North American Stainless & Special Alloys Conference 2024
Thursday, November 07 to Friday, November 08, 2024
(Welcome Reception Nov. 6, Conference Nov. 7 - 8)
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
The Westin Nashville
Innovative Stainless Solutions - Capture Future Growth Trends!
The Stainless & Special Alloys Conference is returning to Nashville in 2024!
Organized by SMR Events in cooperation with World Steel Dynamics.
Following the successful events in Nashville in 2022 and 2023, which saw nearly 300 participants from across the stainless steel and special alloys supply chain, we are excited to meet again at the same location in 2024.
Join us in Nashville, TN, USA, from November 6-8, 2024, to discuss the current state of the global and North American stainless steel and special alloys industry, along with the key issues that will shape the business in 2024 and beyond.
Explore key growth drivers and geopolitical challenges shaping the stainless steel and nickel alloy markets, and discover strategies to maintain the competitiveness of the North American steel industry.
Gain insights from top industry experts on navigating the future landscape!
Gold-Sponsors
Silver-Sponsors
Bronze-Sponsors
Exhibitors
The following agenda is preliminary. Timing of sessions, speaker names, and presentation titles may be subject to change.
Wednesday, November 06, 2024
Thursday, November 07, 2024
Chairman: Markus Moll, Managing Director, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
Chris Lyons, Vice President of Commercial, North American Stainless, USA
Tamara Weinert, President and CEO, Outokumpu Americas, USA
Kumar Vishal, Associate Vice President - Head International Sales, Jindal Stainless Ltd., India
Sandra Chedal-Anglay, Senior Vice President Sales - Stainless Steel Division, Swiss Steel Group, Switzerland
Matthew Kouba, CEO and Managing Director, Böllinghaus Steel Americas Corp, USA
Chris Lyons, Vice President of Commercial, North American Stainless, USA
Kumar Vishal, Associate Vice President - Head International Sales, Jindal Stainless Ltd., India
Chairman: Wolfgang Lipp, Vice President, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
Danielle Carlini, Vice President Commercial, ATI Specialty Rolled Products, USA
Danielle Carlini, Vice President Commercial, ATI Specialty Rolled Products, USA
Tracee Crowley, Vice President & General Manager, Combined Service Centers-Ann Arbor, USA
Alia Smektala, Chief Operating Officer & part of the women4metals initiative, MTM Ruhrzinn GmbH, Germany
Tamara Weinert, President and CEO, Outokumpu Americas, USA
Chairman: Wolfgang Lipp, Vice President, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
Michael Walter, Senior Manager, OMP, Belgium
Jeff Simons, President, Combined Metals Company, LLC, USA
Mattia Del Giacco, CEO, Stainless Structurals, USA
Craig du Plessis, Vice President, Global Stainless Steel Inc., Canada
Christoph Maraite, Global Commodity Director Raw Materials, Faurecia Clean Mobility, Germany
Rich Wrightington, Executive Sourcing Director, GE Appliances, USA
Chairman: Markus Moll, Managing Director, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
Mike Burbach, COO, Ryerson, USA
Cristobal Fuentes, President & CEO, NAS - North American Stainless, USA
Rajeev Garg, Vice President & Head - Sales, Distribution and Sales Development, Jindal Stainless Ltd., India
Carmen Pino, Senior Vice President Commercial, Outokumpu Americas, USA
Christopher M. Zimmer, President & CEO, Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc., USA
Friday, November 08, 2024
Chairman: Robert Messmer, Market Analyst, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
Robert Messmer, Market Analyst, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
Mark Selby, Chairman, CEO & Director, Canada Nickel Company Inc., Canada
Gary Coates, Technical Manager, Nickel Institute, Canada
Gary Coates, Technical Manager, Nickel Institute, Canada
Christy Gellert, Specialist, Marketing Analysis, Vale Canada Limited, Canada
Dave Miller, Vice President of Southeast Operations, Cronimet Corporation, USA
Mark Selby, Chairman, CEO & Director, Canada Nickel Company Inc., Canada
Chairman: Wolfgang Lipp, Vice President, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
Michael Morgus, President, Ellwood Quality Steels, USA
Markus Moll, Managing Director, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
Carsten Becker, CEO, ELG Utica Alloys (Hartford), Inc., USA
Mike Manning, Manufacturing Operations – Materials Engineering Fellow, Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc a KRATOS Company, USA
Michael Morgus, President, Ellwood Quality Steels, USA
Bill Twohig, Commodity Manager - Bar Products, TW Metals LLC, USA
Peter Zimm, Principal, Charles Edwards Management Consulting, USA
Thursday, November 7
Session 1: Keynote Panel: Geopolitical ChallengesFriday, November 8
