EWI Names Nuclear Fabrication Consortium Chair

Jerry Oliver to Hold Interim Position of Chairman

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- EWI has announced that Jerry
Oliver has become the first Chairman of the newly established Nuclear
Fabrication Consortium (NFC). Effective May 27, 2009, Mr. Oliver is
responsible for leading NFC, organizing meetings and ensuring the needs of NFC
membership are addressed via workshops, graduate level research, and a core
studies program. He will also manage the day-to-day activities of the NFC,
maintain membership such that ample funding is available for NFC activities,
and develop public-private partnerships.

"With Jerry's extensive experience in leading strategic and technical programs
in the energy and chemical space and the receptiveness of the market at this
time, we have the catalyst needed to accelerate the program and increase its
benefit to industry," said Henry Cialone, President and CEO of EWI.

Jerry Oliver commented, "By leveraging EWI's expertise in public-private
collaboration, this consortium is well poised to help the nuclear industry
meet its near- and long-term objectives. It is anticipated that nuclear power
will be a key component in solving the increasing energy demands."

Jerry Oliver was most recently the Executive Vice President of
Commercialization at Great Point Energy, Inc., where he was responsible for
all project-related activities including building a more than $30 million
pilot plant. Prior to that, he served at Senior Vice President of Project
Development for the FutureGen Industrial Alliance, Inc., a position that
included development of the groundwork for a $1 billion commercial scale near
zero emissions coal-fueled power plant. He also served in various senior
leadership positions at Bechtel, ABB Automation, British Petroleum/Sohio, and
Exxon Minerals. He started his career with Kennecott Copper Corporation and
was an officer in the US Navy.

About the Nuclear Fabrication Consortium
The Nuclear Fabrication Consortium (NFC) was launched in July 2008 by EWI as a
collaborative effort between the nuclear industry's utilities, OEMs, system
manufacturers, and component suppliers. NFC is working to reconstitute the
fabrication supply base and to identify and support collaborative
manufacturing technology development efforts, which can provide reduced
acquisition costs and enable development of key components for next-generation
systems. To date, NFC members have identified over 200 issues and concerns
regarding gaps and needs in workforce training and development, materials and
manufacturing technologies, compliance with codes and standards, knowledge
management, and cultural issues across the industry. In addition, the
Consortium will organize similar types of collaborative efforts for other
industry sub-segments to pool resources to meet technology development and
application meeting their common needs.

About EWI
Based in Columbus, Ohio, EWI is North America's leading engineering and
technology organization dedicated to welding and materials joining. EWI's
staff provides materials joining assistance, contract research, consulting
services, and training to over 3,300 member company locations representing
world-class leaders in the aerospace, automotive, defense, energy, government,
heavy manufacturing, alternative energy, medical, and electronics industries.
For more information, please visit ewi.org.

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Lisa Austin, Manager, EWI Corporate Communications, +1-614-688-5130,
laustin@ewi.org