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Local societies

The Institute has a network of over 60 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.

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
  • IOP: The London and South East Packaging Society
  • London Materials Society
  • MinSouth
  • Oxford Materials Society
  • Society of Glass Technology - London Section
  • 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 Branch
  • Wales Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
  • West of England Metals & Materials Association

 

Midlands

  • Birmingham Metallurgical Association
  • East Midlands Materials Society
  • East Midlands Packaging Society
  • ICTa East Midlands
  • ICTa North Staffs
  • ICTa Notts and Derby
  • ICTa West Midlands
  • Midlands Plastics and Rubber Group
  • South Midlands Mining and Minerals Institute
  • Telford Polymer Association
  • Western Branch
  • West Midlands Packaging Society

 

North East

  • Cleveland Institute of Engineers
  • Northern Packaging Society
  • ICTa West Yorkshire
  • Leeds-Bradford Materials Engineering Society
  • Lincolnshire Iron and Steel Institute
  • Midland Institute of Mining Engineers
  • North East 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 Packaging Society
  • Manchester Polymer Group
  • Materials Society of Cumbria
  • Merseyside & North Wales Polymer Group
  • Merseyside Packaging Society
  • Society of Glass Technology - North West

Scotland

  • Mining Institute of Scotland
  • Scottish Association for Metals
  • Scottish Packaging Society
  • Scottish Plastics & Rubber Association

 

Ireland

  • Irish North Materials Group
  • Irish Packaging Society
  • Irish South Polymer Group
  • Materials Ireland