ICME National Banquet Saturday 16th May 2026 You are invited for an evening of good food and live entertainment at the next ICME National Annual Black-Tie Banquet 2026 organised by The ICME West Midlands Branch. The West Midlands, Birmingham, Coventry and South of England Branch are pleased and proud to be hosting this gathering of
Registration is now open for the 76th World Foundry Congress (WFC 2026), to be held on 18–24 October 2026 at Hilton Istanbul Bomonti Hotel & Conference Centre, Türkiye. WFC 2026 will bring together the global foundry community for knowledge exchange and dialogue on casting technologies, sustainability, digital transformation, and the evolving foundry ecosystem, through plenary
“We have no shortage of young people wanting to join our company” This was perhaps the most important comment made by Karl Hopkins, Director of Manufacturing for Vanguard Foundry, during his recent presentation to the West Midlands, Birmingham & Coventry Branch of the Institute. Whilst part of his talk was around the history of the
The West Midlands, Birmingham and Coventry Branch of the ICME held its first technical lecture of the 2025/26 season on Monday 1st September 2025 at Churchill’s in Wednesbury, with an attendance of 28 members at the venue and a number of members joining on line. We were pleased to welcome Sam Wainwright Prof MICME from