AMPP: Association for Materials Protection and Performance

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Cast your vote for the AMPP Global Center Board of Directors from May 1-22, 2021

Ballots will be emailed May 1, so make sure your NACE/SSPC profiles are up-to-date ​

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VIRTUAL SEMINAR: Assuring the Performance of Additive Manufacturing Corrosion Resistant Alloy Metal Products in Hostile Environments

May 11-12, 2021 | 7 – 10 a.m. CDT each day

Join us for this virtual event featuring leading specialists from across the AM industry as they bring you current state-of-the-art knowledge from AM processing and control with a focus on specific issues related to corrosion in aggressive environments. Get your tough questions answered by our expert discussion panel as they reflect on the latest developments and technology gaps.

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Corrosion Virtual Conference
AMPP membership

Your membership is getting an upgrade!

Our new membership model will launch in late 2021 bringing exciting new benefits to AMPP’s entire membership.

Enjoy the best of both NACE and SSPC until the new membership model is released.

Members can now enjoy benefits such as an expanded career center, online community and peer network, subscriptions to Materials Performance, CoatingsPro Magazine, as well as discounts on courses, events, company store purchases, and more.

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AMPP delivers best-in-the-business education courses, training, and credentialing programs

Our courses prepare you to earn certifications, qualifications, and credentials that fuel and further your career. Great things are on the horizon as these programs come together.

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AMPP Accreditation

Industry-leading QP accreditation program

The best just keeps getting better. See what’s happening with the new contractor accreditation program from AMPP. Built on the foundation of the SSPC QP Program with added elements from the NACE Institute’s NIICAP Program, AMPP accreditation brings additional benefits to asset owners and contractors alike.

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Sections, areas, and chapters - continue current operations

The sections, areas, and chapters of NACE and SSPC will continue to operate as usual for the first half of 2021. A plan to combine and create a new structure will be introduced in the second half of 2021.

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Creating opportunities for pre-professionals and veterans

The new AMPP pre-professional program will open doors to new opportunities for students and veterans through a variety of engagement programs. This new program is designed to raise awareness of career paths in the materials protection field.

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Establishing paint and coating standards for the industry

Did you know MPI curates paint and coatings performance standards, reference publications, training and certification programs for the industry, and a list of environmentally friendly coatings? And that’s not all.

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