At a time of crisis, the annual meeting of the global stainless steel community, organised by SMR and Metal Bulletin Events, will provide a fascinating opportunity for all players in the sector to come together and reflect on one of the most difficult 12 months in living memory.
The recession has been particularly severe on the global steel sector. As demand from the automotive, aviation, construction and consumer products sectors fall, so demand for raw materials contracts and the stainless steel sector is reeling from reduced output, lay-offs and plant shutdowns.
The unique modular nature of the summit offers tailored content to the audience. Day one of the conference focuses on flat products. The morning of day two looks at raw materials and then in the afternoon of day two and the whole of day 3, the presentations all relate to stainless steel long products.
Key speakers include:
• Pascal Payet-Gaspard, Secretary General, International Stainless Steel Forum
• Jean-Yves Gilet, Executive Vice President, CEO, ArcelorMittal
• Benedikt Niemeyer, CEO, Schmolz & Bickenbach
• Jürgen Horsthofer, Member of the Management Board, Deutsche Edelstahlwerke
• Francois-Gabriel Sauvage, Executive Vice President, Eramet
• Jürgen Pilarsky, Managing Director, CRONIMET
• Peter van Hüllen, Chairman of the board, Georgsmarienhütte Holding GmbH
• Wolfgang Emmerich, Corporate Strategy Manager, Böhler Uddeholm
• Thorsten Studemund, Managing Director, Voß Edelstahlhandel GmbH & Co.
• Robert Yuksel Yildirim, President & CEO, ETI KROM Inc
• Patrick Lamarque D'arruzat, CEO, Ugitech
A world-class faculty of expert speakers will present and debate the key issues for your business, including:
It looks like the market might soon bottom-out and so the end of August timing of the event works perfectly: everybody will have to gear up from being paralysed by fear of industry collapse to a much more proactive strategy of emerging from crisis. Old forecasts are obsolete, budgets must be overhauled and all plans must be attuned to new priorities.
By the time of the event, we should have a clearer picture of who the ‘winners’ and ‘losers’ are.
Amongst the other main issues and themes this year:
Examine industry cost curves - who are the leaders and who are the laggards and the slow to react?
What industry consolidation options are possible and which make sense?
When will producers, traders, manufacturers and distributors be making real money again?
Will the current crisis accelerate the move of the stainless and special steel market to Asia?
Rising protectionism - the end of globalisation?
Modules:
Day 1 - Flat Products
Day 2 - Raw Materials (am) & Long Products (pm)
Day 3 - Long Products
Day 4 - Field trip to the Deutsche Edelstahlwerke (DEW), Witten - for more information click here.
Module options:
Option 1 – Flat Products and Raw Materials
Option 2 – Raw Materials and Long Products
Option 3 – Flat Products, Raw Materials and Long Products
With unprecedented networking opportunities and invaluable presentations and debate, the conference cannot be missed.
Join us in Dusseldorf this August for what will once again be an unmissable opportunity to hear from and network with every major player in global stainless steel.