Details of the correspondence received by the association
Cameron Pinder – LAE Council Member & World Skills Competitor No doubt you will have been following the progress of our council member young engineer Cameron Pinder. In further pursuit of developing his skills he has secured the use of the 5-axis Haas machine tool at Leeds City College, using tooling and toolholders supplied by LAE corporate member M.A. Ford, … Continue reading “An Update from Cameron Pinder….”
Report on the visit to ACS John Aldersley kindly produced a report on the recent visit to ACS in Leeds. Thank you John for sharing this with the members. Here is his report:- “It was a great visit (Thursday 26th Feb 2026 7.00pm to 9.00pm), with some very interesting stuff going on with a lot of ‘tech’ involved. I … Continue reading “Report on the Visit to ACS – Thursday 26th February 2026…..”
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….”
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…. .
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…..”
The President and Council are sad to report the passing of Brian Firth. Member Steve Gledhill broke the news to Membership Secretary Malcolm Murray. Eur.Ing. J.Brian Firth, C.Eng., F.I.E.E., M.I.Mech.E. had been a long standing Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers and Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Latterly he had been Yorkshire Chairman of the Institution of … Continue reading “Brian Firth – R.I.P.”
Report on the Church Service at Leeds Minster Our President John Aldersley attended the Annual Church Service and read the lesson at Leeds Minster on Sunday 11th May 2025. Here is a short report from John and a few comments below…. ******************************************************************** “I would like to thank Canon Paul Maybury, for inviting us to Leeds Minster and meeting Paul’s wife … Continue reading “Report on the May Church Service…..”
LAE 2025 Annual General Meeting The minutes of the AGM held at our Morley venue on Thursday 24th April 2025 will be published at a later date but in the meantime members might be interested in reading a short report presented by our Membership Secretary Malcolm Murray:- 2024/2025 Annual General Meeting Secretary’s Report “I would like to start my report … Continue reading “The 2025 AGM Membership Report & Statistics…..”
The eagle eyed amongst you will have noticed that the Home Page no longer has the slideshow with ‘Mallard’ etc. As software is updated not all items are compatible and the slideshow was causing a problem with an update. So to ensure continued use of the website the slideshow has been deleted, but will return at a later date with … Continue reading “Some Changes to the Website…..”
