It is with sadness that we report the death on the 14th December 2023 of Past National ICME President Mr Kenneth “Brian” Turner Hon FICME CEng at the age of 90. He died peacefully and after a short illness. Brian had been a Member of ICME for 49 years and was a recipient of a
We have been advised that Mr Trevor Law has recently died, aged 81, following a long illness. Trevor was a lecturer at the University of Aston in both the Department of Production Engineering & Department of Metallurgy between 1970-82. He was awarded the Oliver Stubbs Medal in 1991 and through his career had presented numerous
Paul Gullick proudly wearing his ICME Gold Pin, presented to him after 50 years of Membership. ICME is delighted to present Mr Paul Gullick FICME IEng MCIM with his Gold Pin in recognition of 50 years in membership. Over the last 50 years at the Institute Paul has been active in the West
Young people in the casting and foundry industry were front and centre at the recent West Midlands, Birmingham and Coventry Branch hybrid event. The evening was opened by David Hall Prof MICME CEng, Maxima Engineering Ltd, who is one of the tutors teaching on the Metal Casting, Foundry and Patternmaking Apprentice Programme. Attendees were then
On Monday 9th January more than 40 attendees gathered at Churchill’s Club, in Wednesbury, for the annual Bill Rooker Quiz, which this time was kindly devised and compered by Simon Alexander (Managing Director of William Lee Ltd) and hosted by the West Midlands Branch of ICME. Four interesting, and really quite challenging, rounds of
The CMF / ICME staff and friends team were victorious in the recent annual Bill Rooker quiz, which took place during January, organised by the ICME West Midlands Branch. The annual event is a memorial to Bill Rooker who, for many years, was Quizmaster at the event. Simon Alexander FICME kindly offered his services as
On Monday 22nd September, the West Midlands Branch hosted a well presented, interesting and professional technical lecture / webinar on ‘The Application of Refractory Coatings’ which was kindly presented by Paul Siddy from James Durrans Limited, who also kindly sponsored the buffet. The event attracted 30 attendees with 13 listening in from across the UK
2022 has seen a successful delivery of many short courses, designed to support and encourage leadership and management in the metal casting industry. Our Courses: ICME continues to have a keen interest in empowering the industry workforce. Our courses have covered topics such as ‘Aspiring and Future Leaders’, where Attendees learned about team management and
On Monday 7th March the West Midlands Branch and 39 members and guests were again treated to a well-presented, interesting and professional technical lecture / webinar delivered by the branch. With over 20 people attending in person at Wednesbury, there was also several dialing in remotely from around the world. The lecture was entitled ‘Technical
Student's Night – a Night of Celebration and a Look to the Future The recent ICME West Midlands, Birmingham and Coventry Branch Student’s night was a great success. After a welcome from the Branch President, Karl Hopkins MICME, tutors Albert Anderson Prof MICME and David Hall Prof MICME spoke about the importance of the apprentice