EWF celebrates 30 years as a key player on the manufacturing transformation

From the foundational welding and joining processes to the advances made in laser welding and additive manufacturing, as well as the most recent addition of digital technologies, EWF and its partners have been at the forefront of innovation Porto Salvo, 16th June 2022 – 2022 is a major milestone in the life of EWF, as it marks its thirtieth anniversary. EWF celebrates this year a journey that is tightly interconnected with some of the most important moments in the history of manufacturing. Its inception happened when companies across Europe realised…

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EWF and CECIMO join efforts to accelerate the adoption and utilisation of leading-edge Additive Manufacturing technologies

This partnership will focus on the development of areas of mutual interest and close collaboration on all relevant EU projects Additive manufacturing lies at the leading edge of the transformation that Industry 4.0 is unleashing throughout the world, with close cooperation between all relevant stakeholders being a key element to drive its broad adoption, as it encompasses many relevant technologies, like 3D Printing, Rapid Prototyping (RP), Direct Digital Manufacturing (DDM), layered manufacturing and additive fabrication. Two of the primary drivers for its adoption are the machines that perform the increasingly…

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At 25, EWF’s qualification system addresses the challenges of Industry 4.0 by reaching out to all generations of professionals, and it is only starting

After 25 years and over 300,000 diplomas issued, the Harmonized Qualification system developed by EWF and its members is still evolving to comprehensively address generations and industry’s needs while actively pursuing new qualification opportunities Lisbon, June 28th, 2017 – There has never been a more exciting time for the manufacturing ecosystem, as the digital revolution that has been underway reaches a turning point taking the industry by storm. It entails a fusion of technologies that are blurring the lines between the physical, digital, and biological spheres and can be fundamentally…

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