Strengthen your professional career with member-only knowledge and tools, including leading welding industry publications and news access to certification resources, educational programs and networking opportunities ,Free subscription to Welding Journal, the most widely-read industry publication Individual Members outside of North America – digital delivery is standard Optional Welding The American Welding Society (AWS) was founded in 1919 as a non-profit organization to advance the science, technology and application of welding and allied joining and cutting processes, including brazing, soldering and thermal spraying.