Session 4: Raw MaterialsNorth American Stainless & Special Alloys Conference 2024 will take place in the following venue:
The Westin Nashville
807 Clark Place Ave, Nashville, TN, 37203
For further information and queries, please contact the hotel directly (Telephone +1 629 800 5213).
As the conference venue is located close to the city centre, many other hotels can be reached within walking distance. Please check booking platforms for a suitable choice.
Representatives from the following companies will attend the event in 2024 (the list will be updated regularly):
- AA Metals, Inc.
- American Iron & Metal
- Amerinox Processing, Inc.
- Anderson Trucking Service
- Aperam Stainless Services & Solutions USA LLC
- Apex Metalloy Corp.
- Argus Media
- Armour Alloys
- ASA Alloys
- Aspen Aerogels
- ATI Specialty Rolled Products
- Basic Metals Inc
- BGH Specialty Steel
- Bobrick Washroom Equipment
- Bollinghaus Steel Americas Corp
- Boyd Metals
- Bristol Metals
- Butting Canada
- C.F.F STAINLESS STEELS INC.
- Canada Nickel Company Inc.
- CBMM
- Central National Gottesman
- Centravis Sales America
- Charles Edwards Management Consulting
- Cleveland Cliffs
- Climax Molybdenum
- Cogne USA Inc
- Coilplus
- Combined Metals Company
- CONDOROIL CHEMICAL SRL
- Cronimet Corporation
- Daido Steel (America) Inc.
- Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)
- DEL Metals
- Deutsche Nickel America, Inc.
- Diehl Tool Steel
- Diversified Specialty Metals
- Dover Tubular Alloys, Inc.
- Elgiloy Specialty Metals
- ELG
- Ellwood City Forge
- EMI Industries
- Encore Metals
- Faurecia Clean Mobility
- Ferrous Processing & Trading
- Fidelity PAC
- Fortis Metals
- FPT Stainless
- Frisa
- Fry Steel Company
- Gautier Specialty Metals LLC
- Gerber Steel USA, Inc.
- Global Stainless Steel Inc.
- GMH - GRODITZ STEEL
- Greenville Tube
- Guangdong Lianchang Metal. Co., Ltd.
- Hanwa American Corp.
- Ideal Tridon
- Independent Stainless
- Industeel USA, LLC
- INSG - International Nickel Study Group
- International Trade Administration
- IPC Foundry Group
- Jacquet Metals
- Jindal Stainless Ltd.
- Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
- Kloeckner Metals
- Kohler Co.
- Kratos Defense
- Langeloth Metallurgical/Thomson Creek
- Laxcon Steel Ltd
- LE Commodities LLC
- Lianchang Metal (HK) Co., Ltd.
- Magellan Corp
- Magna Stainless and Aluminum
- Main Steel
- Marcegaglia Richburg
- Marubeni-Itochu Steel Canada Inc.
- Metal Center News
- Metals USA
- Middleby
- Mill Steel Stainless & Aluminum
- MISA
- MTM Ruhrzinn GmbH
- NAS - North American Stainless
- National Material L.P.
- Nickel Institute
- Nippon Steel Stainless Steel Corporation
- Nippon Yakin America
- Norfolk Iron & Metal
- North American Stainless
- Olbert Metal Sales Limited
- Olympic Steel, Inc
- OM Partners USA Inc.
- Outokumpu Americas
- Penflex
- Penn Stainless Products
- Phoenix Metals
- PLS Logistics
- POSCO International Corporation
- Pridgeon & Clay Inc.
- Purem Novi Inc
- Quarto North America, LLC
- Raajratna Stainless Wire USA
- Ratnamani Inc
- Reliance Metals Canada
- RM Metals
- Roda Specialty Steel
- Rolled Alloys
- Ryerson
- Sachin Steel Inc
- Samsung C&T America
- Samuel Son & Co
- Sanwa
- SECOPTA analytics gmbh
- Senior Metal Bellows
- SIJ Americas
- SiVad
- SMR – Steel & Metals Market Research
- Solar Turbines
- S&P Platts
- Stainless Structurals
- Steel Inc.
- Steel Summit Holdings Inc.
- Sumiden Wire Products Corporation
- Sumitomo Corporation of Americas
- Sun Mark Stainless Inc
- Swiss Steel USA
- Ta Chen
- TPC Converting Solution
- TW Metals LLC
- Ulbrich Stainless Steels & Special Metals, Inc.
- United Scrap Metal, Inc.
- Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc.
- USAlloys
- Valbruna Stainless
- Vale Canada Limited
- Venus Pipes and Tubes Limited
- Vishal Steels
- Weatherford
- Webco Industries
- Welspun Specialty Solutions
- Westmet International
- Wirebelt Company of America
- World Steel Dynamics
- Yarde Metals
- Zapp Precision Strip
- Zhejiang Jiuli Hi-tech Metals Co. Ltd
Gold-Sponsors
NAS - North American Stainless
North American Stainless (NAS), is the largest Stainless Steel Producer in the U.S. with a fully integrated Mill located in Kentucky that produces a full range of both flat and long products.
Our one site location enhances the efficiency of our production processes enabling us to fully control all aspects of production without having to deal with the inefficiencies inherent in multiple site production facilities.
Our full range of products, both flat and long, gives NAS the ability to become a one stop shop for the stainless steel requirements of both Service Centers and industry as a whole.
As a member of the Acerinox Group, NAS benefits from a unique position as the premier Stainless Steel Mill in the U.S. while having the support of a large international network for both purchasing and sales.

