Local societies
The Institute has a network of over 50 affiliated Local Societies distributed throughout the UK, covering a wide range of disciplines and running events throughout the year. Check the list below to find a Local Society near you.
UK regions
The Institute’s Regions and all the Local Societies (all disciplines) within that region are listed below.
View allocation of IOM3 regions by post code
The events diary for a region can be found by following the link for that region
South East
- Cambridge & Anglian Materials Society
- ICTa London and Home Counties
- The London and South England Packaging Society
- London Materials Society
- MinSouth
- Oxford Materials Society
- South Eastern Plastics and Rubber Group
- South of England Materials Society
- West Surrey Materials Society
South West (including South Wales)
- Devon & Cornwall Materials Group
- Ebbw Vale Metallurgical and Historical Society
- ICTa South Wales/South West
- Newport & District Materials Society
- South Wales Materials Association
- South Wales & Western Polymer Group
- South West Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
- Wales Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
- West of England Metals & Materials Association
- Birmingham Metallurgical Association
- East Midlands Materials Society
- East Midlands Packaging Society
- ICTa East Midlands
- ICTa North Staffordshire
- ICTa Notts and Derby
- ICTa West Midlands
- Midlands Plastics and Rubber Group
- South Midlands Mining and Minerals Institute
- Staffordshire Iron and Steel Institute
- Telford Polymer Association
- Western Institute of Mining and Minerals
- West Midlands Packaging Society
- Cleveland Institution of Engineers
- The North of England Packaging Society
- ICTa West Yorkshire
- Leeds-Bradford Materials Engineering Society
- Lincolnshire Iron and Steel Institute
- Midland Institute of Mining Engineers
- North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers
- North East Polymer Association
- Sheffield Metallurgical & Engineering Association
- Tyne and Wear Materials Society
North West (including North Wales)
- ICTa Lancashire
- Liverpool & North Wales Materials Society
- Manchester Metallurgical Society
- Manchester Polymer Group
- Materials Society of Cumbria
- Merseyside & North Wales Polymer Group
- The Merseyside Packaging Society
- ICTa Scotland
- Mining Institute of Scotland
- Scottish Association for Metals
- Scottish Packaging Society
- Scottish Plastics & Rubber Association
- Irish North Materials Group
- Irish Packaging Society
- Irish South Polymer Group
- Materials Ireland