Advance Welding Blog

From the day our company began more than 45 years ago, giving back to the community has been a significant part of who we are.

Collins Aerospace, a subsidiary of RTX (formerly Raytheon Technologies), re-accredited us recently.

For the past 18 years, we have been part of Nadcap and are proud to have just extended our certification for another two years, through 2026. This development underscores our qualifications to provide welding, brazing, and related services to manufacturers of assemblies, parts, and components used in aerospace, aviation, and military applications.

It gives us tremendous pride that Christopher Kielb, our president, was recently elected to the Board of Trustees at Western New England University (WNE) in our hometown of Springfield, MA, and will also serve on WNE’s College of Engineering Advisory Board.

Reshoring, sometimes called onshoring, the process of relocating manufacturing or production operations from offshore sites to a company’s home country, began about a decade ago and accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Post-pandemic, it remains a sound business strategy for six key reasons: 1) Enhanced Quality Control; 2) Supply Chain Resilience; 3) Intellectual Property Protection; 4) Greater Cost Effectiveness; 5) Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility; and 6) Improved Collaboration and Innovation.

Our commitment to achieving The Perfect Weld every time for customers like you in the Aerospace, Defense, Energy, Medical, Semiconductor, and Automotive industries is demonstrated by the nearly 30 certifications we hold and our compliance, or self-verified conformance, with numerous standards. Our certifications include ones issued by AWS, AMS, ASME, FAA, Nadcap, EASA, SAE, and ISO – an alphabet soup of accreditation bodies. We are also ITAR-registered and compliant with CMMC (Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification)          

In this year of our 45th anniversary, now is an ideal time to reflect on how commitment to continuous improvement, teamwork, and partnerships with customers like you have allowed us to reach this milestone. 

We're excited to announce the acquisition of the KTI, Inc. Electron Beam Welding and Laser Beam Welding Business Units.

Chris Kielb, President of Advance Welding, is excited to announce that he has been elected to the Board of Directors of the ACM (Aerospace Components Manufacturers).  

EASTEC is the leading Northeast manufacturing trade show. Eastec 2019 will be May 14-16, 2019 at the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, Massachusetts.