As part of the ESAB Future Fabricators program, ESAB announced that it will again sponsor the “Blue Collar Tour,” featuring Western Welding Academy, continuing their shared mission to increase the interest and awareness
As part of the ESAB Future Fabricators program, ESAB announced that it will again sponsor the “Blue Collar Tour,” featuring Western Welding Academy, continuing their shared mission to increase the interest and awareness of high school students in the skilled trades. The 2026 tour starts January in Stratton, Colorado, and includes 31 total stops in 21 states before concluding in mid-March.
More than 4,000 students directly participated in 31 Blue Collar Tour events last year, and social media content generated during the tour earned millions of views, further spreading the tour’s impact. The Blue Collar Tour stops at high schools across the country and engages students through welding demonstrations, product and swag giveaways, Q&A sessions with professional welders about their careers and “best bead” student welding contests.
ESAB supports the tour with application engineers and sales representatives who share their own career experiences and support welding demonstrations. Student engagement activities on each stop include the opportunity to TIG or Stick weld with ESAB’s Renegade VOLT ES 200i battery-powered welder. In addition, ESAB provides more than $50,000 of products and swag (t-shirts, hoodies, stickers, welding posters and more) as part of the giveaways that are key to
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