Steve Hill FICME – ICME National President, Joshua Sutton MICME – Durham Foundry, Daniel Whittaker MICME – William Cook Leeds, Ian James MICME – Diploma Tutor, Michael Harper MICME and Richard Harris MICME of United Cast Bar. Joshua Sutton of Durham Foundry, Daniel Whitaker of William Cook Leeds, and…
ICME award winners are individuals who have made significant contributions to the industry and the Institute during their careers or who have displayed excellence during their study and early years in the industry. The awards for 2019 were presented by the national president, Steve Hill FICME, to recipients at the…
Each year the members of the branch council of the West Midlands ICME vote on which of the presentations from the previous presidential year they consider to be the best. The presenter then is given the Kevin Cartwright award. This year it was a unanimous decision that the award should…
Technical Meeting Monday 4th November 2019 Norman Wallace Manufacturing Director (Tipton) Ervin Amasteel Branch President Mark Holliday, Prof MICME, welcomed members and guests to the evenings lecture and introduced the speaker for the evening, Norman Wallace, Manufacturing Director of Ervin Amasteel. Norman introduced his talk on the manufacture of steel…
Location: Delivery will be mainly at the purpose built National Foundry Training Centre, Tipton Road, Tipton, West Midlands, DY4 7UW. You will be required to travel nationwide on occasion so a car is essential. Overview Foundry Training Services Limited are pleased to announce we are now recruiting new members to…
Presented by David Wilson Recarburiser Product Manager, The James Durrans Group Assisted by Nathan Tucker also of James Durrans Group David’s presentation began with a company profile. James Durrans Ltd was established in 1863 producing blackings for the UK foundry industry. The group now has four manufacturing units in…
We wish to inform you that the ICME Head Office will be closed on the following dates: Wednesday 30th October Thursday 31st October Friday 1st November Thomas Dudley are having extensive maintenance work done on site which unfortunately means that there will be no electricity in the National Foundry Training…
The opening Lecture of the West Midlands Branch 2019/2020 season took place on Monday 9th September at Churchill’s social club in Wednesbury. The event was very well attended, and the audience were shown a presentation entitled “THE LAST DAYS OF STEELMAKING AT ROUND OAK” The guest speaker was Mr Keith…
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…
During the centenary year WES is collaborating with the Royal Academy of Engineering to survey engineers about their career experiences through an Engineering Census. This census will compare the experiences of women engineers with that of their male counterparts to understand the barriers to progression and retention that affect both…
