Dear Members,
Welcome to the 3rd quarter of 2024 and our excellent journal Corrosion Management.
It has been a real pleasure to see so many improvements delivered to ICorr’s offering, including the expansion of our overseas activities and recent branch development in the UK in Wales and Central Scotland, all described below. Much of this achievement is down to our dedicated local ICorr volunteers.
As an institute, we continue to focus heavily on investment in our training offerings at all levels, from applicator, through to technician and onwards to inspector/supervisor. New engineering courses in materials topics and corrosion mechanisms continued to be rolled for Industry managers and those seeking CEng/CSci status or specific certifications in areas such as CUI and MIC management.
In a remarkable milestone, the Institute of Corrosion (ICorr), TÜV Rheinland (China) Ltd., and IMechE Argyll Ruane (Sheffield, UK) our ICorr Training Partner, have just celebrated seven years of fruitful collaboration. Last month, we awarded our 1000th certificate to the recipient, Mr. Huang Guangan, who is the Coating Technical Director of Anhui Honglu Steel Construction (Group) Co. Ltd., China and responsible for coating quality, training, coating process of the company. This success has demonstrated the recognition of ICorr scheme as an international benchmark of personnel competence in surface treatment.
At this time and on behalf of the institute, I would like to express my sincere thanks to John Fletcher (Past President 2026–2016) for more than 40 years’ invaluable service to the Institute, and we wish him good health and happiness in his pending retirement from the Surface Treatment Scheme Manager (STSM) role. John will remain on Council for one further year. We will continue to feature in our Corrosion Management the excellent work of our Professional Tutors drawn from our range of courses and would welcome applications from any new Qualified Tutors that wish to join our Teams.
In support of our expanded Training offering, we now have onboard at our Northampton office Gerry Blomley and Joel Dobb alongside Patricia Bridge. We are most grateful to Bill and Emma Hedges who have been busy inducting our new recruits and to Denise Aldous who continues to support us meanwhile on the finance side. Plans are in progress to improve all our membership services, and particularly membership and certification interfacing, in alignment with our accelerated growth post-pandemic. The institute offers its apologies to any applicants that may have experienced delays during our recent staffing transitions at HQ.
Ahead of us, we have many major events upcoming. August will see our 2024 Annual Corrosion Forum (ACF) kindly hosted by ENGTEQ Aberdeen on 27th August 2024, on the theme “Corrosion Management in the Energy Sector.” This full-day in-person event is always much in demand, with an estimated attendance of 50–70 people, comprising students, technicians, technologists, engineers, scientists, researchers, managers, directors, and other professionals mainly in the energy industry. Please contact ICorrABZ@gmail.com for more information or register at the Online Delegate Registration Form.
September will bring us both EuroCorr24 in Paris and Electrochem24 in Manchester through our Corrosion Science Division. There is also the annual Shreir Prize for the best student presentation, please contact Julian Wharton, CSD Chair, for any further information J.A.Wharton@soton.ac.uk
All the above and other events highlighted in our magazine and diary illustrate the hard work put in by our volunteers behind the scenes. Please do get involved and keep an eye on the ICorr Events Calendar at: www.icorr.org/events/
Please enjoy your summer break.
With my very best wishes. Stephen Tate, President: Institute of Corrosion, president@icorr.org
