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Team on 14 March 2003
Pattern and toolmaker's apprentices win
trophy
A team of three apprentices from NPL Technologies recently won the Thomas Wills Memorial Trophy and were the youngest team in the competition.
A team of three apprentices from NPL Technologies, based in Nuneaton and the world's largest pattern and toolmaker, recently won the Thomas Wills Memorial Trophy and were the youngest team in the competition Neil Cutler, 21, from Coventry has been with NPL six years
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 15 Jun 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Craig Hooper, 19, from Coventry, three years and Chris Edwards, 20, from Bedworth, four years.
The competition for apprentice pattermakers, which has been running for over 20 years, includes teams from the Midlands and the North of England.
Paul Webb, production manager, NPL Technologies, said: "We are proud that our apprentices showed that in spite of the competition pressure they revealed their detailed knowledge of patternmaking, foundry and engineering matters." The hard fought competition included the preparation of intricate drawings, a classic word search, foundry knowledge questions, equipment and materials identification rounds with a quick fire round of technical questions as a finale.
It was the second success for Neil Cutler who recently won 2nd place in the Skillform National Patternmaking competition.
Neil Cutler and Chris Edwards will complete their apprenticeship this year and Craig Hooper in two year's time.
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