Global Stainless Steel Inc.
Global Stainless Steel Inc. is a Canadian based company selling stainless flat, long and aluminum flat products on 5 continents. They started in 1996 and they now have offices in Canada, USA, England, Italy, Australia and China. They are unique in that they run service centers, master distribution and trading divisions, giving them a broader understanding of the metals distribution business. Global stainless has stock of 12,000 tons in North America and processing equipment to deliver your needs. Its European business is centered around jit material in stainless flat products processed to size. Stocking programs, processing to size and financing are key offerings of Global's.

Silver-Sponsors
Canada Nickel Company Inc.
Canada Nickel is advancing its Crawford nickel sulphide project towards a construction decision in 2025 and will invest $35 million in 2024 to unlock the Timmins Nickel District and demonstrate its potential to be one of the world’s largest nickel sulphide districts. The Company also has a strong shareholder base with Agnico Eagle (11%), Samsung SDI (8.7%), and Anglo American (7.6%) as cornerstone investors.
Canada Nickel is currently focused on its 100% owned flagship Crawford Nickel Sulphide Project in the heart of the prolific Timmins, Ontario mining camp. Crawford is the world’s largest nickel sulphide discovery since the early 1970s, and the second largest nickel reserve and resource globally. We have also announced that we intend to develop NetZero Metals, a downstream nickel and stainless-steel processing facility in the Timmins region.

