Much of what Alicia Butty knows about welding, she learned as a teenager working in her family’s custom manufacturing business, Butty Manufacturing in Jerseyville, Ontario.

At the Brooklyn, New York-based Gentlemen Sheet Metal, second-year apprentice Tiffany Crawford is a standout on the shop floor. Not only is she a woman in a painfully male dominated industry, her fiery work ethic is quickly positioning her to be a formidable force in ductwork fabrication.   

Using her skills as a welder, Barbie Parsons has crafted a major following as an artist who is inspiring women and men across the country to think about working with their hands. 

At the annual AHR Expo last week, Duro Dyne unveiled its brand new, free-standing spot welding machine, among other tools for HVAC contractors.

All of our best sheet metal articles of 2018 that you may have missed.  

Money from the band's "All Within My Hands" Foundation will help create opportunities for welders at WSU Tech in Kansas. 

In honor of Thanksgiving, here are five expert articles for sheet metal contractors that we are thankful for.

^{New welding and entrepreneurship center at Wallace State Community College will expand the college's welding program.}

With a Daihen robotic arm in their shop’s arsenal, Howard Products Inc. has increased its production of metal and aluminum products times three.  

For HVAC workers, soldering damaged ductwork is a common part of the job, but it doesn't have to be difficult.