Global InformationThe Welding Institute information
 TWI Ltd (The Welding Institute) on Granta Park near Cambridge UK | |
| Abbreviation | TWI |
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| Formation | 28 March 1968 |
| Type | Research Association/Institute |
| Legal status | Private Company |
| Purpose | Welding Research |
| Headquarters | Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge, UK |
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Region served | Worldwide |
Membership | Welding Engineers |
| Affiliations | Engineering Council, International Institute of Welding |
| Website | TWI |
Originally registered as the Institution of Welding Engineers in 1923, The Welding Institute has grown and changed over the intervening decades, yet maintains a specialisation in welding, joining and allied technologies.
It now encompasses a professional membership institution (‘The Welding Institute’) and an engineering research and technology organisation (‘TWI Ltd’), as well as an international training school (‘TWI Training’), the National Structural Integrity Research Centre (‘NSIRC’), a series of collaborative enterprises with academia (‘The TWI Innovation Network’), and more.
It has been headquartered near Cambridge, England, since 1946, and has other facilities across the UK and around the world.
TWI Ltd
TWI Ltd works across all industry sectors and in all aspects of manufacturing, fabrication and whole-life integrity management technologies, providing services including consultancy, technical advice, research and investigation for industrial member companies and public funding bodies. Through TWI Training, it also offers training and examination services in NDT, welding and inspection across the globe.
Employing over 800 staff, TWI Ltd serves around 700 industrial member companies across 4500 sites in 80 countries.
TWI Ltd hs been responsible for a number of innovations including the invention of friction stir welding in 1991.
The Welding Institute
The formation in 1922 of the professional institution, The Welding Institute, and the later establishment of the British Welding Research Association (BWRA) in 1946 provided the basis of the company group as it is today.
While TWI Ltd serves the needs of its industrial member companies, The Welding Institute has a separate membership of over 6000 individual professionals, who receive range of support in their careers and professional development.[1]