Mr T L Sutton C.Eng, Hon FICME IMECHE. Tom Sutton joined ICME (then IBF) in May 1974. His contribution to the technical life of the Institute was significant. He was National President in 1993/94, being awarded the Oliver Stubbs Medal in the same year, a recipient of the Long &…
On Monday 7th September, the West Midlands Branch and a total of 50 attendees from across the UK, Germany and France were treated to a high standard opening technical lecture and webinar for the start of this year’s season of technical lectures and webinars. ‘Modern Feeder Technology’ The ‘Modern Feeder…
WEST MIDLANDS, BIRMINGHAM & COVENTRY BRANCH TECHNICAL LECTURE & WEBINAR Monday 5th October @ 7.30 pm – 8.30 pm Churchill’s Wednesbury, WS10 9BX The Clan Project – ‘A Steam Locomotive for the 21st Century’ Mr Geoff Turner IEng MIED, Engineering Director The Standard Steam Locomotive Company Ltd The…
Monday 24th August 2020 became an important date in ICME’s history when the first ever online technical presentation was successfully completed. Over 40 members from the Institute joined with guest delegates from both the UK and across Europe to support the event, listening and watching on-line. The presentation was made…
We have been informed by the WFO that unfortunately, they have now made the decision to postpone the 74th World Foundry Congress that was scheduled to be held between the 18th – 22nd of October 2020 in Busan, Korea. The WFO has informed us that this decision was not taken…
On Saturday 22rd February, 111 ICME members and guests gathered for the North East Branch Dinner Dance at the Gateshead Metro Centre Marriott Hotel, to enjoy an evening of good food, conversation and dancing. NE Branch President, Bob Norman Prof MICME and his wife Pauline, welcomed the honoured guests, National…
It is with great sadness that we have to report the sad loss of Andrew D Busby Prof MICME 04.10.56 to 25.03.20 Andrew started his foundry career with Mansfield Sands making various foundry sands. He moved to BCIRA and then moved on to work for Ashland (now ASK Chemicals…
Photo – Winners: Thomas Dudley Duport and the team were: Danny Harlow, Pawel Maculewicz, Ethan Asquith, James Hopkins Last year saw the first go-karting event organised by the branch as part of its drive to introduce ICME to younger foundrymen and women in a relaxed, friendly, informal, environment. The…
You may have heard via the media or been informed by your insurance company that COVID-19 has been made a notifiable disease. The information you need to be aware of is: At 6.15pm on 5 March 2020, a statutory instrument was made into law that adds COVID-19 to the list…
PROTECT Alert Fraudsters are exploiting the spread of COVID-19 Coronavirus to facilitate various types of fraud and cyber crime. Since February 2020, the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) has identified 21 reports of fraud where Coronavirus was mentioned, with victim losses totalling over £800k. Ten of these reports were made…