NACE International’s new 15,000sq/ft training center at the headquarters in Houston, Texas has been named “The Elcometer Building at NACE International”. Through the generosity of Nanette Sellars, in memory of her husband Ian Sellars, and with her son, Elcometer president and CEO Michael Sellars, Elcometer, a worldwide manufacturer of inspection equipment, has become the building’s sponsor. The USD 2.4 million facility is the first freestanding training center in North America dedicated exclusively to advancing corrosion education. Corrosion is an ongoing and costly threat to assets in the energy, transportation, water, defense, and marine and shipbuilding industries. The new training center will help NACE International accommodate more than 3000 students annually in the US as they earn world-recognized certifications in coatings, cathodic protection, and other professional endeavors related to corrosion identification, prevention and mitigation. Additionally, NACE International estimates that more than 4500 others will attend classes in more than 20 countries outside the US in 2009.