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Hamilton
The Hamilton and Region Chapter has a very large geographical area located in Southern Ontario between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. The southern portion starts at the Canada – U.S. border along the Niagara River from Fort Erie to St. Catharines. Our Eastern border follows along Lake Ontario in a northerly direction through Grimsby, Hamilton and ending at the Oakville/Mississauga border. To the west, we follow the Lake Erie shoreline through Cayuga and Dunnville.
Within our location, there are various welding and metal fabrication companies from small custom fabrication, to boiler and pressure vessel shops, structural steel fabricators, wind tower manufacturers, rail car fabricators, integrated steel industry, ship repair and machine shops, completing a wide variety of alloy fabrications, rebuilding and repair.
Our chapter has been in existence for well over 40 years initially as CWS (Canadian Welding Society), then WIC (Welding Institute of Canada) and presently CWB Association.
Chapter Executives:
Ian Mehlenbacher- Chair
Don Hutt- Co-Chair
Franco Piccoli- Treasurer
Jonas Sykula- Highschool Liaison
Sam Gamble- Secretary
Dan Toll- College Liaison
Mark Sitko- Vice Chair
Corey Cassivi- Industry Liaison
Antonio Garcia- Industry Liaison
Brian Smith- Industry Liaison
Jason Vanthuyne- Industry Liaison
Yasser Elmasri- Industry Liaison
Our fiscal year for our meetings and events commences in October and concludes in April with our meetings scheduled for the first Wednesday of the month. We currently have six meetings per fiscal year and an annual golf tournament in June. These dinner meetings are held at the Burlington Holiday Inn and Conference Centre which is very convenient and centralized for the membership. We usually begin with a plant tour in October followed by topics and presenters selected by our members, or from our executive team, ensuring that we are continually providing the most recent up to date health and safety, process or productivity changes within our industry. At our November meeting, we issue safety supplies, consumables, and equipment to our local High School partners to assist them in the daily operation of their welding programs. The final dinner meeting of each year in April is reserved for our annual Industry/Education forum which consists of static industry displays along with the local High School displaying their projects. We also have students from the High Schools and Colleges complete presentations to our members along with speakers’ gifts and student awards for each participating High School.
The entry fee for all of our dinner meetings is $35.00 for members, $40.00 for non- members and $20.00 for students.
Nineteenth Annual Industry Education Forum
When: Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024
Where: Burlington Holiday Inn- 3063 South Service Road, Burlington.
Attitude adjustment: 5:30 pm
Dinner: 6:00 pm (Sharp)
Seminar: 7:00 pm
The dinner entrance fees for this meeting are $20 for students and $35.00 for non-students.
Secondary and Post-Secondary Student Presentations:
We continue with our focus on assisting the High School Welding Programs and students by providing learning resources, equipment, supplies and financial assistance up to fifteen area schools from Burlington, Hamilton, Brantford and the Niagara Peninsula.
For full details and to register, click HERE.
Specialized NDE Inc. – Introduction to NDT Presentation
When: Tuesday, March 5th- 5:30 pm Dinner, 6:00 pm Seminar, 7:00 pm Dinner
Where: Holiday Inn, 3063 South Service Road, Burlington ON
Speakers: Adam Wojcicki & Brian Vickers.
Presentation overview: The field of Non-destructive Testing (NDT) is a very broad, interdisciplinary field that plays a critical role in assuring that structural components and systems perform their function in a reliable and cost-effective fashion. NDT technicians and engineers define and implement tests that locate and characterize material conditions and flaws that might otherwise cause planes to crash, reactors to fail, trains to derail, pipelines to burst, and a variety of less visible, but equally troubling events.
For full information and to register, click HERE.
Hamilton December Meeting- Featuring Nicole LeClair
When: Wednesday, December 6th at 6 pm
Where: 481 Barton Street, Stoney Creek, Ontario L8E 2L7
Speaker Information: Join Nicole LeClair to learn more about her journey through the trades throughout the past 25 years - what led her there and what kept her there. She is extremely dedicated to the trade of welding and has even created The Nicole LeClair Welding Bursary Award from her own funds. Over the past 4 years, she has given out $33,500 worth of funding in order for Ontario students to pursue welding at the post-secondary level.
