2020 - PACE Award Finalist

What: EJOWELD friction element welding

Innovation: Ejoweld is a friction element welding technology that uses a steel fastener to form a solid-state joint between an aluminum top sheet and a steel base sheet. The four-step process can join any aluminum alloy to ultrahigh-strength steels without necessary pretreatment or preparation.

First customer: Audi Q7

Website: ejoweld.com