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DIGEST
Energy industry calls
on Ofgem to put net zero
at heart of RIIO-2
Energy price cap
extended until end of 2021
Furlough scheme
extended until March,
chancellor announces
DECEMBER 2020/JANUARY 2021
ROY RANDLE CENG FIGEM MIMECHE WHAT’S NEXT?
1932 — 2020
HAVING LEFT SCHOOL in 1948, Roy joined Round Oak The future of gas
Steelworks on its engineering training programme before
FOUNDED 1863
starting a long career with British Gas at the Mond gasworks. ROYAL CHARTER 1929
He progressed as a design draughtsman there, specialising in
furnaces and heating plant while at the same time attending
night school, starting a family and gaining an HNC in
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He then moved to the West Midland Gas Industrial PATRON PRODUCED AND DESIGNED
Department as a Chartered Engineer. As Assistant and then Her Majesty The Queen BY SYON MEDIA
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and evaluation of a wide range of process heating plant, in Duncan Wong www.syonmedia.com
particular kiln design for the Staffordshire potteries. His team CEng MIGEM
worked on several award-winning designs, including the ©
‘Trent’ kiln and a continuous process flint calcination kiln. PRESIDENT ELECT
It was a busy time for gas engineers as businesses sought to Ben Clarke
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move away from inefficient batch heating processes and to
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A designer with high aesthetic values, Roy was sad to see David Parkin T: +44(0)1509 678 159
the change on the Staffordshire skyline as the bottle kilns were CEng FIGEM E: general@igem.org.uk
replaced. His motto was that “good industrial engineering HONORARY SECRETARY IGEM House,
should never be ugly”. In particular, his designs for the Golders Gordon Davies 26 & 28 High Street, Kegworth
Green crematorium were praised for their refinement. CEng FIGEM Derby
As he rose to become Chief Technical Officer, he was often CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER DE74 2DA.
consulted for his views on engineering issues and was a Neil Atkinson Registered Charity No. 214011
member of numerous working parties and committees. When CEng FIChemE HonFSE
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retirement, until ill-health made this impossible. Eventually, he
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produced, and the people he was able to help and mentor
along the way.

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