Become a member

Become a member

Why become a member?

  1. Fast professional welding advice: see table below
     
  2. Free use of the standards antenna
     
  3. Free membership of the sectoral welding technology operator
     
  4. Discount on activities organised by BIL vzw: 
     
    • a. 10% on short-term (≤ 2 days) study days and workshops
       
    • b. 5% on executive training courses
       
    • c. 50% discount on welding symposium or member welding day
       
    • d. 25% discount on welding quality manual EN1090
  5. Trade magazines :
  6. Rent BIL Soldamatic: state-of-the-art augmented training for welding
     
  7. Access to participation/results of application-oriented research and technological support

  

Membership fee as from 01/06/2025

  1. The annual fee for BIL membership is determined by the size of your company (number of FTEs, according to Enterprise Definition European classification) and is allocated per unique VAT number. 
     
  2. Membership benefits start from the application for membership and apply for 1 year.
      
  3. You will receive an invoice after registration.
  Contribution (*) Maximum hours free advice
Smal companies
(< 50 FTE)
     € 200      2 hours

Medium-sized companies
(50 < 250 FTE)

     € 400      3 hours
Big companies
(≥ 250 VTE)

     € 800   

     4 hours
Educational institutions      € 100      2 hours
(*) prices excl. 21% vat    

How register for membership?

Become a BWI member by filling out this webform

 

The Belgian Welding Institute (BWI) is your partner in all possible problems related to your (welded) application, from design, during production and in service, up to after damage has occured.

Next to the financial benefits, members of the BWI will enjoy priority access to new welding or materials weldability information, be it on projects, techniques, courses, seminars or other.