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NACE Opens Training Center Dedicated to Corrosion Education
PPG Wins MSC Contract
PPG Industries' protective and marine coatings (PMC) business has been awarded the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC) Fleet Paint and Related Services contract, a multi-year
Representatives from NACE International and the NACE Foundation gathered recently to open the NACE International Training Center, a $2.4 million facility that reportedly is the nation's first freestanding training center dedicated exclusively to advancing corrosion education. Despite the prevalence of corrosion, one of the biggest challenges facing the industry is the lack of new professionals entering the field, according to the 2008 NACE International Corrosion Career Survey. In the next five to 10 years, it is expected that a significant percentage of the corrosion industry's workforce will be retiring and create an increased demand for skilled corrosion professionals. "This training center will help develop the next generation of skilled workers," said Tony Keane, executive director, NACE International. "We will prepare them for a comprehensive career in corrosion and help open the doors for job opportunities and greater earning potential." The new training center, along with two existing NACE classrooms, can accommodate more than 3,000 students annually attending over 125 state-of-the-art courses in corrosion identification, prevention and mitigation technologies. Courses are available for educational levels from high school graduate, or equivalent experience, to senior engineer. The facility combines classroom curriculum with practical, hands-on field components that enable students to experience conditions in real-world corrosive environments, and to prove their competencies in field situations. The center is expected to attract students from across the U.S. and internationally. The 15,000-sq. ft. facility features tools such as a cathodic protection test field with buried, electrified pipelines; a coatings lab with a blast and spray booth; a virtual spray booth for classroom-based applicator training; an equipment preparation area; industrial structures that will prepare students for situations they will encounter on a job site; and the nation's only marine ballast tank immersion tent, which simulates a ship's ballast tank for shipboard corrosion assessment training. www.nace.org/education
contract for PPG to supply a complete range of coatings products and systems to the entire MSC fleet. Established in 1949, the fleet comprises more than 20 classes of ships that provide transportation, combat logistics support and other specialized services to the Department of Defense. MSC operates about 110 ships worldwide. PPG's PMC business will provide MSC with a variety of coatings for each ship class, mostly from the Amercoat coatings line. The Amercoat coatings brand is well known for its innovation, durability and aesthetic quality with products such as the patented PSX 700 and versatile Amercoat 240 epoxy coating.
www.ppgpmc.com
IP Germany Wins 'Partner' Award
IP Germany (International Farbenwerke GmbH) was named 'Shipbuilding Partner of the Year 2008' by Meyer Werft Papenburg. The award is part of the shipyards supplier management initiative which assesses the performance of suppliers and rates them accordingly. At the awards ceremony, Mr. Hans Thieke, Meyer Werft Senior Purchaser made reference to the contribution made by International Farbenwerke GmbH through coatings which have helped reduce shipyard VOC's (volatile organic compounds), improved operator fuel efficiency through advanced foul release technolo-
Advanced Polymer Coatings (MarineLine)
www.adv-polymer.com Email:dave.keehan@adv-polymer.com Products: MarineLine -- High Performance Cargo Tank Lining System,
Products: Manufacturers of ultrasonic gauges, underwater equipments, leak detectors, coating thickness gauges. CYGNUS 1, CYGNUS ULD1, QuaNix
NLB Corp.
