TWI is Europe's largest independent Research & Technology organisation. Based at Granta Park, near Cambridge since 1946, TWI provides industry with technical support in welding, joining and associated technologies such as surfacing and cutting. Its services include information, advice, technology transfer, electronic trading, consultancy and project support, contract R&D, training, qualification and personal membership. TWI is the only single source of expertise in every aspect of joining technology for engineering materials.

TWI is internationally renowned for bringing together multidisciplinary teams to implement established or advanced joining technology and to solve problems arising at any stage - from initial design, materials selection, production and quality assurance, service performance, repair, through to disassembly and recycling.

Over 500 skilled staff, 200 of whom are graduates, are dedicated to helping industry apply all forms of joining technology safely and efficiently. Some 3500 companies and organisations - representing virtually all sectors of manufacturing industry - benefit from world leading expertise by taking Industrial Membership of TWI.

TWI has member companies in more than 50 countries and has premises in Middlesbrough, Rotherham and Port Talbot in the UK and, Kuala Lumpur and Malaysia as well as Headquarters at Granta Park.

For full details of services, general information about joining and for access to the TWI electronic knowledge base visit www.twi.co.uk