SOCIETY NEWS BY MELISSA GOMEZ — mgomez@aws.org Facility in Mexico Earns CWF Accreditation Miner Enterprises, Inc., recently earned the American Welding Society’s Certified Welding Fabricator (CWF) accreditation for its Rail Products Division facility in Mexico. The CWF program recognizes companies that prove they have the resources, procedures, and personnel to apply a quality management system to welding fabrication activities. Miner’s Rail Products Division designs and manufactures outlet gates, brake beams, and other railcar components for customers in more than 50 countries. Its facility in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico, produces components. “The CWF accreditation reflects a tremendous commitment to quality on the part of the entire Rail Products Division team,” said Ric Biehl, president and general manager of Miner Enterprises. “Throughout the certification process, our team showed the same professionalism and attention to detail that we bring to our work every day,” Miner’s Rail Products Division facility in Saltillo, Mexico, recently received AWS Certified Welding Fabricator accreditation. added John Swezey, general manager of Powerbrace, a Miner subsidiary. The CWF certification process required the completion of an application and quality manual, as well as an on-site audit of the Saltillo facility, where Miner currently operates multiple gas metal arc welding production lines. AWS Welder Training Scholarship Now Available The new AWS Welder Training Scholarship is now available to AWS Districts to provide funds to students seeking welder training through a trade school, community college, or other facility providing welder training programs (up to two years), or for an AWS Certified Welder seminar. Applications Applications should be sent to the AWS Foundation at 8669 NW 36 Street, #130, Miami, FL 33166. Foundation staff will e-mail the applications received to the District Director quarterly, the first business day in March, June, September, and December. Selection The District Directors will send applications to the designated Selection Committee comprised of one member from each Section located within the District. Alternate recipients must be selected and provided to the Foundation staff, in addition to the recipients. Documentation The District Director is to provide Foundation staff the pertinent information on each recipient by submitting the Welder Training Scholarship Individual Notification form for individual awards, or the Welder Training Scholarship Group Notification form for multiple awards. A copy of the Selection Committee process must be included, which provides the date of selection, recipient and alternate names, and names of those who participated in the selection. Awards Ten-thousand dollars will be made available to each District for these scholarships. Ten awards at $1000 each may be made to ten different recipients. Awards are for tuition and fees only. No awards will be paid to the recipients. Awards will be paid directly to the academic institution by the AWS Foundation. Deadline The scholarships will be available year round until the District awards the designated $10,000 for the next year. Funds not used from January 1 to December 31 may not be carried over into the next year. For more information, contact your District Director or e-mail vpinsky@aws.org or npradopulido@ aws.org. MARCH 2016 / WELDING JOURNAL 71
Welding Journal | March 2016
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