The ACA Applicators and Coatings Technical Groups are excited to announce our QLD Roadshow visiting Gladstone and Mackay on June 2nd and June 4th, respectively. We still have a limited number of presentation and sponsorship opportunities available and are seeking expressions of interest from the corrosion community.
24th March 2021
The ACA is seeking expressions of interest from members who would like an opportunity to serve on the newly formed Membership Committee. We are looking for volunteers who have a real desire to be involved in shaping some of our associations most important features. Some of the committee's key areas of focus include developing new initiatives to give back to our members, helping improve our member service offerings and finding new ways to reach prospective members. If you think you can help to improve our association and ensure its long-term strength, and you have the time and desire to roll up your sleeves and give back, this is an excellent opportunity to get involved.
11th March 2021
In 2021 we are launching a new ACA Presenter Database, to collate a growing reference list of experts on a broad range of topics that will be made available to our various organising committees in their efforts to identify interesting speakers for various ACA Events and Webinars. If you have expertise that you’d like to...
10th March 2021
Corrosion & Prevention 2021 invites technical papers on all subjects related to corrosion. The conference will bring together industry practitioners who combat corrosion on a daily basis and researchers working in corrosion-related fields.
22nd February 2021
On 18 February, world-leading coatings manufacturer Hempel A/S signed a purchase agreement for the acquisition of Wattyl, one of Australia and New Zealand’s leading and highly distinguished manufacturers of paint for the decorative and protective segments with a turnover of EUR 150 million and 750 employees. Read the Press Release
21st February 2021
The APGA Women's Leadership Development Program has been specifically designed to provide women in the pipeline and gas industries the opportunity to network and develop skills that will enable their continued success. The APGA has extended an invitation to all ACA members to register for this exclusive event in 2021.
10th February 2021
Our 2020 Annual Report is now available for download. This 42 Page Report includes a message from our new ACA Chair Dean Ferguson and our outgoing Chair Dean Wall, an introduction to our current board members and an overview of the performance of some key aspects of our Association during 2020, a year full of unprecedented challenges and significant changes for all. You can still register to attend the AGM free and online, which will feature a guest presentation from Tom Honeyands, Director of the Iron Ore Hub and co-Director of the Centre for Ironmaking Materials Research to kick things off. Tom will be joining us virtually to discuss "Hydrogen Ironmaking - Lessons From the Past and Challenges for the Future".
5th December 2020
Corrosion and Prevention 2020 Online Day Three Focused on Advances in Corrosion Prevention in the Oil & Gas Industry and featured the following presentations: Understanding natural biofilm development in marine environments‚ a review - Benjamin Tuck. Application of multi-electrode arrays to improve the understanding of corrosion caused by microbes and deposits - Erika Suarez. Managing growing internal corrosion risk at aging refineries and oil & gas facilities - Meshary A. Albahli. Stress corrosion cracking (scc) is a threat to pipeline integrity management - Muhammad Hussain
23rd November 2020Day Two of Corrosion and Prevention 2020 Online Conference focused on Advances in Corrosion Protection of Assets and featured the following presentations: Corrosive effects of micro-environments and design features - Robert Francis. Automatic detection and classification of corrosion with convolutional neural networks - Eric Ferguson. Cathodic protection in hazardous areas - David Celine. Corrosion behaviour of SS 304 l NAG in nitric acid: investigation of causes and preventive steps - Muhammad Hussain
23rd November 2020Corrosion and Prevention went Online for the first Time in 2020, Day One of The Conference focused on Advances in Understanding Corrosion Mechanisms and Asset Failure and featured the following presentations: A novel approach to shallow water corrosion modelling: use of shipwreck material from HMS Sirius (1790) – Ian. D MacLeod. Initial corrosion behaviour of spheroidal graphite cast iron and rust evaluation in atmospheric environment -Ichiro Dote. Stress corrosion cracking of cable bolts - Judy Turnbull. Examination of a single column pantograph disconnector failure - Roger Costanzi. Corrosion resistance and deterioration behaviour of overlapping layer between thermal spray coating and heavy duty paint coating - Muye Yang
23rd November 2020
Dear ACA Members and Colleagues, I hope you’re all in good spirits and good health as we move towards the holiday break in what has been an eventful year, to say the least. Throughout 2020 the team at the ACA Head Office have been working hard to keep our association strong and the broader corrosion...
23rd November 2020
We understand that at the moment this still requires rigorous care and, given this scenario full of uncertainties, the event committee decided to postpone the ICC INTERCORR WCO until July 20th to 23rd, 2021
14th October 2020
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13th October 2020
Vahid Afshari – ACA President In this global COVID-19 Pandemic, which has challenged our association operation in the same as many other professional associations and organizations, it is more critical than ever to strengthen our professional community facing the challenges of today and tomorrow. This year we have planned for a virtual conference to take...
29th September 2020
We can all go to the Annual Darwin ACA networking event this year because it is a webinar. Hosted on the Engineers Australia site
21st September 2020