NEW TRAINING PROGRAMMES STARTING! Recruiting now for an October 2019 start in the North East, West Midlands and Chesterfield & Sheffield Areas EAL Level 3 Diploma in Engineering Technology with the Institute of Cast Metals Engineers & Foundry Training Services Ltd ICME and Foundry Training Services Limited are…
STUDENT AWARDS 2019 – APPLY NOW! Entries are sought for two ICME Student Awards. P C Nix Best Technical (Non-Ferrous) Student Award Students are invited to apply for the P C Nix Best Technical (Non-Ferrous) Student Award. The award is sponsored by Curzn Alloys Limited and consists of an engraved…
Constantine Theoharis FICME – 1956 – 2019. It is with great sadness that we have to report that Past National President Constantine Theoharis FICME sadly passed away on Sunday 17th February, after a short illness. Constantine has been a stalwart member of the Institute for nearly 20 years, a member…
Mr. Alf Etherington Prof MICME – May 11th 1949 – December 18th 2018 It is with deep regret that we have to report the death of Alf Etherington, at St. Bede’s Hospice in his home town of Gateshead, after a short illness. Alf started work as an apprentice Patternmaker at…
The ICME Yorkshire & Lancashire Branches are to join forces to offer a programme of technical and social events to Members. The Yorkshire Branch had not offered a technical programme for some time and the new amalgamation will enable Members in the area to benefit from a regular programme of…
ICME National President, Trevor Ayre FICME, was delighted to welcome the first group of Foundry apprentices to the new National Foundry Training Centre in November for their first full block of teaching. Foundry Training Services Ltd (FTSL) tutor, Mike Bacon was leading the delivery, alongside tutors Kevin Smith, John Myers…
Lee Griffiths – Trainee Sales Manager with Shakespeare Foundry Ltd wins ”Apprentice of the Year – Mechanical Engineering’. At a prestigious awards ceremony held at Horwich RMI on Thursday 21st June, Lee was chosen ahead of dozens of apprentices in the area, and presented with a framed certificate and…
