SAIT Hosts Centennial Celebration On Oct. 16, the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), Calgary, Canada, marked its 100th anniversary with a campus-wide celebration. SAIT students, alumni, staff, and executives, as well as community members and government leaders, attended throughout the day to honor the occasion. The festivities consisted of family activities, a barbecue, a 700-lb cake, guided tours of the school, Trya Skill booths, and fireworks. The Alberta community also showed their support of the 100-year-old institution. Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi proclaimed Oct. 16 SAIT Day, and both the Langevin Bridge and Calgary Tower were lit in the school’s colors of red, blue, and purple. In preparation for its second century, SAIT announced that the first baby born in a Calgary hospital on Oct. 16, 2016, will be awarded a full scholarship to the school. “As we celebrate our centennial, we do not only honor the past, but embrace a future that will help us continue to deliver on our promise to prepare students for success,” stated SAIT President and CEO David Ross. Damen Introduces 115Passenger Cruise Vessel Damen Shipyards Group recently unveiled its Expedition Cruise Vessel design, which was made in collaboration with Expedition Voyage Consultants, Ltd., and Knud E. Hansen, a Danish naval architect firm. The 115-passenger vessel offers approximately 1100 sq m of public space and 2500 sq m of outside deck space. The ship is also suited for operations in both remote polar and tropical regions. “The vessel’s Polar Class 6 compliance and 30-days autonomous cruising capability ensure she is globally capable and able to tackle challenging, far-reaching itineraries,” stated Product Director Hank Gunstra. To ensure safety, the ship was made in compliance with SOLAS’s Safe Return to Port requirements. WorldSkills International Welcomes Romania WorldSkills representatives from around the world assembled in Niagara Falls, Canada, on Oct. 6 to welcome Romania as the 76th member of WorldSkills. “As the membership of WorldSkills continues to grow, so does the commitment of our members to improving the world with the power of skills,” stated President of WorldSkills Simon Bartley. Romania’s inclusion means the country can send welders and other talents to the biennial WorldSkills competition. “We are excited and very hapy to become a full member because we have people who are eager to compete in the WorldSkills Abu Dhabi 2017, said Mihail Cazacu, technical delegate for Romania.” Shell Oil Advances Welding Production in Nigeria Shell Oil Co. donated a laboratory worth $2 billion to the Nigerian Institute of Welding (NIW) to increase research and electrode production within the country. In a meeting with the minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu, NIW President Solomon Edebiri stressed the need for research partnerships in agricultural equipment fabrications, electrodes, and waste management. Partnership in these areas may produce greater yields of rice, a commodity not many Nigerian families can afford. “We must be able to process cassava and grains locally, which can only be achieved through welding,” stated Edebiri. NIW is also working with the Standard Organization of Nigeria to implement and improve welding standards and certifications, as well as help close the skills gap. “The time has come for us to pay sufficient attention to welding tehnology because it is very important to the manufacturing sector,” said Onu. EuroBLECH 2016 Unveils CuttingEdge Technologies and Trends in Sheet Metal Working From Oct. 25th through the 29th, EuroBLECH 2016, the 24th International Sheet Metal Working Technology Exhibition, showcased the lastest gadgets and trends in the industry. With its focus on the digitization of production processes and increasing automation, the exhibition’s overall theme and motto was “The New Generation of Sheet Metal Working.” The event covered the entire gamut of sheet metal working, including welding, material handling, tube/section processing, surface treatment, machine elements, quality control, CAD/CAM/CIM systems, factory equipment, research and development, and additive manufacturing. With 1503 exhibitors from 41 countries, the event took up 88,000 square meters, surpassing its previous floor size record. Fifty-four percent of exhibitors came from outside Germany, an increase of 2% from past events. Italy, Turkey, China, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, Austria, Denmark, and the USA were some of the biggest exhibitor countries. INTERNATIONAL UPDATE 12 WELDING JOURNAL / DECEMBER 2016 WJ A family practices welding at a TryaSkill booth during SAIT’s 100th birthday celebration. Attendees crowd outside the Hanover Exhibition Centre in Germany for the EuroBLECH 2016 exhibition. Damen Shipyards Group launches a luxury vessel designed for long expeditions and varying climates.
Welding Journal | December 2016
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