Global welder shortage – viewpoints from three continents

Mennesker

Global welder shortage – viewpoints from three continents

4. november 2020

The global welder shortage is a growing and well-known phenomenon, but what is the real cause? Why is it so hard to find skilled welders? We asked for the opinions of specialists from three continents, and here is their insight on the welder shortage.

Anu Rousku

Anu Rousku
Author

Anu Rousku

Marketing Communications Specialist at Kemppi Oy until September 2020. Experienced professional in content marketing with a demonstrated history of working in the industrial B2B sector. Playing with words, persuading the reader, with the spirit of getting things done – it is all seen in the result.

Flere blogginnlegg

Training a New Generation of Welders

Training a New Generation of Welders

In May 2019, Kemppi celebrates its 70th anniversary in the welding industry. Throughout its history, Kemppi has been known for taking an active role in the research and development of arc welding and collaborating with educational institutes.

Mennesker

Welding instructors – true chameleons

Welding instructors – true chameleons

From Slovakia to China, Saudi Arabia to Mexico, through Israel and all over Finland. These are some of the many places where his work has taken Jarkko Anttonen. Anttonen is one of the welding instructors in the Welding Services team at Kemppi. They're based in the Application Training Center at the Kemppi headquarters in Lahti, Finland. But as you can see, Anttonen's list of travel destinations is long. You could say that a welding instructors' actual workplace is basically the whole world.

Mennesker

Future welding - as seen by the welders

Future welding - as seen by the welders

In the world of welding, innovation is guided by the needs of both the industries using welding systems, and the individual welders who work with them from day to day. To draw a picture of the future of welding, we asked two welders to give us their insights on the road ahead.

Mennesker

Minarc M 223 Auto & 223P Auto vs MinarcMig Auto: key upgrades and when you’ll feel it at the arc

Minarc M 223 Auto & 223P Auto vs MinarcMig Auto: key upgrades and when you’ll feel it at the arc

The Minarc M 223 Auto and 223P Auto bring meaningful changes you’ll feel in production. This guide breaks down what’s new versus MinarcMig Auto, which model suits which work, and how the updates show up in arc stability, parameter control, and everyday efficiency across thin sheet to more demanding applications.

Manuell sveising, Innovasjon

What Nordic Welding Expo 2026 revealed: robotics, laser welding and the future of fabrication

What Nordic Welding Expo 2026 revealed: robotics, laser welding and the future of fabrication

The Nordic Welding Expo 2026 highlighted where welding is heading. While automation and laser welding are accelerating, the real advantage lies in workflows that deliver repeatable results under real constraints and digital traceability is becoming part of everyday production

Automatisering av sveising, Innovasjon

Kemppi's advanced welding processes: TIG and stick welding (MMA)

Kemppi's advanced welding processes: TIG and stick welding (MMA)

In TIG welding, process development has mainly focused on modifying the current modes in different situations. In practice, this means variations of pulse and AC welding, as well as ignition or tack welding. In the case of pulse welding, the welding machine user has numerous choices, as the adjustment possibilities for these process variations are highly versatile.

Sveise-ABC, Manuell sveising

Abonner på nyhetsbrevet vårt og vær blant de første som får de siste nyhetene fra Kemppi.

Select contact type

Ved å abonnere godtar du å motta markedsførings-e-poster fra Kemppi.

Foregangsbedriften innen lysbuesveising

Kemppi er designleder i sveiseindustrien. Vi er forpliktet til å øke kvaliteten og produktiviteten til sveiseren ved kontinuerlig utvikling av lysbuen og ved å arbeide for en grønnere og mer likeverdig verden. Kemppi leverer bærekraftige produkter, digitale løsninger og tjenester til fagfolk fra industrielle sveisebedrifter til enkeltentreprenører. Brukervennligheten og påliteligheten til produktene våre er vårt ledende prinsipp. Vi opererer med et svært dyktig partnernettverk som dekker over 70 land for å gjøre sin ekspertise lokalt tilgjengelig. Kemppi har hovedkontor i Lahti, Finland, og sysselsetter over 650 fagfolk i 16 land og har en omsetning på 209 MEUR.

Kemppi – Designed for welders

Copyright © 2025 Kemppi Oy