EWI and Oak Ridge National Laboratory Collaborate to Advance Welding Science and Technology

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 11 -- EWI announced today that it has teamed with the Materials Science and Technology Division of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to create innovative uses for new technologies in welding. The collaboration between the two entities will result in major advances in welding science and technology across many industrial sectors.

ORNL will provide computational models to be posted on EWI's website for use by EWI member companies. ORNL will also join the Navy Joining Center team led by EWI. As the collaboration matures, ORNL and EWI will identify other opportunities to apply their joint capabilities to improve advanced manufacturing in several industries, including fuel cells, advanced nuclear power, and automotive industries.

"EWI and ORNL are delivering precisely what US manufacturing needs - an understanding of applied technology underpinned by a knowledge of the fundamental sciences that will stimulate new ideas and accelerate time to market," said Henry Cialone, president and CEO of EWI. "EWI is well versed in what it takes to apply a technology in the real world so our customers can increase their ability to get the right products to market faster. ORNL has a long-standing tradition of excellence in materials science. Our goal is to develop methods and technologies that help our customers in all industries, including medical, aerospace, heavy manufacturing, pipeline, and energy."

"ORNL's computational modeling capabilities are among the world's best and the Spallation Neutron Source is the foremost source of neutrons for materials research," said Stan David, ORNL Corporate Fellow and Leader of the lab's Materials Joining Group. "These new facilities will be crucial to the advancement of welding technology."

About EWI

Based in Columbus, Ohio, EWI is North America's leading engineering and technology organization dedicated to welding and materials joining. EWI's staff provides materials joining assistance, contract research, consulting services and training to over 3,300 member company locations representing world-class leaders in the aerospace, automotive, defense, energy, government, heavy manufacturing, medical, and electronics industries. For more information, please visit www.ewi.org.

About Oak Ridge National Laboratory

ORNL is the Department of Energy's largest multipurpose science and energy laboratory. Managed since April 2000 by a partnership of the University of Tennessee and Battelle, the lab is in the final stages of a $300 million project to provide a modern campus for the next generation of great science. ORNL is a leader in a range of scientific areas that support DOE's mission, including neutron science, energy, high-performance computing, systems biology, national security, and materials science at the nanoscale.