Category: Post Event Report

Recap: Tour of Rochester Arc + Flame Center

Date of Event: 10/01/2024 Location: Rochester Arc + Flame Center, 125 Fedex Way, Rochester Ny. Number of Attendees: 17 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Michael Krupniki, AWS PresidentKevin Adair, DirectorJon Kelley, Blacksmith Event Summary: Erie High Welding students visited Arc & Flames and participated in a lesson about metallurgy and forging. The students were all able to make…

Recap: District 10 CWI Roundtable

Date of Event: 08/31/2024 Location: Erie Institute of Technology, Erie, Pa. Number of Attendees: 11 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Roger Kostreba, NDE training Manager at Kostreba’s Inspections and Training, AWS CWI, NDE Level II, VT, MT, PT, UT. NACE CIP, 1 Event Summary: CWI Roundtable consisted of a presentation on using digital U.T. equipment and the areas a CWI should…

Recap: NWPA, Drakewell joint golf outing

Date of Event: 08/02/2024 Location: Whispering Pines, Meadville Pa. Number of Attendees: 128 golfers and 16 volunteers Event Summary: The NWPA and Drakewell 16th annual golf outing. This year was a great success. Because of our great volunteers and generous industry partners playing and sponsoring our outing, we have raised thousands of dollars, and we can…

Recap: NWPA 2nd Annual Welded Art Competition

Date of Event: 05/04/2024 Location: 1020 Collective Gallery 1020 Holland Street Erie Pa. 16501 Number of Attendees: 60 Event Summary: The art competition brought artists and their sculptures in to compete from a 50-mile radius. All of the artwork showed tremendous talent. Noah Hummer, Luke Hummer, Bryan Stempka, Dianna Denniston, Adam Stempka, Brian Parker 1st and 2nd…