On November 18, 2024, the NIST Industrial Wireless Research Team, led by NIST research leader Rick Candell, met with the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) arc welding group to discuss the impacts of welding equipment on the performance of industrial wireless networks operating under 4 GHz. Affected networks include Wi-Fi networks operating at 2.4 GHz and private 5G networks at 3.5 GHz. A NIST publication “On the Impact of TIG Welding Interference on Industrial Wi-Fi Networks: Modeling of Empirical Data and Analytical Studying of Coexistence” drew the attention of the NEMA welding group, who asked for a meeting with the NIST team. The group included representative from Miller Electric, Lincoln Electric, and ESAB, among others, who collectively expressed a positive opinion of NIST’s research and publication. A key discussion point was that understanding the impact of industrial interference is important to controlling their impacts. Welding interference is a radio interference noise source investigated by the IEEE P3388 working group, chaired by Rick Candell. Conclusions from the meeting include that 1) more modern welding generators may potentially produce less interference than prior welding technology; 2) more measurements and study is needed to determine the interference impacts of these more modern welding machines; and 3) a collaboration between NIST and NEMA members could be beneficial to support this effort.