Jugend Schweißt Winners Receive Medals at Arc Cup in China

At the international welding competition Arc Cup in China, the German team impressed with its performance. Timo Clasen took second place in the individual rankings for metal active gas welding, and Lucas Hammerschmidt took third place in gas welding. Together with two other winners of the 2025 DVS national competition "Jugend schweißt", the two represented Germany at the competition in Nantong City. The international welding competition Arc Cup was held from October 15 through 20, 2026, in Nantong City, in the Chinese province of Jiangsu. Competing for Germany were the winners of the 15th DVS national competition "Jugend schweißt" 2025: Alexander Graf, Lucas Hammerschmidt, Timo Clasen and Tim von Trzebiatowski.

Strong performance by the German team – medals for Timo Clasen and Lucas Hammerschmidt

The four German participants each competed in their speciality: Alexander Graf in manual arc welding, Lucas Hammerschmidt in gas welding, Timo Clasen in metal active gas welding (MAG), and Tim von Trzebiatowski in tungsten inert gas welding (TIG). Togother they took on the team competition. Timo Clasen and Lucas Hammerschmidt made second and third place in their respective disciplines.

Arc Cup: Intensive preparation in Flensburg and Suhl in Germany

To prepare for the international performance comparison, the participants completed intensive training sessions in September at the Chambers of Skilled Crafts (HWK) in Flensburg and South Thuringia (Suhl). The German team was accompanied by Ronald Pajuelo, Chairman of the DVS national working group "Jugend schweißt", and Jürgen Raun, welding instructor at the HWK Flensburg training centre. "All four participants from Germany can be proud of their performance. They were a great team in this international competition in China. Congratulations from the entire DVS national working group," said Ronald Pajuelo.

DVS national competition "Jugend schweißt" 2027 in Hamburg

The next round of the "Jugend schweißt" competition begins in spring 2027. The winners of the regional competitions in the district and state associations will face each other in the DVS national competition "Jugend schweißt", which will be held from September 13 through 15, 2027, in Hamburg, Germany.

(Source: DVS – German Welding Society)