23rd Stainless & Its Alloys Conference

UPDATE:  Markus Moll to Give Opening Keynote Presentation

For over 20 years American Metal Market has brought together the key figures in the stainless market to discuss critical issues impacting their business. Now in its 23rd year, the Stainless and Its Alloys Conference returns to offer the most comprehensive view of the market today.

The 23rd Stainless & Its Alloys Conference will answer some of the leading questions for stainless during the next year in the key areas of capacity, raw materials, end-markets and technology including:

Stainless Supply Outlook – What Happened To The Bright Future?

• Has capacity outpaced demand and will the market further destabilize when ThyssenKrupp AL. begins production?
• The US will be self-sufficient in stainless production within the next year - How will that impact the future imports?
• Will export markets expand? If so, which ones?
• Are fixed-price contracts a solution?
• Will China and other Asian countries continue to be a threat to the domestic stainless market?

Alloys and Raw Materials – The Drive to Right-Size Inventory Levels

• Falling prices of raw materials and their implications for the mills and consumers.
• Will the future supply of scrap, molybdenum, nickel and ferrochrome be squeezed when demand improves?
• Are the current cutbacks in production enough to temporarily reduce the massive surplus of material?
• As more producers operate in a cash-negative position, what further cutbacks will be necessary?
• What acquisition and expansion projects are on hold due to tightened budgets and a dismal market outlook?

End-Market Demand – Recovery and Survival

• Can the domestic auto industry recover?
• What will the economic stimulus package mean for stainless?
• Will the oil and gas industry capital spending cuts for exploration and production further depress the market?
• Will lowered expectations for financial performance delay funding for projects in the pipeline?

Trends in Metallurgy and Technology – The New Horizon

• Trends in technology and their impact to the bottom line.
• What new experimental techniques can be applied in today’s steelmaking?
• New metals and substitutions for a new era.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: 

Markus Moll, Managing Director & Senior Market Analyst, SMR Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:

Dr. Mo Ahmadzadeh, President, Mitsui Bussan Commodities (USA) Inc.
Craig Colyer, National Manager Stainless & Aluminum, O'Neal Steel, Inc.
Alasdair Gledhill, Nickel Product Manager, ELG Metals Inc.
John Grubb, Manager, Product Technology & Development, ATI Allegheny Ludlum
Dieter Gruchot, Strip Processing Lines Division Project Manager, SMS Demag
David "Skip" Hartquist, Senior Partner, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
Catherine Houska, Senior Development Manager, TMR Stainless
Peter Koenig, Counsel, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, LLP
Jim McCarville, Executive Director, Port of Pittsburgh Commission
Gregory McClain, Vice President of Business Development, General Moly, Inc.   
Brad Osborne, Senior Consultant, Hatch Associates 
Prof. Chris Pistorius, Prof. of Materials Science & Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University                                                                                              
Christopher Plummer, Managing Director, Metal Strategies
Kirk Thorne, Vice President-Sales & Marketing, RathGibson
Michael Wastchak, Eastern Regional Sales Manager, AEP River Operations
Andrew Ziolkowski, Vice President-Bar, Wire and Strip Business Group, Carpenter Technology Corporation

PANEL LEADERS:

Richard McLaughlin, Senior Manager - Deloitte Consulting
Dennis Oates, President and Chief Executive Officer, Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc.
Maria Guzzo, Correspondent, American Metal Market

COMPANIES ATTENDING INCLUDE:

AEP RIVER OPERATIONS * AK STEEL * ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES, INC * AMS SPECIALTY STEEL * ARBOR METALS LLC * ATI ALLEGHENY LUDLUM * ATLAS STEEL * BOBRICK CORP * BOLLINGHAUS GMBH & CO. KG * BRISTOL METALS LLC * BROOK HUNT * CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL * CAMDEL METALS/HANDY AND HARMAN * CARMEUSE LIME & STONE 8 CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY * CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION * CBMM- REFERENCE METALS COMPANY * CENTRAL MACHINERY & METALS * CLEVELAND RESEARCH COMPANY * DEFENSE NATIONAL STOCKPILE CENTER * DELOITTE * ED BLOT & ASSOCIATES, INC * ELG METALS INC * GENERAL MOLY INC * GLENCORE LTD * GULF & NORTHERN TRADING CORP * GULF CHEMICAL AND METALLURGICAL * HARSCO MINERALS * HATCH ASSOCIATE CONSULTANTS * KELLEY DRYE COLLIER SHANNON * KENNECOTT MOLYBDENUM COMPANY * LONGBOW RESEARCH * M&M STAINLESS PROCESSING * MAIN STEEL POLISHING CO., INC * METAL STRATEGIES * METALS USA * MILLENNIA METALS * MILLER CHEVALIER * MITSUI & CO. (U.S.A.) INC * MITSUI BUSSAN COMMODITIES * NEVORO INC * O'NEAL STEEL * OUTOKUMPU STAINLESS * PENN STAINLESS PRODUCTS * PNC BANK * PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP * PORT OF PITTSBURGH COMMISSION * RATHGIBSON * RETECH SYSTEMS LLC * SMR GMBH * SMS DEMAG * SQUIRE, SANDERS & DEMPSEY, LLP*STAINLESS STRUCTURALS, LLC * THREE RIVER SCRAP METAL, INC * TMR STAINLESS * TRIPLE M METAL LP * U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE * UNIVERSAL STAINLESS & ALLOY PRODUCTS * VILLARES METALS * WHEMCO, INC * XSTRATA NICKEL

Package Deal for Stainless and Aerospace Metals Conferences:

Stay on and join us for AMM Events’ Aerospace Metals Conference held in conjunction with Stainless on April 15-17, 2009 at the Marriott City Center in Pittsburgh.
 
Package price includes cocktail reception preceding Stainless and Alloys conference the evening of April 14th, admission to full Stainless and Alloys conference program on April 15th, cocktail reception preceding Aerospace conference the evening of April 15th, admission to full Aerospace Metals conference program on April 16th and 17th.