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Below are all the latest news stories from the Institute which have been taken from the current edition of Corrosion Managment Magazine. Members can also dowload a full pdf of the magazine here. All news stories are achived on a by-monthly basis, these stories can be found in the news archive section of the website.

New ICorr Level 2 Cathodic Protection Course

I Corr Buried Cathodic Protection Course to Level 2: 6th to 10th February 2012 at ARL Rotherham. More

New Sustaining Member Profile

DRH Coatings Limited More

London Branch News

The November meeting of London Branch More

Letter to the Editor

Correx 11 Overview

Correx Ltd ran two seminars at the recent Correx 11 exhibition More

The President Writes

Winter is fast approaching More

Technical Topics No 34:

Pitting Corrosion and Report on Eurocorr More

Chartered Scientist

by Douglas J Mills More

52nd Corrosion Science Symposium Conference Report

The 52nd Corrosion Science Symposium was held at The University of Bath on the 5th and 6th of September More

Surface World & Correx 2011 - 1st to 3rd November, NEC, Birmingham

EXHIBITORS AT SURFACE WORLD & CORREX 2011 REFLECT THE WIDE INVOLVEMENT OF BUSINESSES IN PRODUCT FINISHING AND CORROSION CONTROL


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New Sustaining Members Profile

IMPALLOY LTD More

Materials Testing

As part of the ongoing co-operation between BINDT and ICorr a reciprocal arrangement of having stands at one another’s exhibitions was agreed More

Technical Topics No: 33

Science Council, Breached (And Overturned) Ships and Sea Water! More

The President Writes ...

“The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft agley, an’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain.” More

London Branch Golf Day

Twenty two members and guests attended the London Branch Sustaining Members’ evening on 5th May. More

The President Writes

August is traditionally a quiet time in many walks of life More

New Sustaining Members Profile

BEASY More

Technical Topics No.32:

“Science Council & how to remedy (& prevent) water line attack on coated structures” More

London Branch Sustaining Members' Evening

Twenty two members and guests attended the London Branch Sustaining Members’ evening on 5th May. More

MAJOR COATINGS INDUSTRY SEMINAR TO BE HELD AT SURFACE WORLD & CORREX 2011

SURFACE WORLD & CORREX 2011 – 1st to 3rd November, NEC, Birmingham, UK
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Technical Topics No. 31

Post CED day and water treatment to prevent corrosion, scale build up and toxicity
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Corrosion Recollections

The occasion of the publication of issue 100 of Corrosion Management, prompts me to wonder if those currently working in the corrosion field might possibly be interested in the reminiscences More

London Branch Report

At the London Branch meeting on 14th April, our invited speaker was Bob Crundwell, More

The President Writes

As I go around the country attending the various ICORR meetings More

Report on CED Symposium on Novel Corrosion Prevention Technologies

Nick Smart (Serco Limited) welcomed delegates. This is the fourth meeting in a series of recent working days of the Institute of Corrosion’s, Corrosion Engineering Division More

Icorr Aberdeen Branch Reflects on a Successful 2010/2011 Session

Our inaugural meeting was held jointly with the Institute of Welding and Joining (WJS) on 30th September 2010. More

Nimrod - The Mighty Hunter

At the London Branch meeting on 10th March the presentation subject was ‘Nimrod More

Visit "Sartorial, Scientific & Seductive Mayfair"

With London Branch on May 5th More

Corrosion Management

Magazine Reaches 100 Issue Milestone More

Corrosion Awareness Day

Aberdeen 15th March 2011 More

New Sustaining Members Profile

Special Blasting Services More

CED Working Day and Symposium on Novel Corrosion Prevention Technologies

The Corrosion Engineering Division of the Institute of Corrosion is running a Working Day More

Technical Topics No 30:

Review of Technical Topics and extending the life of Bridges and Beams
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Letter to the Editor

I wish to thank David Deacon for his excellent series 
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Obituary

Professor Robert Barry Waterhouse 
JP, MA, PhD, C.Eng, FIMMM, FICorr, FRSA
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The History of the Institute

This is the final section of the brief summary of the history More

Technical Topics No 29:

Chartership and Cathodic Protection
by Technical Secretary, Douglas J Mills
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London Branch Goes to Twickenham

Once more our annual pilgrimage to the Varsity Match proved a popular and most enjoyable day. More