Cronimet Corporation
CRONIMET has been a supplier to the stainless steel producing industry for over four decades and is the world market leader in stainless steel recycling. As the conservation of resources is becoming increasingly important, the Group is striving to develop further in these future markets and to constantly improve through innovation and research.
CRONIMET is a global specialist for stainless steel scrap, ferroalloys and primary metals. Today, the family-owned company is active on six continents with around 70 locations in the global procurement markets for secondary raw materials.
The company is based on the pillars Recycling, Trading and Processing. A comprehensive range of products and services is built on this solid foundation. It ranges from processed stainless steel and scrap metal to special and superalloys. Whether pure or precisely recombined, CRONIMET guarantees its customers exact analyses of all materials. If required, all components are provided in chargeable form for the melting process.
In addition to focusing on solid scrap, CRONIMET is also working on other innovative ideas to keep valuable metallic raw materials in circulation. The subsidiary CRONIMET Envirotec uses innovative vacuum distillation technology to recover metal residues and filter dust from metal sludge, for example from production processes in the automotive sector, steelworks and foundries, in an environmentally friendly way. These can be returned to the melt in the form of metal briquettes.
The CRONIMET Group's newest company, Revomet, deals with the recycling of batteries from electric vehicles. From the end of 2024, the Bitterfeld site will have its own facility for shredding entire battery packs and then separating them into their various components. This will further advance CRONIMET's efforts to keep valuable metallic raw materials in the cycle.

Jindal Stainless Ltd.
Jindal Stainless, India’s leading stainless steel manufacturer, has a consolidated annual turnover of USD 4.7 billion in FY24 and is ramping up its facilities to reach 4.2 million tonnes of annual melt capacity by 2026. The company’s product range includes stainless steel slabs, blooms, coils, plates, sheets, precision strips, wire rods, rebars, blade steel, and coin blanks. Jindal Stainless remains focused on a greener, sustainable future, fuelled by environmental responsibility. The company aims to reduce carbon emission intensity by 50% well before FY35 and achieve Net Zero by 2050.

Bronze-Sponsors
Amerinox Processing, Inc.
Amerinox Processing has four cut to length lines in operation covering thickness’s from .012” through .500”, widths up to two meters, focusing on stainless steel and aluminum flat rolled products. The company has one coil polishing line 60” wide, one sheet/plate polishing line two meters wide, one plate polishing line with capacity of up to 6” thick, 10’ wide by 39’ long, and operates a non-directional super number 8 mirror line with 60” width capacity, maximum 20’ length.
Amerinox Texarkana LLC opened a new facility covering 125,000 square feet in December of 2020 and has one new cut to length line engineered specifically for the company’s needs to process stainless steel and aluminum. The line is 72” wide, has 2 inline levelers capable of thickness from .250” through .015”. Amerinox Texarkana is directly across the street from Texarkana Aluminum providing seamless transition from the mill to its facility and to the market. The company has six overhead cranes from 7 ½ to 20-ton capacity and will be expanding its processing capacities with additional values added services.
Amerinox is continually adding the right equipment to provide the most diverse range of value added processing at one location with of a combined 435,000 square feet committed to service the US, Canadian and Mexican markets.

Böllinghaus Steel GmbH
Founded in 1889, Böllinghaus Steel is a German-based specialist for stainless steel long products, carried on by its fifth generation. According to international standards, the company produces high-quality standard and custom-made stainless steel profiles. The portfolio includes stainless flat, square, and hexagonal profiles – hot-rolled and cold-drawn.
Today it is a highly specialised and globally active company with more than 250 employees in Germany, Portugal, the USA and Italy. Since 1996, Böllinghaus Steel has been producing in Portugal and supplying its customers worldwide from here. With its own production plant in Portugal, complex customer requirements can be implemented flexible and promptly.
Intensive quality controls, modern production methods and continuous process development ensure optimal solutions. Companies all over the world appreciate the uncomplicated and personal contact they have with Böllinghaus Steel.
Whether standard profiles or custom-made, Böllinghaus Steel manufactures precisely fitting products of the desired grades, dimensions and processing techniques, which are tailored to the individual needs of the customers.

