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…..”
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…..”
Please note all those who have booked to attend the visit on Thursday 27th November… You are requested to read the PDF Induction Instructions prior to the visit. Visit the event page to download and read these instructions. Also note: Mr. Crabtree has requested that you reverse park cars on site….
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 ‘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 welcome members and their guests to the 2025/2026 session of events. The first event will be an AGM and Talk on Thursday 25th September in Morley. Council is busily arranging forthcoming events and these will be posted on the website when finalised. Come along to the AGM and meet up with your friends…. See you there … Continue reading “2025/2026 Session of Events…..”
LAE council member Cameron Pinder has been in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates competing in the World Skills Milling CAM Competition and came SECOND ! Fantastic achievement Cameron ! Well done ! Here are three of the engineering drawings Cameron worked on to complete his CAM exercise…. (You can click each drawing to see greater detail on your … Continue reading “Cameron Pinder – World Skills Competition…..”
