The world keeps moving on so do the welding machines and tools. Here you can keep up to date about the latest improvements in welding machines and tools.

• Pilot saved from drowning in canal (Miami Herald)
  Even before a small plane went down near Marathon Airport Monday morning, workers at the nearby Hot Arc welding could hear that something was amiss.



• Afrox to invest R350m in new SA gas production (Mail and Guardian)
  Gases and welding products group African Oxygen (Afrox) is to invest approximately R350-millionin several major new gas production facilities around South Africa during the year.



• See an Overview of New Developments within thE MIG Welding Process (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
  DUBLIN, Ireland----May 11, 2006--Research and Markets has announced the addition of MIG Welding Guide to their offering.



• FPC to receive BEDC funding (Borger News-Herald)
  The Borger Economic Development Corporation will be aiding Frank Phillips College as it educates future workers. The BEDC granted a request Tuesday from the college for up to $100,000 to construct a new welding facility on campus.



• Welding out of the box (The Daily Times)
  When you think about it, the last thing you'd expect to hear about is a group of welding students working on a project to benefit the environment -- but it's true.



• CSMG Technologies Receives Additional U.S. Patent for Tissue Welding/Bonding Technology (PrimeZone via Yahoo! Finance)
  CSMG Technologies, Inc. announced that it has received an additional U.S. patent for its platform tissue welding/bonding technology.



• Seeking an edge at the state line (The Arizona Republic)
  FREDONIA - Twenty years ago, Arizona wanted Scott Dunn to fork over five times as much for workers' compensation as Utah at his welding business.



• JASON HUNT/Press Laura Dennin, left, and Sadie Powers talk about their welding projects during class Wednesday at the (Coeur d'Alene Press)
  COEUR d'ALENE --Sparks fly between two shapely young women and four boys at the North Idaho College welding facility. But they're not the kind you'd expect.