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Team on 29 April 2002
GTMA celebrates its diamond anniversary
The GTMA celebrated its diamond anniversary at the Savoy Hotel in London. At the AGM Roger Onions, Sales Director, Delcam UK, was appointed President of the Association, succeeding Mike Malby.
The GTMA celebrated its diamond anniversary at the Savoy Hotel in London on 17 April At the AGM, in the morning, Roger Onions, Sales Director, Delcam UK, was appointed President of the Association, taking over the reins from Mike Malby, who so ably steered the GTMA through the challenging two years of his presidency
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 2 Sep 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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After the formal meeting was concluded 140 GTMA members and their guests partook of an excellent lunch, followed by upbeat and positive speeches from Roger Onions and Martin Temple, Director General of the EEF.
Both speakers stressed the opportunities that continue to exist for engineering and manufacturing companies in the UK, laying emphasis on the need to adapt to rapidly changing market conditions and increasing competitiveness by every available means, including investing in the latest technology as well as updating management and industrial processes.
Roger Onions laid particular emphasis on the strengths that UK engineers have historically demonstrated: creativity, innovation, specialisation.
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Where overseas competitors operate in low-wage economies, the UK has the advantage of a highly skilled workforce supported by the very best technology, providing maximum added value to their customers.
Martin Temple expanded on these themes, providing powerful statistics to support the premise that manufacturing is the life-blood of a healthy economy, for example, between 1990 and 2000 UK manufacturers exports grew by a staggering 90%.
In addition, 25% of direct wealth created in the private sector comes from manufacturing with probably another 15/20% being indirectly related and, despite professional doom-mongers, engineering/manufacturing jobs tend to be better paid and offer better prospects than other sectors.
Like Roger, Martin concluded on a positive note, pointing out that UK manufacturing continues to be successful and that, as the world's low-wage economies develop, vast numbers of new consumers will want to purchase TVs, cars and cookers, and that someone will need to supply them.
The GTMA 2002 Apprentice of the Year Award was presented to Martin Yeo from PP Injection Moulds and Mouldings.
and the Rudolph Carne Cup for Enterprise in Training was presented to Allenvale Tools and Production.
The event concluded with the presentation of World Class Awards by Geoff Highley Head of Manufacturing, McLaren International, together with World Class sponsor Production Engineering Solutions, to Renishaw Plc, for Metrology, FSG Tool and Die, for Toolmaking and, overall Golden Globe winners, Steelcraft Precision Tools, for Precision Machining.
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