Date of Event: 10/29/2025 Location: 635 W. Main Street, Arcade, NY 14009 Number of Attendees: 52 Event Summary: More than 50 members of the American Welding Society (AWS) visited Koike Aronson’s manufacturing facility in Arcade, New York, for an in-depth look at the design and production of welding positioners, CNC plasma cutting systems, and laser cutting machines.The…
Date of Event: 09/27/2025 Location: Griffis Sculpture Park, East Otto, NY Number of Attendees: 85 Event Summary: The American Welding Society (Niagara Frontier Section) hosted its 4th Annual Volunteer Day at Griffis Sculpture Park in East Otto, NY. Outstanding TurnoutIt was a great day with an impressive turnout of 85 volunteers, including welding students, welding instructors, CWI’s,…
Date of Event: 04/15/2025 Location: Capital Region BOCES CTE – Albany Campus Number of Attendees: 25 Event Summary: Section 5, District 6 recently hosted a preliminary welding competition for high school students at Capital Region BOCES in Albany, NY. This event served as the first step toward qualifying for the prestigious AWS District 6 Thruway Cup, set…
Date of Event: 12/18/2024 Location: Capital Region BOCES CTE, Albany, N.Y Number of Attendees: 26 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Padraic Bean, Lincoln Electric Sam DiPasquale, Lincoln ElectricChris Johnson, Instructor Capital Region BOCES Micah Belgiano, Instructor Capital Region BOCES Don Mattoon, Instructor Capital Region BOCES Event Summary: Section members participated in an evening of welding and camaraderie at Capital Region…
Date of Event: 09/19/2024 Location: Russel Sage Dining Hall, 1649 15th Street, Troy. Number of Attendees: 31 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Cedric Demers-Roy, M. Eng.; Manager, Robot Vision Control, SERVO-ROBOT Event Summary: Section members attended technical presentations from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on current research involving sensing for the wire-arc additive process and from SERVO-ROBOT on laser vision systems for bringing…
Date of Event: 05/04/2024 Location: Rochester Arc + Flame Number of Attendees: 80 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Mike Krupnicki – AWS President Ryan Eubank – Guest Judge – Program Coordinator at Lakeland College and Welding Instructor for Welding Educators Padraic Bean – Guest Judge – Weld Process Consultant for The Lincoln Electric Company Event Summary: The first annual AWS “Thruway…