London Branch Evening

At the London Branch evening on 13th January, More

Yorkshire Branch Post Christmas Sunday Lunch

The Brooklands Restaurant, Holiday Inn, Barnsley More

Advances in Corrosion Protection by Organic Coatings

Christ’s College, Cambridge 13th-17th September 2010
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We Are Moving

WE ARE MOVING
Early in the New Year during the first week of January
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London Branch News

New Sustaining Members Profile

Torishima Service Solutions

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Obituary

Bob French More

ICorr Annual General Meeting 11th November 2010

The AGM was held at the Naval Club in Hill St, London More

Report on Eurocorr 2010

This year’s Eurocorr was held at the Congress Centre of World Trade Center (WTC) in central Moscow More

ICORR Works Visit

ICORR WORKS VISIT TO EAST ANGLIAN GALVANIZING LTD

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The President Writes ...

At the end of the Institute AGM after I had been elected More

Technical Topics No 28

Dealing with Technical Enquiries More

Letter to the Editor

I read the article in ‘Corrosion Management‘ The Institute of Corrosion and the British Institute of NDT More

Technical Topics No 27:

Dissemination of Corrosion Information: Conferences, Journals, the web etc by Technical Secretary, Douglas J Mills
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The surface world show

The surface world show 2011 with CORREX
Pavilion, NEC, Birmingham 1st -3rd November 2011

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New Sustaining Member Profile

Sonomatic - Innovative Inspection Technologies

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The Institute of Corrosion and the British Institute

The Institute of Corrosion and the British Institute of NDT take their relationship to the next stage by signing an MoU
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Midlands Branch News

Midlands branch meeting in the winter and spring 2010 More

New Sustaining Member Profile

HERRINGTON INDUSTRIAL SERVICES LTD.

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The President Writes . . .

There I am, quietly driving along minding my own business and at some level at least fulfilling my role as President More

New Sustaining Member Profile

Intertek - Commercial Microbiology Limited

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Visit to Wedge Group Galvanizing Plant

Wedge Group Galvanizing would like to invite you to an open event at their state-of-the-art galvanizing plant at Sawtry, Cambs.

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Summary of the ICorr CED Working Day

Summary of the ICorr CED Working Day and Symposium on Corrosion Monitoring
WARRINGTON CED DAY - AN APPRECIATION AND REVIEW BY DAVID NUTTALL More

Aberdeen Branch Events

The March / April 2010 issue of this journal gave an account More

Focus on Sustaining Members:

RECTIFIER TECHNOLOGIES (UK) LTD More

The President Writes

This edition finds me recently back from the barren wasteland that is Norfolk More

London Branch Golf Day

London Branch held another successful day event More

IOM3 - ICORR "Underground Corrosion" Seminar

Held at the Health & Safety Laboratories, Buxton, Derbyshire on Thursday, 27 May 2010
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Focus on Sustaining Members:

SILVION Reference Electrodes chosen for Nakilat Ship Repair Yard, Qatar
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Technical Topics No 26:

Science and the New Parliament, Mooring Chains and “Holiday” corrosion snaps More

External weld coatings for pipe in warm climates

At the London Branch evening on 8th April, Chris Todd of Winn and Coales International Ltd. More

THE HISTORY OF OUR INSTITUTE

Those of you who have any interest in reading about the historical roots of our Institute will recall that a year ago, More

Technical Topics No 25:

CED day and Anodic Protection 

by Technical Secretary, Douglas J Mills
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The President Writes

I’m currently taking part in an excellent corrosion seminar in Johannesburg. More

NEWS FROM LONDON BRANCH

ELEPHANT PARADE
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TREVOR PARRY - LONG TERM MEMBER TRIES TO RETIRE!

Trevor Parry who has been a member of the Institute for over 30 years More

International Symposium on Corrosion & Protection, Busan, South Korea, April 2010

A delegation from the Institute of Corrosion, consisting of Dave Griffiths of ARL, Bob Cottis of Manchester University and ICorr President Paul Lambert, travelled to Busan, South Korea to take part in More

Technical Article

The Development of International External Pipeline Coating Standards Author: Keith Coulson P.Eng, FICorr More

London Branch News

Corrosion Under Insulation More

Institute of Corrosion’s Corrosion Engineering Division

Institute of Corrosion’s Corrosion Engineering Division SYMPOSIUM ON ‘CORROSION MONITORING’ Birchwood Park, Warrington, Thursday 29th April 2010 More

