AWS President Dale A. Flood Visit

Central Michigan Section and Lansing Community College invites you and Your Friends to Attend.

Speaker: AWS President Dale A. Flood

DATE & TIME:
Thursday, April 12, 2018
5:00 PM – 7:30 PM

LOCATION:
Lansing Community College
5708 Cornerstone Dr.
Lansing, MI 48917

GUEST SPEAKER:
AWS President Dale A. Flood

What is he speaking on? The U.S. automotive industry has installed a new record of approximately 17,500 industrial robots in 2016. In the last seven years, the operational stock increased by about 52,000 units. The International Federation of Robotics says 2,6 million industrial robots will be installed worldwide by 2019. The American Welding Society estimates we are going to need more than 370,000 welders in the next 10 years. U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics, fewer than five percent of the nation’s welders are women. Do you think these statistics will not affect you?

What is a person supposed to do when robots start taking over an industry? It started with automotive, moved to heavy industrial equipment, then to all sorts of sheet metal components, and what is next? Pipe? Structural components? Do you ever think, “They might be able to do this in a factory but they cannot do it in a fab-shop and especially on a job site. THINK AGAIN!

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. Do you have a game plan? We do!

We hope to see you there!

Sincerely,

The AWS Central Michigan Section Board