FABTECH 2023 Registration Now Open

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Registration is now open for FABTECH 2023, North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing event. Get ready to immerse yourself in aisle after aisle of new product launches and equipment demonstrations from 1,300+ leading suppliers.

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FABTECH Announces New Event Dates and Locations for 2024 and 2026

Orlando, Florida, Added to the Event’s Rotation Schedule

SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN (March 21, 2023)—The FABTECH event partners announced today new event dates and locations for FABTECH in 2024 and 2026.  FABTECH, North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing event, will be held October 15-17, 2024, in Orlando, Florida, at the Orange County Convention Center and October 21-23, 2026, in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

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An Introduction to SMAW and SAW Consumables

Learn the characteristics of these welding consumables

By Charlie Cross and Jennifer Peverelle

Charlie Cross is a welding technical specialist and Jennifer Peverelle is a customer solutions development engineer at The Lincoln Electric Co., Cleveland, Ohio.

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Raise Your Finishing Operations Safety Standards

Fires, explosions, and injuries DO happen. Be prepared and don’t let them happen to you! One of the most important seminars ever offered to the finishing industry is scheduled for April 4 & 5 in Elgin, IL.

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Fabricating the Enterprise’s Newest Successor

The U.S. Navy’s latest aircraft carrier boasts tons of steel, various welding processes, and an Olympic connection

Reprinted with permission: The AWS Welding Journal

On August 27, 2022, Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky gave the command to Big Blue crane operator Charlie Holloway to lower the Enterprise (CVN 80) ceremonial keel unit into dry dock number 12 at Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), Newport News, Va., a division of HII.

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Out of This World Weld Quality

Learn how specifications keep aerospace vehicles up to standard

By ANDREW PFALLER, CWI, segment manager at Miller Electric Mfg. LLC, Appleton, Wis., TIG Division.

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FABTECH 2023 Call for Speakers Now Open

Be a part of FABTECH 2023 by sharing your knowledge on technological advancements and creative concepts with conference attendees. If you are an industry insider, thought-leader, innovator or technology expert, submit your abstract by January 27 for consideration in the FABTECH 2023 Conference Program.

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Submit Your Finishing Abstract Today

FABTECH heads back to Chicago from September 11-14 at McCormick Place and the Call for Speakers is open now! CCAI’s conference program at FABTECH continues to grow and we want you to be a part of it.

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