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The Central Canada Branch (CCB) is one of the international branches of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
the United Kingdom's qualifying body for mechanical engineers.
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The Branch represents over 400 members in the provinces of Ontario and Manitoba working in industries
ranging from pulp and paper, metals mining and refining to automobile manufacture, aircraft and engine manufacture,
nuclear power, and space exploration.
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It's history can be traced back to the mid 1920's when Professor E A Allcut was appointed by the Institution
to chair the Canadian Advisory Committee. Meetings of the Commonwealth Engineering Conference in 1946 and 1950
resulted in Canadian members being encouraged to join the Engineering Institute of Canada. Since the EIC has a
mostly civil engineering membership, and is based in Montreal, this did not adequately meet the needs of mechanical
engineers in the Ontario Region. Three Canadian committees were formed in 1964 along with a central coordinating
committee, which was to promote liaison with the EIC as well as the Institution H.Q. in London. The CCB was created
in October 1971 and continues to perform its core functions of disseminating information from the IMechE H.Q. in
London, representing the views of the members in central Canada, supporting members' professional development and
representing and promoting the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in central Canada.
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