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in spool welding and computer vision systems. There are always part variations in the process, but our SWRs can react to different scenarios as they occur.”
Commenting on skills shortages, Soroush continues:“ We know that the entire industry is facing significant welder shortage issues, which can be somewhat eased by welders automating their pipeline processes. Not only do our solutions help operatives, but they also positively impact workplace environments by improving working conditions. By using robots, human welders are still in the loop as the robots need supervision, but workers are not exposed to the longterm hazards associated with carcinogenic gases. Improving these conditions and eliminating risk hugely contributes to attracting a new generation of welders to join the industry.”
On the topic of working environments, Soroush outlines some recent changes to the company’ s office space.“ We’ ve recently consolidated our three offices in Vancouver into one office, so our manufacturing, supply chain, customer operations, R & D, engineering, finance, and administration teams are all under one roof in Burnaby, British Columbia,” he says.“ As we eye expansion in both new and existing markets, we’ re continuing to build a high performing team of smart, humble, and motivated people.”
Considering the company’ s impressive growth, we ask Soroush his thoughts on what factors have fueled such success.“ We’ ve certainly come a long way from building a prototype of the SWR in 2015,” he reflects.“ We’ ve grown in several sectors since launching the SWR in 2017 and we’ ve scaled our manufacturing, supply chain, 164