{"id":428,"date":"2024-05-15T19:24:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T19:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/easterniowa\/?p=428"},"modified":"2025-03-12T19:45:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T19:45:15","slug":"recap-2024-welding-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/easterniowa\/2024\/05\/15\/recap-2024-welding-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: 2024 Welding Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"428\" class=\"elementor elementor-428\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8e3f03f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8e3f03f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-afcf32c\" data-id=\"afcf32c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6a24df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f6a24df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Date of Event:<\/strong> 05\/15\/2024<\/p><p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>8500 Hillandale Rd., Davenport, IA<\/p><p><strong>Number of Attendees:<\/strong> 95<\/p><p><strong>Event Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>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 (Silver Hawk Fabrication, Union Tank Car, The Raymond Corporation, SSAB, John Deere Davenport Works, Musco Lighting, McLaughlin Body Company, Kinze Manufacturing Inc., Fronius USA, and Vermeer) participated in the event in hopes of recruiting top talent and showcasing their company and it&#8217;s benefits. 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