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Welding Competition Steeped in History and Success Celebrates Its Golden Anniversary
The 50th Annual AWS Detroit Section High School Welding Contest merges the past, present, and future of the industry
August 2023
Celebrating a 50-year anniversary is a milestone for any event, but for the AWS Detroit Section High School Welding Contest (HSWC), it signified much more. When students, instructors, AWS Detroit Section members, and guests gathered for the 2023 competition at Washtenaw Community College (WCC), Ann Arbor, Mich., on May 12, they were not only making history; some of them were reliving it.
Many of the welding instructors and AWS Section leaders responsible for getting students to the competition and keepi..
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