International Association "Welding"
International Association “Welding” (IAW) was founded on June 5, 1991, by the E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (PWI), Kyiv, Ukraine, and a number of organizations in the welding industry from Ukraine, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Poland.
From its founding until 2020, Academician Boris Paton, Director of the PWI, served as Chairman of the Association’s Board. Currently, Academician Leonid Lobanov, Deputy Director of the PWI, serves as Chairman of the Association’s Board.
The Director of the International Association “Welding” is Dr. Oleksandr Zelnichenko.
The International Association "Welding" was registered as an entity in the field of print media by the National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting on May 9, 2024, protocol No. 1596/15.
Identification number of The International Association "Welding" in the Unified State Register of Enterprises and Organizations of Ukraine is 14290562.
Main areas of activity of the International Association “Welding”
Journal Publications:- “The Paton Welding Journal” (from 2000 to the present);
- “Automatic Welding” (2000–2025);
- “Electrometallurgy Today” (2000–2025);
- “Technical Diagnostics and Non-Destructive Testing” (2000–2025).
Webpage of International Association “Welding” on Scilit (comprehensive content aggregator platform for scholarly publications)
Organization of conferences and seminars in the field of welding and related technologies and publication of proceedings.
Publication of books and monographs in the field of welding and related technologies.
Publication of collections in the field of welding and related technologies.
Organizing the participation of Ukrainian companies in international exhibitions and conferences in the field of welding and related technologies.
The International Association “Welding” cooperates closely with the E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute, Ukrainian Welders’ Society (Kyiv), Ukrainian Society for Non-Destructive Testing (Kyiv) and “PATON PUBLISHING HOUSE” LLC (Kyiv, Ukraine).
From 1996 to 2015, the International Association “Welding” carried out an international project "The development of equipment and technology for high-frequency electric welding of soft living tissues" involving:
- E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute (Kyiv, Ukraine),
- A.A. Shalimov National Institute of Surgery and Transplantology (Kyiv, Ukraine),
- “Consortium Service Management Group Technologies Inc.” (commercial credit company, Corpus Christi, TX, USA), as well as a number of medical institutions in Ukraine.
The collaboration was successful*. The development of power supplies took place in stages. The EK-300M1 power supply was developed in 2004, and its upgraded version was developed in 2007–2008 in collaboration with the Research Institute of Applied Electronics at the National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” and the “Lichmash” plant (Lubny, Poltava Region, Ukraine). A total of 200 power supplies were manufactured by International Association “Welding”, which are effectively used in many medical facilities across Ukraine.
*Ivanova O.N., Zelnichenko A.T., Kukin M.D, Perekrest V.V., Todorenko V.A. (2012) Experience of application of HF electric welding apparatus EK-300M1 in surgery. The Paton Welding J., 11, 53–55.Contact:
International Association “Welding”- 03150, 11 Kazymyr Malevych str., Kyiv, Ukraine
- Tel.: (+38044) 205-23-90
- E-mail: journal@paton.kiev.ua
- https://patonpublishinghouse.com/eng/iaw
Scientific and practical seminars:
"3D PRINTING OF METAL PRODUCTS"
(May 26, 2026)
and "NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING AND TECHNICAL CONDITION MONITORING"
(May 27, 2026)
Starting from 2026.01.03, you can download PDF files of «The Paton Welding Journal» for the year 2024!
2025.12.06
Collection of abstracts of conference Welding and related technologies for the restoration of Ukraine (November 27, 2025, Kyiv)
2025.12.05
We are pleased to announce that on 5 December 2025, Scopus accepted our application for indexing «The Paton Welding Journal». Importantly, this decision includes indexing articles published between 2022 and 2025. We sincerely congratulate us all on this joint achievement and encourage Authors to submit new manuscripts.
2025.06.02
Collection of abstracts of scientific and technical seminars: "3D PRINTING OF METAL PRODUCTS" (May 27, 2025) and "NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING AND TECHNICAL CONDITION MONITORING" (May 28, 2025)
"3D PRINTING OF METAL PRODUCTS"
(May 26, 2026)
and "NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING AND TECHNICAL CONDITION MONITORING"
(May 27, 2026)
Starting from 2026.01.03, you can download PDF files of «The Paton Welding Journal» for the year 2024!
2025.12.06
Collection of abstracts of conference Welding and related technologies for the restoration of Ukraine (November 27, 2025, Kyiv)
2025.12.05
We are pleased to announce that on 5 December 2025, Scopus accepted our application for indexing «The Paton Welding Journal». Importantly, this decision includes indexing articles published between 2022 and 2025. We sincerely congratulate us all on this joint achievement and encourage Authors to submit new manuscripts.
2025.06.02
Collection of abstracts of scientific and technical seminars: "3D PRINTING OF METAL PRODUCTS" (May 27, 2025) and "NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING AND TECHNICAL CONDITION MONITORING" (May 28, 2025)