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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.

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

NEWS FROM LONDON BRANCH

ELEPHANT PARADE
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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

TREVOR PARRY - LONG TERM MEMBER TRIES TO RETIRE!

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

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

The Case for Annual Revalidation of the Chartered Scientist Qualification

The Institute is a licensed body of the Science Council. 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

Updates from ICorr Aberdeen Branch 2009/2010

The ICorr Aberdeen Branch has had a very successful start 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

Greetings from San Antonio, Texas, More

Howard Chambers

It is with great sadness, More

New Energy Institute workshop on Corrosion Management

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

New Director

Rob Cole has joined the board of Leeds-based Corrocoat 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

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

BARRY WINDSOR HONOURED AT AGM

Barry Windsor joined the Institute in 1973 More

Midland Branch in Full Swing

We are delighted to announce More

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

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

The President Writes . .

Welcome back to a New Year More

AGM 2009

The 2009 AGM was accompanied by ‘Xmas Lectures’ More

Christmas Luncheon

The London Branch Annual Christmas Luncheon event in December More

HARRY HATLEY OBITUARY

I personally was very saddened 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

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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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

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

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

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

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

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

London Branch - Mayfair Walk

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

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