{"id":565,"date":"2025-04-29T18:19:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T18:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/?p=565"},"modified":"2025-06-09T18:31:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T18:31:55","slug":"recap-cristiano-welding-supply-1st-annual-welding-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/2025\/04\/29\/recap-cristiano-welding-supply-1st-annual-welding-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: Cristiano Welding Supply 1st Annual Welding Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"565\" class=\"elementor elementor-565\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-87df452 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"87df452\" 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-2dca334\" data-id=\"2dca334\" 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-81d7801 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"81d7801\" 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> 04\/29\/2025<\/p><p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>4961 Briney Ave, Scranton, PA<\/p><p><strong>Number of Attendees:<\/strong> 150+<\/p><p><strong>Event Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>Cristiano Welding Supply which is a company of Earlbeck Gases &amp; Technologies held their first annual welding competition, job fair and equipment demonstration. 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fair area, nearly 20 companies were present to talk with students about post graduation plans for employment.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-702528a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"702528a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2025\/04\/Noah-C.-Matt-P-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Noah C. 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