Date of Event: 11/13/2025 Location: York County Career & Technical Center, York PA Number of Attendees: 100 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Section Leaders Ed Calaman & Dean Whitmer as well as District Director Brad Brandmeir Event Summary: York County CTE held their annual Open House to demonstrate what the students do in the welding lab as well as recruit…
Date of Event: 08/08/2025 Location: Cool Creek Golf Course, Wrightsville, PA Number of Attendees: 90 Event Summary: Annual Golf Outing to raise money for Section Scholarships. Three current Penn Tech students who have benefited from scholarships through the York/Lancaster Section. From left to right, Joey Fuhrman, Alaina Myers & Mason DiGiacomo Golfers preparing for the shot gun…
Date of Event: 04/02/2025 Location: Lancaster, PA. New Oxford High School, Conewago Concrete & Construction and BAE Systems Number of Attendees: 50 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): AWS President Richard Holdren Event Summary: President Holdren and District Direct Brad Brandmeir toured the Lancaster/York Section of District 3. We were invited to tour BAE Systems which is a leader in the nations…
Date of Event: 09/26/2024 Location: Drunken Smithy, (Lebanon Valley Mall, Lebanon PA 17042) Number of Attendees: 10 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Eitry Jones (Blacksmith) Event Summary: Tour of forging workshop along with demonstrations related to making various hand forged items such as axes, swords, knives and hammers. Meeting attendees (left to right) Evan Martz, Ralph Davis, Eitry Jones (Blacksmith),…
Date of Event: 06/07/2024 Location: Heritage Hills Resort, York PA Number of Attendees: 19 Event Summary: District Conference for the 2024 year was held in York PA at Heritage Hills Resort. District Director, Sean Moran, held his last meeting as the outgoing director. Section leaders/officers all came together to conduct the District Conference on June 7th, 2024.
Date of Event: 02/13/2024 Location: Meeting hosted by High Steel Structures, 1915 Old Philadelphia Pike, Lancaster PA 17602 Number of Attendees: 28 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Presentation by Ronnie Medlock (High Steel) explaining the bridge fabrication process. Dave Watson (Lincoln) introduced use of collaborative welding automation (Cobots) and how it fits into the bridge fabrication process. A demonstration of…