The Case for Annual Revalidation of the Chartered Scientist Qualification

The Institute is a licensed body of the Science Council. More

Updates from ICorr Aberdeen Branch 2009/2010

The ICorr Aberdeen Branch has had a very successful start More

Wedge Group Galvanizing Ltd

With more than 150 years of history Wedge Group Galvanizing More

KUE Group Limited

KUE Group Limited has over 30 years experience More

Tees Valley Coatings Limited

Based in the North-East of England, Tees Valley Coatings More

Technical Topics No 24:

Atmospheric Corrosion
by Technical Secretary, Douglas J Mills
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LONDON BRANCH PRESENTATION

At the London Branch meeting in February More

A SPY’S LONDON - PART 001

This year, the London Branch Evening Guided Walking Tour More

LONDON BRANCH MARCH MEETING

London Branch invited the ICorr President, Professor Paul Lambert More

ICorr Training and Certification Scheme now one of the preferred options for national training initiatives in Malaysia

The Scheme Provider, Argyll-Ruane, is accommodating increased training schedules More

The President Writes

Since writing my article for the last issue of Corrosion Management in early January the world seems to have gone slightly mad. More

Howard Chambers

It is with great sadness, More

The President Writes

Greetings from San Antonio, Texas, More

New Energy Institute workshop on Corrosion Management

As part of their new technical training programme the Energy Institute (EI) More

The Galloway Award 2010

The Corrosion Science Division of ICorr would like to announce More

Denso Protal Stands Up to Canadian Winters

After beginning one of North America’s largest hydro-electric tunnelling More

Flexitallic to the rescue with FRG

Set to revolutionise offshore asset maintenance, Flexitallic has launched More

New Director

Rob Cole has joined the board of Leeds-based Corrocoat More

Iris NV Expands Use of Metal Spraying

Metallisation customer, Iris NV, based in Belgium More

Net Gain For Corrocoat’s Zipcoat

Anti-corrosion specialist manufacturer Corrocoat is celebrating More

Richard George Miller 6th December 1947 – 4th September 2009

The North West Branch of the Institute
of Corrosion is saddened More

AGM 2009

The 2009 AGM was accompanied by ‘Xmas Lectures’ More

HARRY HATLEY OBITUARY

I personally was very saddened More

BARRY WINDSOR HONOURED AT AGM

Barry Windsor joined the Institute in 1973 More

Midland Branch in Full Swing

We are delighted to announce More

The President Writes . .

Welcome back to a New Year More

Christmas Luncheon

The London Branch Annual Christmas Luncheon event in December More

A New Year Presentation

The London Branch started their 2010 programme More

HARRY ‘UP THE MAINSAIL’ HATLEY :

Harry was first and foremost a sailor More

22nd Annual Luncheon

Building on last year’s change of venue, this year’s London Branch Christmas Luncheon on 2nd December More

Yorkshire Branch Post Christmas Lunch

A small select group met for our annual Post Xmas lunch which was held in a private room at The Brooklands Restaurant in Barnsley More

The President Writes

First let me wish you all a happy and healthy New Year More

CED Working Day and Symposium on Corrosion Monitoring

This one day meeting will be the third in a series of recent working days of the Institute of Corrosion’s Corrosion Engineering Division More

News From Correx Ltd

Fight against corrosion boosted with Conference More

Midland Branch - Inaugural Meeting

Thursday 21st January 2010 – 18.30 to 20.30 hrs
Holiday Inn Express – Walsall: Just off M6 at Junction 10 More

London Branch Golf Day prize presentations


At the London Branch meeting in October, the prizes were presented by Mike Moffat to the winners of the Golf Day held in June at Silvermere.
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Report on Eurocorr 09 held in Nice 6th-10th September

You may remember that last year’s very successful EuroCorr conference took place in Edinburgh and was partly organised by the Institute of Corrosion. More

RECTIFIER TECHNOLOGIES (UK) LTD

Rectifier Technologies offer the latest in Automatic Rectifiers with Switching Technology for Impressed Current Cathodic Protection. They are designed and manufactured to Industrial Standards to offer maximum reliability. More

Nece

A Specialist approach to Integrity More

Walker Construction (UK) Ltd

Walker Coatings are a specialist trading division of Walker Construction (UK) Limited. The Coatings division are specialists in on site surface preparation and the application of protective coatings. More