www.nlbcorp.com Email:nlbmktg@nlbusa.com Products: NLB Corp. manufactures high-pressure water jetting equipment up to 40,000 psi to quickly remove coatings, rust, and tough adherences, while meeting and exceeding SSPC standards.Ultra Clean 40 Ultra-High Pressure Water Jetting Equipment,
Cathelco Ltd
www.cathelco.com Email:sales@cathelco.com Products: Hull corrosion protection systems for commercial, cruise and naval vessels.,
Airblast BV
www.airblast.com Email:info@airblast.com Products: Blast and Paint spray Equipment
ComCor Tech, LLC
www.comcortech.com Email:bmoore@comcortech.com Products: Tank cleaning, coating and surface preparation
Noxudol
www.noxudolusa.com Email:carlos@noxudolusa.com Products: Coatings - Sound Damping - Fireproofing - Thermal,
Ameron International
www.ameron.com Products: PSX 700, PSX 758, PSX 1001, PSX 892HS
Ashland Specialty Chemical
www.ashchem.com/ascc Products: Velvapast and Isocoste coatings, Velvalite and Velva Coat, Ceramcote, Ceramcote EP, Centrificote
DeFelsko Corporation
www.defelsko.com Email:techsale@defelsko.com Products: Manufacturer of coating thickness gages and inspection instruments PosiTector, PosiTest, PosiPen,
Oxford Instruments Coating Measurement
www.oicm.com Email:sales@oicm.com Products: Coating Thickness Gauges and Instruments
American Sprayed Fibers, Inc.
www.asfiusa.com Email:mail@asfiusa.com Products: Dendamix Marine fiber, A-23 Marine Adhesive and Marine Fiber Top Coat
Desmond-Stephan Mfg. Company
www.swirloff.com Email:desmondmfg@ctcn.net Products: Swirl-Off scarifier tool (removes barnacles & rust)
PPG Protective & Marine Coatings
www.ppgpmc.com Email: pmcmarketing@ppg.com PPG Protective & Marine Coatings (PMC) provides customers with the industry's broadest product offering, distribution, and knowledge. PMC provides customer with two comprehensive brand families: Amercoat and the new Sigma Coatings product line. Additionally, PMC offers the PPG High Performance Coatings industrial maintenance brand group and Keeler and Long coatings tailored and specified extensively for the power industry.
AOC, LLC
www.aoc-resins.com Email:eoramas@aoc-resins.com Products: Resins and Gel Coats
DuPont Powder Coatings
www2.dupont.com/powder/en_US e-mail: sales@dupontpowder.com Products: DuPont Alesta Powder Coatings, Nap-Gard, CorMax
BioCoatings LLC
www.biocoatings.org Email:info@biocoatings.org Products: Environmentally friendly VOC compliant "green" products primers, paints, coatings and sealers for concrete, wood and rubber, metal,
Hempel (USA), Inc.
www.hempel.us Products: Supplier of paint related solutions. Hampadur 1763, Hampadur Multi-Strength 4575, Hempadur 1513, Hempadur 4514, Hempalin Danrex 5236
Seacoat Technology, LLC
www.seacoat.com Email:jbowlin@seacoat.com Descr: Siloxane Foul release coatings Products: SEA-SPEED Foul Release, Nova-Sil Tank linings
International Metalizing & Coatings
www.metalize.net Email:Bella@metalize.net Products: Applications of Aluminum, Zinc, Stainless Steel, or any other alloy that can be drawn in wire form, is utilized for sacrificial galvanic protection of carbon steel
Blastech Mobile LLC
www.blastech.com Email:trevorn@blastech.com Products: Blast and primed steel plate
Sherwin-Williams
www.sherwin-williams.com/im Email:sherwin@ultlead.com Products: Marine Coatings. The Sherwin-Williams Marine Coatings are engineered to provide uncompromising performance in the harshest and most extreme environments.
Blume Worldwide Services
www.blumeworldwideservices.com Email:wjblume@verizon.net Products: Blume Antifouling System, MacroTech Copper Ion Generators, Subspection Impressed Current Cathodic Protection Systems,
International Paint LLC
www.international-marine.com john.kelly@internationalpaint.com Products: World's leading supplier of advanced and innovative marine coatings for performance and environmental benefit
Sponge-Jet, Inc.
www.spongejet.com Email:tvaloria@spongejet.com Products: Sponge Media Abrasives, Sponge-Jet Feed Unit, B-VAC Pro II and Sponge-Jet Recyclers
Carboline
www.carboline.com e-mail: carbolineUSA@carboline.com Products: Thermaline 2954, Thermaline 4765, Carbothane 133 HB, Carbothane Clear Coats
ITW Devcon Futura Coatings
www.futuracoatings.com Email:dbryant@futuracoatings.com Products: Polyurethane, Polyurea, Epoxies, Novalac , Vinyl Ester and other heavy duty protective coatings
Stripco
www.sodablasting.com Email: info@sodablasting.com Products: Sodablasting Equipment, Sodablast Media, Materials, Training, And Blasting Services. We manufacture, sell, rent or lease, complete mobile and stationary sodablasting equipment.
