This year’s newsletter on Materials Joining Technologies examines some of the popular methods for mixed material joining, welding and adhesives. For our welding portion, we will look at the research being conducted for common failures of welding processes like heat affected zones which create a weakness in the base material, and solidification cracking as well as recent improvements on existing technology and the innovations of new technologies for a wide range of applications and industries. The adhesive portion shares a similar layout but will consider its disadvantages and the respective improvements undertaken.