The Welding Institute

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The Welding Institute, sometimes known as TWI or World Centre for Materials Joining Technology, is a nonprofit independent research and technology organization based near Cambridge, UK It conducts research on technologies for joining materials, such as welding. It has about 500 employees.

TWI owns a patent on the solid-state welding process known as friction stir welding.

It also has offices and laboratories in Wales, Yorkshire and Sheffield in the UK, and establishments in Brazil, Iran and Malaysia.

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