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The ACA Foundation is committed to advancing conferences. David has personally attended in
corrosion mitigation through education by providing excess of 45 ACA conferences, representing the
scholarships, bursaries and awards for academic company he co-founded with Bill Rogers AO fifty
excellence. An exciting new corporate sponsorship by years ago.
Denso Australia was announced at the conference.
In Australia, the yearly cost of asset maintenance is
In announcing the sponsorship, Paul Fortune, CEO, estimated to be approximately $32 billion, with $8
Denso Australia, said, “In honour of David Winn billion attributed to avoidable corrosion damage,
OBE, it is with great pride that Denso Australia according to a report commissioned by NACE, the
confirms its sponsorship of an educational international body for professional corrosion engineers.
scholarship aimed at developing the skillset of ACA
members through the ACA Foundation. The annual Corrosion and Prevention Conference is
just one aspect of how the ACA collaborates with
The scholarship, named the Denso Award will industry and academia to research all aspects of
contribute to the development of ACA Members’ corrosion mitigation in order to provide an extensive
skills through sponsorship of recipients’ ACA knowledge base that supports best practice
or NACE training courses and conference in corrosion management, thereby ensuring all
attendance. In total, Denso Australia has aspects of corrosion are responsibly managed, the
committed $50,000 to be made available to environment is protected, public safety enhanced
members over the next 5 years, with $10,000 and economies improved.
dollars awarded annually to winners whom will be
selected by an independent panel of judges.” Corrosion and Prevention 2018 brought together
corrosion practitioners and researchers, as well
Co-founder of Denso Australia, David Winn OBE, has as asset owners and operators, from around the
been a passionate supporter of the ACA for more world in order to promote a better understanding of
than five decades. Starting with the very first Denso corrosion mitigation.
Australia advertisement published in the ACA’s
flagship publication, Corrosion & Materials back The ACA’s Corrosion and Prevention conference
in 1968, David has been a committed contributor has earned the enviable reputation as the premier
to the success of the ACA, playing a key role in corrosion event in the Asia Pacific region, attracting
the association alongside other Denso employees. delegates from all over the world. Save the date for
Denso Australia have also been a regular sponsor of next year’s conference: Corrosion and Prevention
the ACA’s annual dinner and continues to attend and 2019 will be held at Melbourne’s Crown Exhibition
exhibit at the ACA’s Annual Corrosion and Prevention Centre, 24-27 November 2019. n

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