About the Guild

Electric Steelmakers Guild

About the Guild

Objective

To promote progress in the manufacture of steel for commercial purposes in Electric Furnaces and to encourage free discussion and exchange of information of mutual interest and benefit to members.

Membership

Membership will be drawn from those persons who are regularly employed in and connected with the production of steel and other ferrous metal for commercial purposes in Electric Furnaces. Also those persons who are regularly employed in providing process plant, technical support, plant services, and consumables having significant impact in processing of ferrous metals for commercial purposes in Electric Furnaces.

There are six divisions of membership:

* Ordinary members.
* Associate members.
* Graduate members.
* Retired members.

* Honorary members.

* Life members.

Membership of the Guild is limited to 75 members exclusive of the last three categories.

Persons who desire to be admitted as an Ordinary Member of the Guild can obtain an application form from the Secretary. This must be completed and returned to the Secretary for consideration by the Membership Committee.

Please e-mail application form requests to:-

steelmakersguild@lycos.com

Executive Committee

The officers of the Guild are:

* The President.
* Vice President.
* Treasurer and Secretary.

The Executive Committee consists of the officers of the Guild and

* Member - Steelmaking & Casting.

* Member - Technical & Support.

* Associate Member.

* Retired Member.

* Ex-Officio President.

* Programme Co-ordinator.

Officers of the Guild and Executive Committee members are elected annually at the January/February meeting.

Guild's Meetings

The Guild holds three meetings annually.

The President automatically acts as Chairman at each meeting.

Each meeting consists of a business session and a technical session.

The Winter meeting is held in January/February.
The Annual General Meeting is held in April/May.
The Autumn meeting is held in October.

The next meeting will be held in Cardiff, at the Celsa Steelplant between 2 and 3 October 2007.

Works Visits

The Executive Committee makes arrangements for Guild members to visit Steel Plant, Suppliers Works and Customers Works to experience the Production and Use of Steel.

Recent visits have been to:-

Corus Engineering Steels - Rotherham Works.

NAMTEC - Rotherham.

Celsa Manufacturing UK - Cardiff.

VAI Fuchs - Germany.

Ervin Amasteel - Willenhall.

Vesuvius - Sheepbridge Works.

Davy Roll Company - Gateshead.

Yorkshire Sculpture Park and Cannon Hall - Barnsley.

Jaguar Car Plant - Coventry.

Magna Centre - Rotherham.
Chesterfield Tube Works.
British Steel - Scunthorpe Works.
Toyota - Derby Works.
Corus Engineering Steels - Rotherham Works.
Alstom T & D Transformers - Stafford.
The Museum of Iron - Ironbridge.