Click HERE for the brochure and to register.
Tigercat Tour
When: Wednesday October 4th, 2023, 5:00PM
Where: Tigercat facility
Tigercat specializes in the design and manufacture of premium quality forest harvesting systems, specialized off-road industrial machines and material processing equipment.
$10 per person. Please bring Safety Glasses and steel-toed boots (if possible). Refreshments will be provided.
For full details and to register, click HERE.
Welding Fume Control
Wednesday, March 31st, 2021, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT
Online Event
Please join us on our Chapter online meeting featuring Nederman on “Welding Fume Control”. Our mission is to protect people, planet and production from harmful effects of industrial processes. By doing that, we contribute to efficient production, environmental benefits and a safer workplace.
To register click HERE
For the event brochure click HERE
CSA Structural Steels Welding Related Standards
Wednesday, December 16th, 2020, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM EST
Online Event
Please join us on our Chapter online meeting featuring Trenergy and JTL Machine on “CSA Structural steels Welding related standards”. Trenergy is a 100 percent locally owned fabrication plant in St. Catharines, Ontario. We are an active participant in most areas of industrial activity and have no geographic boundaries for participation in projects.
To register click HERE
For the event brochure click HERE
Tigercat Virtual Plant Tour
Wednesday, November 25, 2020, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM EST
Online Event
Please join the CWB Association on this virtual plant tour featuring Tigercat. Tigercat Industries Inc. is a customer-driven, employee-focused company engaged in the design, manufacture, sales and service support of a wide range of premium quality, purpose-built forestry equipment and specialized machines for severe duty off-road industrial applications.
To register click HERE
For the event brochure click HERE
Electrical Safety in Arc Welding
Wednesday, March 4th, 2020
Holiday Inn Burlington Hotel & Conference Centre
3063 South Service Road, Burlington.
Attitude adjustment: 5:30 pm
Dinner: 6:00 pm (Sharp)
Seminar 7:00 pm
Dinner entrance fees for this meeting are: $20 for students, $35.00 members and $40 for non-members. You must reserve for Dinner.
This presentation will focus on the electrical shock hazards associated with arc welding operations and the available methods that can be used to reduce the risks. These electrical hazards can be generally grouped as either secondary voltage shock or stray welding current faults. The talk will reinforce the best practices available to prevent harm from arc welding electricity, and to explore hazard reduction devices (engineering controls) that are evolving, but that are not yet in widespread use. The risks associated with stray welding current faults, and the potential damage
that can occur to electrical systems from these faults, will also be discussed.
CLICK HERE for full information.
Welding Industry Day – Hamilton (FREE EVENT)
Wednesday, December 18, 2019 - 3:00PM to 8:00PM
Mohawk College Stoney Creek Campus
481 Barton St, Stoney Creek, ON L8E 2L7
The CWB Group is the source of excellence in welding and is committed to sharing our knowledge and passion for the industry. We rely on customer feedback to make organizational decisions, and our new initiative, Welding Industry Day, stemmed from feedback surveys where customers asked for more local events and networking opportunities. We are excited to be hosting our first Industry Day on December 18, 2019 at Mohawk College, Stoney Creek Campus and want to see you there! This event will serve to provide industry professionals with a combination of extraordinary convenience, technical presentations, networking opportunities, and content that is relevant to local businesses at no cost to attend.
Click HERE for full information and to register.
CSA W59.1 Welding Inspection and NDE Requirements and Radiation Safety
Wednesday, December 4th, 2019
Holiday Inn Burlington Hotel & Conference Centre, Located at 3063 South Service Road, Burlington.
Attitude adjustment: 5:30 p.m.
Dinner: 6:00 (Sharp)
Seminar 7:00 pm
Dinner entrance fees are: $20 for students, $35.00 members and $40 for non-members. You must reserve for Dinner.
Trenergy is a 100 percent locally owned fabrication plant in St. Catharines, Ontario. We are an active participant in most areas of industrial activity and have no geographic boundaries for participation in projects.
Click HERE for full information and to register.
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