MMMA sheet metal trophy commissioned

Following the announcement that MMMA will continue its support of the ISME Sheet Metal Skills Competition in 2006, the Association has commissioned the 2006 MMMA Trophy.

Following the announcement that The Metalforming Machinery Makers' Association (MMMA) will continue its support of the ISME (Institute of Sheet Metal Engineering) Sheet Metal Skills Competition in 2006, the Association has commissioned the 2006 MMMA Trophy.

This UK Trophy has been supplied by Silversmith 'Crescent Silver', based in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham and is in the form of a gyroscope clock.

The face of the clock has two hands and is manually wound.

The winner will keep the Trophy, which will be inscribed with his or her name.

David Brotherton, secretary of the MMMA said: "We wanted something functional and different as a Trophy, something which the winner will be able to keep and also be able to display.

Being set in a gyroscope makes it that unusual." 'MMMA Trophy' is awarded for the Open Class entry that best demonstrates the use of metalforming machinery in the manufacture of the entrants component.

This Class is for competitors of all ages, with no restriction on the size or design of the work piece or on the materials used, the only stipulation being that the piece uses sheet metal as the principal material.

The Competition, in association with Jaguar Cars , is primarily for young apprentices, engineers and artisans from the Sheet Metal Industry to measure their skills against others in the industry.

The Awards will be presented at the Jaguar production plant at Castle Bromwich in the West Midlands during June 2006.

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