Asociatia de Sudura Din Romania - Timisoara

1937: The foundation, at Timisoara, of the "Circle for the Encouragement of Welding"; 1952: The foundation of Welding Department within the Technical University from Timisoara (the first Department Chief: Corneliu Miklosi, Academician); 1954: The foundation of the Welding Department (the first Department Chief: Corneliu Miklosi, Academician) and of the Materials Resistance Department (the first Section Chief: Stefan Nadasan, Academician), within the Scientific Research Base from Timisoara of the Romanian Academy; 1970: The foundation in Timisoara of the Institute of Welding and Material Testing - ISIM (founding director: Traian Salagean, Academician); 1974Transformation of CSIO Timisoara in Institute of Welding and Material Testing ISIM - Timisoara (director: Academician Traian Salagean); 1990: The foundation of the Romanian Welding Society (ASR).
The aim of the Romanian Welding Society, according to its statue, is to promote welding trough:
easy acquisition, systematisation and circulation of the scientific and technical knowledge in the field of welding by organising scientific events; easy contacts between individuals and groups of specialists interested of the promotion of welding in the national economy; easy integration, in this field, in the scientific international community; promotion of the standardisation at the international level; promotion of the application in industrial practice of the modern processes of welding (technologies, equipment, materials); promotion of health, safety and environmental management in welding; definition, creation and management of a certification system of the competence of the personnel in the field of welding, on the basis of the European and International standards adopted in Romania and of EWF (European Federation of Welding, Joining and Cutting) guidelines.