Cathodic Technology Ltd
www.cath-tech.ws e-mail: ctl@corrosion-rust.com Products: Hexcorder Millenium, CI-12.GPS Mini12 Amp, RMU-256 Multirectifier Remote Monitoring Unit
Jotun Paints, Inc.
www.jotun.com Email: mailusa@jotun.com Products: Producer and supplier of paints, coatings and powder coatings Balloxy HB Light, Cathodic Protection, Hardtop AS, SeaLion, Shopprimers, WaterFine
Wilson Walton International
www.wilsonwalton.com Email:patrick@wilsonwalton.com Descr: Marine Corrosion Control Specialists Products: Sacrificial Anodes, Impressed Current Cathodic Protection (ICCP), Marine Growth Prevention Systems (MGPS),
CESCO
www.blastandpaint.com Email:marketing@blastandpaint.com Products: Sandblasting Equipment, Painting Equipment, Safety Equipment
Kleentec Marine
www.kleentecmarine.com Email:igomm@kleentecmarine.com Products: Protective Coatings to Prevent Corrosion. InnoShield, RustStain Remover and Degreaser, Mascoat Products www.mascoat.com e-mail: office@mascoat.com Products: Delta T products, WeatherBloc, and PaintSulate Insulating Coatings
Wheelabrator Group
www.wheelabratorgroup.com Email:info@wheelabratorgroup.com Products: Wheelabrator offers cleaning and preservation solutions for plate and structural shapes. Products: Blast and paint systems for Marine application.
CeRam-Kote by Freecom, Inc.
www.ceram-kote.com Email:freecom@ceram-kote.com Products: CeRam-Kote, CeRam-Thane, CeRam-Floor, CeRam-Grout
Chugoku Marine Paints (CMP)
www.cmp.co.jp Products: Chugoku Marine Paints, Ltd. is an industrial leader that seeks to promote industrial growth while protecting the global environment, and continues its efforts into the future with a creative and innovative approach towards meeting customers' needs.
Xiom Corp.
www.xiom-corp.com Email:Jeff@xiom-corp.com Descr: Manufacture of environmentally friendly polymers for thermal spraying and portable equipment for applying polymer powder coatings on site without the need for ovens. Marine vessel hull protective coating, chemical protection coating, polyethylenes, polyesters, nylons , thermal spray equipment.
Muehlhan Surface Protection
www.muehlhan.com sipco@muehlhan.com Muehlhan Ag is an international specialist in marine surface protection in particular for protecting against corrosion of ships' steel surfaces. With some 2,400 employees worldwide, our four divisions; Ship Newbuilding, Ship Repair, Oil & Gas Offshore and Industry Services enable us to serve the market on a broad basis.
Class Instrumentation Ltd
www.classltd.com Email:info@classltd.com Products: Coating thickness gauges Ultrasonic hatch cover testers
Coltraco Limited
www.coltraco.co.uk Email:info@coltraco.co.uk Products: Material Thickness Gauges, Coating Thickness Gauges
NACE International
www.nace.org Email:stephanie.garner@nace.org NACE International is the leading professional association for corrosion science and engineering and is dedicated to promoting public safety, protecting the environment, and reducing the economic impact of corrosion. Technical training and certification programs, conferences, industry standards, reports, publications, and software,
Cygnus Instruments Inc.
www.cygnusinstruments.com e-mail: sales@cygnusinstruments.com
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