This award is presented to members who are considered to have made an exceptional contribution to the industry. This year the award is presented to Mr Rui Dias. Rui, born in Beira, Mozambique in March 1963 is the youngest of three siblings born to Manuel Dias and Beatriz Dias, who coincidentally worked in the coreshop of a foundry. Rui’s father Manuel, originally from Portugal, relocated the family first to…