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ICorr CED Announces Professor Damien Féron as the Winner of the 2025 Paul McIntyre Award
The Corrosion Engineering Division (CED) of the Institute of Corrosion is delighted to announce that Professor Damien Féron will receive the Paul McIntyre Award at the 2025 ICorr Annual General Meeting (AGM), to be held at the Henry Royce Institute in Manchester on...
H.G. Cole Award 2025
The Institute is delighted to announce that Brian Wyatt will be presented with the H.G. Cole Award at the 2025 ICorr Annual General Meeting (AGM), which will be held at the Henry Royce Institute in Manchester on Tuesday 4th November. The H.G. Cole Award is the highest...
1st UK-China Corrosion Summit Report
The very first UK-China Corrosion Summit, jointly organised by the Institute of Corrosion (ICorr) and the Chinese Society for Corrosion and Protection (CSCP), was held in Manchester on 3–4 September 2025. The meeting gathered leading academics, practitioners, and...
2025 – Aberdeen Annual Corrosion Forum (ACF)
On 26th August 2025 the Aberdeen Branch again successfully held its annual corrosion awareness event at the Palm Court Hotel with key sponsor Automa. The Aberdeen branch has been active for more than 40yrs now and has been providing awareness training since before...
Corrosion in Infrastructure Special Feature: Inside Edinburgh’s £86M North Bridge Refurbishment
Article by Stephen Tate, Immediate Past President of ICorr Introduction It is not very often that such a well-documented corrosion repair project becomes available, but this key infrastructure link has made national news due to the extent of repairs required and, of...
TÜV Rheinland Successfully Conducts ICorr PCI Training in Shanghai, Empowering Professionals in Coating and Corrosion Protection
On 4th June 2025, TÜV Rheinland, Shanghai, successfully hosted multiple sessions of ICorr PCI (Protective Coating Inspector) Level 2 and Level 3 training courses, providing Chinese professionals with advanced knowledge in coating and corrosion protection. These...
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ICorr Strengthens UK-China Corrosion Collaboration at the 13th China Corrosion Conference in Xi’an, China
ICorr Strengthens UK-China Corrosion Collaboration at the 13th China Corrosion Conference in Xi’an, China November 2025 marked another major step forward in international engagement for the Institute of Corrosion (ICorr), as President Dr Yunnan Gao was invited by the...
ICorr and MEA of Saudi Arabia Signed Memorandum of Understanding to Strengthen International Collaboration in Corrosion Engineering
The Institute of Corrosion (ICorr) is pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Materials Engineering Association (MEA) of Saudi Arabia https://mea.org.sa/en/, marking a major step forward in fostering collaboration and mutual...
CED – Join the New CED Committee
We’re rebuilding – and we want you with us The ICorr Corrosion Engineering Division (CED) is undergoing a major refresh – and we’re looking for passionate corrosion professionals across the UK to help shape our next chapter. Whether you’re working in energy,...
Industry News
Saipem and Subsea7 Merger to form Saipem7
Saipem and Subsea7 recently announce that they have reached a memorandum of understanding for a possible merger of the two companies. Highlights The combination of Saipem and Subsea7 (the “Combined Company”) will be renamed Saipem7, and will have a combined backlog...
TotalEnergies Joins Forces with Air Liquide to Decarbonise its Refineries in Northern Europe with Green Hydrogen
Paris, February 18, 2025 – In line with its 2030 ambition to decarbonise the hydrogen used in its European refineries, TotalEnergies has signed agreements with Air Liquide to develop two projects in the Netherlands, for the production and delivery of some 45,000 tons...
TotalEnergies and Partners Inaugurate Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm
During a ceremony held in Taipei, TotalEnergies and its partners announced the successful inauguration of the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan, which is now fully operational and generating renewable electricity at its planned capacity of 640 MW. It will power...
Innovative Products
Nippon Paint Marine launches completely new nano antifouling technology
FASTAR is a self-polishing antifouling paint that incorporates a unique nano-domain resin structure designed to minimise the effect that seawater temperatures, vessel speeds, and other external factors have on coating performance. By precisely controlling the release...
New water-based, micro-corrosion inhibiting topcoat
Cortec® Corporation has launched EcoShield® VpCI®-380 topcoat for the industrial market. According to the company, EcoShield® VpCI®-380 is a fast drying, water-based fluoropolymer modified acrylic one-coat system that can be applied direct to metal and provides...
New Blasting Machines from Gritco
Gritco has recently announced new additions to their blast machine family - their smallest and largest blasting pots, the MiniPro-Basic and Bulk Series. According to the company, the MiniPro-Basic, is a compact blasting machine pot, but despite its small dimensions it...
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What Stops the Reinforcing Steel in Damp, Porous Concrete from Corroding (Usually)? John Broomfield, Corrosion Engineering Solutions Ltd. Meet the Author John Broomfield John Broomfield is a Fellow of ICorr, AMPP, and the Concrete Society. He is a Chartered Materials...
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Question: Why are coatings often supplemented with cathodic protection to protect against corrosion? Answer: Corrosion is one of the most critical failure mechanisms in structures, installations, components, and mechanical systems, in which materials go through decay...
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The question in this issue looks at the role of an inspector. Question:What makes a good coating inspector? CM Answer:This is an interesting question and has numerous answers in my opinion. Having worked in industry for some 40 odd years, and been on all sides of the...
Fellows Corner
Some perceptions of corrosion and its control
Telling the Truth and Nothing But the Truth Peter Elliott, Corrosion & Materials Consultancy, Inc., Las Vegas, USA. This is the first in an occasional column, to inspire new graduates into working within our industry, by highlighting the interesting and varied...
Fellow’s Corner
This series of articles is intended to highlight industry-wide engineering experience, guidance, and focussed advice to practising technologists. It is written by ICorr Fellows who have made significant contributions to the field of corrosion management. This issue...
Recognising “hidden” formicary (ant nest) corrosion
Formicary, [1] or ant-nest corrosion [2] – based upon the similarity of substrate damage with an ant’s nest (Figure 1) – dates back about fifty years. [3,4]. Formicary corrosion is a rapid acting process involving the conjoint presence of oxygen (air), moisture and a...