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agreement, Strippit LVD will exclusively promote Wilson Tool press-brake tooling to its North American customers.
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cations, education and work history. The system then uses that information to match users with welding career paths, locate welding pro- grams and directly enroll in training programs through AWS Learning, AWS’s online education program. Users also can view open positions in welding companies with direct connections to apply.
Internet
Hudson Fasteners Website Offers New E-Commerce Technology
Hudson Fasteners, Inc., Youngstown, OH, has com- pletely rebranded its website, www.hudsonfasteners.com, as www.1industrialway.com, which includes new B2B e-commerce technology for the online purchase of fasten- ers and industrial products. The site features the 13 Forces Product Genius B2B e-commerce platform and the 1IndustrialWay industrial-net- work streamline to simplify and expedite ordering of fas- teners and industrial supplies, according to company offi- cials. Visitors now can navi- gate and purchase hundreds of thousands of product SKU
numbers in the new format. Hudson Fasteners, a third-
AWS Introduces Online Career- Management Tool
generation, family-owned wholesale fastener-distribu- tion company, offers a selec- tion of fasteners, including security fasteners and tamper- proof screws, as well as indus- trial products.
The American Welding Society (AWS) has launched AWS WeldLink, a career plan- ning and management sys- tem, to bring together individu- als, businesses and schools in the welding industry.
Businesses can create their own WeldLink profiles to identify and recruit individuals with the right skills, post job listings, and stay on top of welding-technology advances. Academic institutions can cre- ate profiles to access welding education resources, recruit students and help those stu- dents find employment.
Kemper Launches Safe-Welding Portal
AWS WeldLink, at www.awsweldlink.org, is designed to address profes- sional welder development, allowing users to create an online profile to aid in map- ping their current skills and knowledge by tracking certifi-
With the intent of raising awareness of robust work safety for metal processors, Kemper GmbH, headquar- tered in Vreden, Germany, and manufacturer of extrac- tion and filter systems for the metal-processing industry, has launched www.safe-welding.com.
AWS WeldLink is available to all AWS members as well as the welding community.
Tightening of general requirements are forcing man- ufacturers to focus more strongly on work safety, and