Combined Metals Company, LLC
The Combined Metals Company, LLC (formerly Combined Metals of Chicago ) processes and distributes over 75 alloys of precision strip, wire, sheet, and blanks. Our precision rolling mills, drawing mills, and extensive network of independent North American service centers, support thousands of customers in many industries including Aerospace, Automotive, Chemical, Consumer, Defense, Electronics, Medical, Oil/Gas, and Power Generation, worldwide. Decades of quality and reliability have made our companies the preferred source for consumer and mission-critical applications.
The Combined Metals Company solves customers’ challenges through three businesses:
Elgiloy Specialty Metals (ESM) is a processor of over 75 high-performance stainless, nickel, specialty metals, titanium, and cobalt alloys, including our own Elgiloy® alloy. ESM provides precision strip, foil, and drawn wire products distributed globally for high performance and mission-critical applications.
Combined Service Centers (CSC) brings global sourcing to a group of service centers distributing precision strip, custom slit coil, sheet, blanks, stamped circles, and coil-to-coil polishing/buffing, in stainless steel and other specialty alloys.
Gibbs Interwire (GIW) is a distributor of spring wire, specialty wire, and a processor and distributor of precision strip in stainless, carbon, and specialty alloys. GIW provides deep expertise in spring applications, precision slitting, edging, and oscillate winding.

OMP
OMP helps companies facing complex planning challenges to excel, grow and thrive by offering the best digitized supply chain planning solution on the market. Hundreds of customers in a wide range of industries - spanning consumer goods, life sciences, chemicals, metals, paper and packaging - benefit from using OMP’s unique Unison PlanningTM concept.

Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC
Outokumpu is the global leader in sustainable stainless steel. Our business is based on the circular economy: our products are made from 95% recycled materials, which we then turn into fully recyclable stainless steel. This steel is utilized in various applications across society, including infrastructure, mobility, and household appliances. We are committed to 1.5°C target to mitigate climate change, and with up to 75% lower carbon footprint than the industry average, we support our customers to reduce their emissions. Together, we are working towards a world that lasts forever. Outokumpu Corporation employs approximately 8,500 professionals in close to 30 countries, with headquarters in Helsinki, Finland and shares listed in Nasdaq Helsinki. Outokumpu’s business area Americas is headquartered in Calvert, Alabama, where it has one of the most technically-advanced stainless steel mills in the region. The Americas team has built on Outokumpu’s legacy of steel making and added the expertise of its diverse workforce to serve the Americas market with an unmatched passion for producing high quality stainless steel.

Stainless Structurals
Stainless Structurals is a manufacturer and distributor of standard and special shapes in steel and stainless steel, mostly austenitic, ferritic and duplex stainless steel grades.
Combining welding with a vast array of services such as polishing, fabrication, machining and coating, Stainless Structurals is today a supplier of reference in a multitude of market segments, where customization, precision and functionality are paramount.
Stainless Structurals manufacturing capability encompasses standard and complex shapes, both open and hollow, with section ranging from 0.5x0.5" to 36x28" and length up to 60'.
Dedicated ASTM standards, i.e. ASTM A1069/A1069M and ASTM A1123/A1223M certify Stainless Strucuturals distinctive products and tailored solutions manufactured to turn the ideas of engineers, architects and designers around the world into reality.
All Stainless Structurals products are proudly manufactured in Conroe, Texas.

Exhibitors
CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.
Cleveland-Cliffs is the largest flat-rolled steel producer in North America. Founded in 1847 as a mine operator, Cliffs also is the largest manufacturer of iron ore pellets in North America. The Company is vertically integrated from mined raw materials, direct reduced iron, and ferrous scrap to primary steelmaking and downstream finishing, stamping, tooling, and tubing. Cleveland-Cliffs is the largest supplier of steel to the automotive industry in North America and serves a diverse range of other markets due to its comprehensive offering of flat-rolled steel products. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland-Cliffs employs approximately 27,000 people across its operations in the United States and Canada.

Join us to explore key growth drivers and geopolitical challenges shaping the stainless steel and nickel alloy markets, and discover strategies to maintain the competitiveness of the North American steel industry. Gain insights from top industry experts on navigating the future landscape!
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