The User Group Meeting 2008 is now over.
Thanks to all participants for coming and actively participating in discussions and group works.

A short summary of the event:

Mr. Tore Haukanes from Weldindustry AS started at 10:15 with welcoming all
participants and walked through the agenda for the coming two days. He held the
introductory remarks with a summary of what has happened with WeldEye® since last
User Group Meeting in 2007 and a description of Weldindustry AS organization and how
we prepare and secure ourselves for the future.

At 11:00 Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG), with Mr. Herman Slot held a very
interesting presentation about the HFG Coresys project: The history, why WeldEye® was
the chosen product and how HFG have experienced the corporation with Weldindustry
AS from start of project to going live.
After lunch, Mr. Benny D Karlsson (Kockums AB) held an informative presentation
describing how their internal process flow works and how they are using WeldEye® for
planning, executing and reporting Inspection plans and reports. Kockums AB is currently
the only customer who is using this part of the WeldEye® application, and several
customers found it very interesting to see how Kockums AB has solved it and are willing
to go in the same direction.

At 13:00 Mr. Torbjørn Johnsson from Weldindustry AS held a presentation of
WeldEye®, what is currently supported and what is to come in the future. Topics covered
were: versions, current and future technologies, and features to come, including
integration concepts, reporting tools, and new topics in the Welding Procedure module.

After the break, Mr. Jarle Mortensen from Weldindustry AS presented the focus and
goals of project management and how roles, responsibilities and process control will help
and support executing projects. Also a quick look at what has been done internally at
Weldindustry AS the last 6 month was presented with issues like Sales process, ISO and
Quality Manuals, New standard templates, Project cost calculation tool, New and updated
contracts, new process etc.

The new support process was also described. It is our goal to be able to track Support
issues through the use of this tool in order to further improve our Customer support.

At 14:00 the group work started.
All participants where divided into 6 different groups. 10 different topics where listed for
discussion and each group would present its findings afterwards. A lot of interesting
topics came up and will be handled internally in Weldindustry AS as guidance for future
planning. Thanks to all for your participation and contribution in these discussions!

At 16:30 the day one ended with a sum up of Mr. Tore Haukanes which included:

• Very stable application

• We are in control

• Prepared for the future

• Growing market share

• THE welding application

Evening party and social event started at 19:00 with a Horse shoe throwing competition
(magically won by Tore Haukanes from Weldindustry AS…), drinks and discussions
before we entered into a nicely decorated room with excellent food and drinks. All this
was supported by the group List, which held a concert which was very much appreciated
and enjoyed by everyone.

After dinner it was….well…for those of us who where there….we know …FUN!

The second day was held at Aker Solution where Einar Bjelland held a presentation of
the different challenges they have experience during the building of the worlds biggest H-
6e oil rigs. Unfortunately the site visit to the rig was not according to plan and was
cancelled.

The WeldEye® Open Golf Tournament was planned to start at 13:00, but due to heavy
rain this was cancelled and an alternative indoor mini golf tournament was held. The
individual winner this year was Roland Karlsson from Kockums AB. The winning team
was Team3 (Mr. Tore Brubråten from Va Tech AS, Tore Haukanes from Weldindustry
AS, Jan Gunnar Sletten from Teknologisk Institutt Sertifisering AS and Jarle Mortensen
from Weldindustry AS).

Again, from all of us in Weldindustry AS, thanks a lot for coming, thank you for your
contribution and hope to see you during next year’s WeldEye® User Group Meeting
2009.