Gardwell Coatings Limited

Gardwell Coatings Limited offers a full and comprehensive list of coating and anti corrosion services. More

Technical Topics No 23

Selective Corrosion by Technical Secretary, Douglas J Mills More

London Branch Meeting

At the London Branch meeting in November, Matthew Fletcher of International Paint Ltd. gave a very interesting and well illustrated presentation on the in-situ re-furbishment of tank linings. More

Symposium Report - Yorkshire Branch

'Back to Basics Event’, 11/11/09

By Oliver Lewis
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THE ANNUAL ICORR YORKSHIRE BRANCH POST CHRISTMAS SUNDAY LUNCH 2010

The lunch was held at The Brooklands Restaurant, Holiday Inn, Barnsley on Sunday 17th January and was attended by 16 members including partners. More

The President Writes

Just realised how quickly the end of the year approaches, and so much still to do. More

Technical Topics No 22: Bimetallic effect – can it prevent as well as protect? - by Technical Secretary, Douglas J Mills

Before we start just let me make a plug for the Correx conference taking place in Birmingham from Oct 27th - 29th (see other publicity in this issue). One of the sessions is on
coatings and the other on CP, both areas dear to the heart of many (over half) our 
members and both of which get some coverage within this article. The conference is very reasonably priced and the CED workgroups hope to meet there. More

The President Writes...

One of the things I like about corrosion (apart from its ability to give me and many others a good living) is the enormous range it covers. Yesterday illustrated it to me as well as any. More

NEW SUSTAINING MEMBER PROFILE Brewers Protective Coatings

A division of Brewers Decorating Merchants dedicated to providing specialist service, support and paint systems in the potentially confusing high performance coatings sector of the industry. More

50th Corrosion Science Symposium and UR Evans Award

The 50th Corrosion Science Science Symposium was held in Manchester on the 16th and 17th of September running in conjunction with the Royal Society of Chemistry’s annual Electrochem conference. More

CORREX 2009; Opening times

Opening times for Correx 2009 are as follows:

The doors for the Conference open at 09.00 for registration for the morning sessions which will start at 09.30 and finish at 12.00 with the afternoon sessions beginning at 14.00 and finishing at 16.30. Registration for the afternoon sessions will commence at 13.30.
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CORREX 2009: EXHIBITION & CONFERENCE NEC BIRMINGHAM

Attend all three, one day seminars, on protective coatings or CP for only £75 per day

Check out over 50 exhibition stands at Correx and Surface World at the same time


The UK Corrosion Conference, so successful and popular during the 1980’s and ‘90’s is being integrated with the re-launched Correx 2009 Exhibition at the NEC Birmingham on the 27th - 29th October 2009.



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New Sustaining Member Profile - Erimus Technical Ltd

Help & Advice on: Thermal Insulation Systems, Protective Coatings & Linings, Fireproofing and Corrosion under Insulation (CUI). More

New Sustaining Member Profile - IONIK Consulting / JP Kenny - Consultants Testing and Inspection

IONIK Consulting (www.ionik.net) along with its sister company J P Kenny (www.jpkenny.com) are wholly owned subsidiaries of the Wood Group PLC. More

New Sustaining Member Profile - Halcrow Group Ltd - Asset Management and Engineering

Halcrow provides first class innovative consultancy in 70 counties world wide through our 27 offices in the UK and 32 international offices. More

London Branch - Mayfair Walk

This year, the London Branch guided walking tour was in Mayfair, specifically the Portland Estate. More

Letter to the editor - N.A.C.E: Nice American Corrosion Experts

Following on from David Deacon’s excellent Part 3 article in the Corrosion Management of May/June 2009, I want to describe a slightly bizarre event involving NACE in the U.K. More

The President writes...

No sooner is the 50th anniversary of the Institute behind us than I find myself celebrating another two. More

London Branch - Golf Day

The London Branch Golf Day was held again at Silvermere and again the weather was kind, but mercifully not as hot as previous years. More

Technical Topics No 21: Need for Co-ordination in Corrosion Research

First I’d just like to go back to last month’s article. Due to a technical error (I will not apportion blame but let us say it was 50-50!) the picture mentioned in the article did not appear. More

New Sustaining Member Profile - Concrete Repairs Ltd

CRL is one of the leading UK specialist contractors for the design and installation of cathodic protection systems for reinforced concrete and steel framed structures based on over 20 years experience in the industry. More