National ICME President, Lee Jenkins IEng FICME, reflects on what the position means to him and his hopes for the future of the Institute, supporting the next generation of skilled foundry personnel. "As President, and thereby Chair of the ICME General Council, I am presently leading a strategic review of ICME to consider its offering
Philip Green (1925-2021) It is with sadness that the Institute can report the sad death of Past National President, Philip A Green, who died last Wednesday, 28th July, at the age of 95. Phil joined the then IBF when he was 19 years of age, in 1965, having started in the industry as an Apprentice
Wall Colmonoy and Strain Harden are pleased to announce their one-year anniversary of their Middle East strategic partnership for the countries of United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. On June 7, 2020, Wall Colmonoy reached a distributor partnership agreement with United Arab Emirates based supplier, Strain Harden, to sell Colmonoy® Surfacing Alloys, Nicrobraz® Brazing Alloys,
The new national President of ICME, Lee Jenkins IEng FICME, was recently upgraded to a Fellow of the Institute and received his certificate from the Cast Metals Federation CEO Dr Pam Murrell FICME during a visit to the Weir Group Foundry. Lee is the Director of Operations, ENACAR Regions (Europe, North Africa, Central Asia and
ICME Honorary Treasurer, Trevor Stevenson FICME, was able to present Sir Andrew Cook CBE FICME with his Gold Pin for over 50 years of membership of the Institute of Cast Metals Engineers, as he had joined the then Institute of British Foundrymen in 1970. Sir Andrew became chairman of William Cook in 1981 and began
On Monday 12th April, the West Midlands Branch and a total of 48 attendees from across the UK and the internet, were again treated to very well presented and extremely professional, high standard technical lecture and webinar delivered by the branch. The lecture ‘Creating a Secure, Sustainable Future by Reducing Hazardous Waste and Improving Energy
An impending “jobs crisis” facing young people as new stats show that almost 90% of job losses in the past year affected people aged 35 and under. Fresh figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) found that between February 2020 and February 2021, 693,000 fewer people were in paid employment in the UK. Around
Are you a small to medium-sized enterprise (SME) thinking about taking on an apprentice but not sure if you can afford the training costs? This is a great opportunity for SME's to explore transferring of Levy funds to drive their talent forward with apprenticeship training. How transferring funds works Employers who pay the apprenticeship levy
On Monday 11th January, the West Midlands Branch and a total of 38 attendees from across the UK, were again treated to very well presented and professionally high standard technical lecture delivered by the branch. The lecture ‘Precise Industrial 3D Metrology’ was kindly presented by Mr Stuart Dix from GOM, a part of the Zeiss
Monday 1st March @ 7.30 pm – 8.30 pm Hosted by West Midlands, Birmingham & Coventry Branch “Graphite Nucleation in Grey and Ductile Irons” Presented by Dr.Torbjorn Skaland, Mr. Mark Sims & Mr. James Vaughan - Elkem Ltd The Technical Lecture will be streamed online only as a webinar due to ongoing Covid 19 restrictions.