{"id":657,"date":"2025-09-22T19:27:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T19:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/wcarolina\/?p=657"},"modified":"2025-10-16T19:37:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T19:37:39","slug":"recap-meeting-event-with-aws-president-richard-l-holdren-and-section-8-district-director-jim-thompson-with-guest-speaker-kurt-erickson-presenting-the-wide-world-of-welding-advanced-manufacturin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/wcarolina\/2025\/09\/22\/recap-meeting-event-with-aws-president-richard-l-holdren-and-section-8-district-director-jim-thompson-with-guest-speaker-kurt-erickson-presenting-the-wide-world-of-welding-advanced-manufacturin\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: Meeting event with AWS President, Richard L. Holdren and Section 8 District Director Jim Thompson with Guest Speaker Kurt Erickson presenting &#8220;The Wide World of Welding &#8211; Advanced Manufacturing in Welding and Joining Technology&#8221;."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"657\" class=\"elementor elementor-657\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ca2677 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ca2677\" data-element_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-a96b400\" data-id=\"a96b400\" data-element_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-fb0960b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb0960b\" data-element_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> 09\/22\/2025<\/p><p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Tri-County Technical College 7900 US-76, Pendleton, SC 29670<\/p><p><strong>Number of Attendees:<\/strong> 30<\/p><p><strong>Presenter\/Notable Guest(s):\u00a0<\/strong>Richard L. Holdren, AWS President, Jim Thompson, District 8 Director, Kurt Erickson, speaker<\/p><p><strong>Event Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>Wonderful and informative presentation by Kurt Erickson, &#8220;The Wide World of Welding &#8211; Advanced Manufacturing in Welding and Joining Technology&#8221;. Inspirational presentation by Richard Holdren about the future of welding. Dinner was provided by Miller Electric and the event was also sponsored by Tri-County Technical College. 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