA Number of Attendees: 23 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Jim Tedrow Piping Operations Leader Event Summary: On March 19th, the Eastern Iowa AWS Section toured the Modern Piping Facility. Modern Piping is a third generation family owned company that employs over 500 people at five offices across Iowa and…
Date of Event: 02/27/2024 Location: Silver Hawk Fabrication 6001 49th Street South, Muscatine, IA 52761 Number of Attendees: 15 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Kristen Ball (Owner) and Jamie Howland (Production Manager) of Silver Hawk Fabrication Event Summary: The plant tour started with summary of how the company was started by Kristen’s grandfather, and how the company has grown as a…
Date of Event: 11/14/2023 Location: Tipton Structural Fabrication 1405 Sycamore Street, Tipton, Iowa 52772 Number of Attendees: 19 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Larry Becker and Bruce Zuraba of TSF Event Summary: Tipton Structural Fabrication was founded in 1996. A tour of the production facilities and fabrication equipment showed how their expansion was first based on quality and customer’s needs in…