Author: Gordon

Update on the World Skills Competition – Results…..

Posted on December 7, 2025 by Gordon in Magazine.

Results of the World Skills Competition Following on from the previous post, here are the results of the competition. Our council member Martins Golubevs won the Silver Medal. Well done Martins ! Martins’ colleague at Kirkstall Precision Engineering, Ben King (pictured below), won the Gold Medal. The photograph below was taken at the premises of Kirkstall Precision Engineering. Left to … Continue reading “Update on the World Skills Competition – Results…..”

Vas Dziombak – Our member in Australia…..

Posted on December 5, 2025 by Gordon in Magazine.

Iron Ore from Western Australia Vas Dziombak, long time friend of John Aldersley, is our association member based in Western Australia. Vas is the Senior Reliability Engineer – Mechanical at the BHP Billiton mining site at Pilbara in Western Australia. He has put together a short PowerPoint type presentation (as a PDF link) for our members. Here is the link … Continue reading “Vas Dziombak – Our member in Australia…..”

World Skills – News of our Young Engineers…..

Posted on November 26, 2025 by Gordon in Magazine.

John Aldersley has been following closely the progress of some of our young engineers and he reports here with some excellent news….. “I received a message from Cameron Pinder today. It appears that Martins Golubevs has done really well in the World Skills competition. He and Ben King have been taking part in the CAM and CNC milling competition possibly … Continue reading “World Skills – News of our Young Engineers…..”

November 2025 Event…..

Posted on November 13, 2025 by Gordon in Magazine.

Visit to Carnaud Metal Box Engineering in Leeds The November event details have been posted here on the website. We are invited to the facility of Carnaud Metal Box Engineering in Leeds on Thursday 27th November 2025. Booking places and some PPE for this event is required…. See the event page for details….

Report on the visit to ‘MPM’ 30th October 2025….

Posted on November 2, 2025 by Gordon in Correspondence, Visit.

Report on the ‘MPM’ visit – 30/10/25 Our president John Aldersley kindly produced a report on the visit and provided a number of photographs taken during the evening. The photographs can be seen following the report.   Here is a link to the MPM website:-   MPM Website Here is John’s report:- ************************** Many thanks to MPM for hosting our visit, which … Continue reading “Report on the visit to ‘MPM’ 30th October 2025….”

EMO Hanover by Cameron Pinder…..

Posted on October 12, 2025 by Gordon in Correspondence, Magazine.

  Council Member Cameron Pinder along with his colleague Ben King attended EMO Hanover in Germany recently. Here are a few of Cameron’s photographs for your inspection. Our corporate member M.A. Ford were exhibiting some of their new tooling at the exhibition… The company has kindly offered sponsorship to Cameron as a contender in the World Skills Competition…. .

EMO Hanover by Sam Wilkinson…..

Posted on October 2, 2025 by Gordon in Correspondence, Magazine, News.

Council member Sam Wilkinson attended EMO Hanover in Germany recently. Here is his short report on the visit….. Last week I attended EMO Hanover on behalf of WDS Components. It was a great opportunity to connect, share ideas, and see how the industry is evolving. Most of my time there was visiting peers, suppliers, and customers, but here’s a few … Continue reading “EMO Hanover by Sam Wilkinson…..”