5 th International Friction Stir Welding Symposium (5IFSWS) Metz, France, 14-16 September 2004

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The 5 th International Friction Stir Welding Symposium attracted 186 attendees, a record for this event, and 61 papers were presented on a variety of topics associated with friction stir welding.

Delegates came from 23 countries from every inhabited continent of the world, including delegates from as far as New Zealand and Australia, South Africa, Brazil and China for the first time, as well as strong delegations from North America, Europe and Japan. Much of the success was due to the hard work done by our co-hosts, the Institut de Soudure.

Delegates from 23 countries attended 5th FSW symposium

The importance of this event was underlined by the association of several other events with the Symposium.

Many of the delegates took the opportunity to visit the Institut de Soudure's nearby friction stir welding laboratory, where their two machines were on show, and demonstrated.

nstitut de Soudure's friction stir welding laboratory Photograph courtesy of Institut de Soudure

The proceedings of this highly successful symposium will be available on CD-ROM at the end of November. The CD will cost £150 (plus VAT, where applicable). Please contact the Library.

The 6 th International Friction Stir Welding Symposium (6IFSWS) will be held in Saint-Sauveur, near Montreal, Canada, from 10-12 October 2006. This event will be co-hosted by the Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Centre of the National Research Council of Canada. For further information please contact Philip Threadgill.

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