North American Stainless & Special Alloys Conference 2026

Date:
Thursday, November 05, 2026 to Friday, November 06, 2026
(Welcome Reception Nov. 4, Conference Nov. 5 - 6)
Location:
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Venue:
The Westin Nashville
 
Motto:
Challenges and changes - are we moving in the right direction?

Save the Date!

The Stainless & Special Alloys Conference returns to Nashville in November 2026 for the 5th edition of this must-attend industry event.

Organized by SMR Events in cooperation with World Steel Dynamics, the conference brings together decision-makers from across the stainless steel and special alloys supply chain to exchange market intelligence, discuss the North American and global outlook, and address the issues shaping the business in 2026 and beyond.

After strong editions in 2022–2024, our 2025 conference set a new benchmark with around 350 delegates from 165 companies, and we are excited to build on that momentum in 2026.

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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.

Welcome Reception
Wednesday, November 04, 2026
18:00
Networking Welcome Reception sponsored by North American Stainless (NAS)
Level 27 - Rooftop Lounge - please proceed to the 27th floor to register

Thursday, November 05, 2026
08:00
Registration desk opens
Networking Breakfast sponsored by Cronimet
Gulch Ballroom
Session 1: Keynote Panel
Chairman: Markus Moll, Managing Director, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
Vanderbilt Ballroom
09:00
Chairmans' Opening Remarks
09:15
Key issues from the perspective of the market leader
Chris Lyons, Vice President of Commercial, North American Stainless, USA
09:45
Success in a stagnating market environment
Carmen Pino, Senior Vice President Commercial, Outokumpu Americas, USA
10:15
Panel Discussion
Rajeev Garg, Senior Vice President & Head - Sales, Distribution and Sales Development, Jindal Stainless Ltd., India
Matthew Kouba, CEO and Managing Director, Böllinghaus Steel Americas Corp, USA
Chris Lyons, Vice President of Commercial, North American Stainless, USA
Carmen Pino, Senior Vice President Commercial, Outokumpu Americas, USA
10:45
Networking Coffee Break sponsored by Mill Steel
Session 2: From Hype to Value: AI in the Steel Supply Chain
Chairman: Gerhard Pariser, Vice President, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
11:30
Chairman' s Opening Remarks
11:40
Presentation
Kiara Nirghin, CEO and Founder, Emanate AI, USA
11:55
Closing the loop: from agent-based demand sensing to AI-supported scheduling on a harmonized MES
Michael Walter, Commercial Lead Metals, OMP, Belgium
12:10
Panel Discussion
Kiara Nirghin, CEO and Founder, Emanate AI, USA
Michael Walter, Commercial Lead Metals, OMP, Belgium
12:30
Networking Lunch sponsored by Jindal
Session 3: Distribution & End Use
Chairman: Wolfgang Lipp, Vice President, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
14:00
Navigating Change: A Stainless Processor’s Perspective
Seth Young, President, Amerinox Processing Inc., USA
14:15
Presentation DSS
Alex Salnikov, General Director, DSS Global Trading LLC, Ukraine
14:30
Panel Discussion
Ivette Autrique, CEO, Prominox - Grupo GIM, Mexico
Dawn Gontko, Vice President Supply Chain, Kaiser Enterprise, USA
Christoph Maraite, Global Commodity Director Raw Materials, Faurecia Clean Mobility, Germany
Alex Salnikov, General Director, DSS Global Trading LLC, Ukraine
Andrew Wolfort, Vice President - Specialty Metals, Olympic Steel, USA
Seth Young, President, Amerinox Processing Inc., USA
15:30
Networking Coffee Break sponsored by Mill Steel
16:10
Fireside Chat
Moderation: Markus Moll, Managing Director, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
Gerhard Pariser, Vice President, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
Clive Grannum, CEO, NAS - North American Stainless, USA
Carmen Pino, Senior Vice President Commercial, Outokumpu Americas, USA
Christopher M. Zimmer, President & CEO, Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, an Aperam company, USA
17:30
End of day 1
18:00
Shuttle Transport to Music Night (gathering in Westin Hotel Lobby)
Pickup location: 9th ave South entrance for Westin Nashville (5:30pm, 5:50pm, 6:10pm, 6:30pm)- drop off location: 3rd Ave. Entrance for Ole Red - It is a 0.7 mile walk (about 15 mins.) from The Westin Nashville to Ole Red on Broadway
18:30
Neworking Event - Nashville Music Night sponsored by Outokumpu, Co-Host Global Metals
Ole Red, Rooftop, 300 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37201 (pick up from Ole Red to Westin: 8:00pm, 8:30pm, 9:00pm)
Day 2
Friday, November 06, 2026
07:30
Networking Breakfast sponsored by Cronimet
08:30
Session 4: Raw Materials
Chairman: Gerhard Pariser, Vice President, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
08:30
Chairmans' Opening Remarks
08:40
Trends & Drivers for Stainless Raw Materials (Scrap, Ni, Cr, Mo)
Gerhard Pariser, Vice President, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
09:00
Building an integrated mine-to-metal supply chain for the next generation of specialty steels
Mark Selby, Chairman, CEO & Director, Canada Nickel Company Inc., Canada
09:15
Panel Discussion
Alasdair Gledhill, Chief Marketing Officer, Allied Alloys, USA
Dave Miller, President, Cronimet Corporation, USA
Senior Representative, Climax Molybdenum Company, USA
Mark Selby, Chairman, CEO & Director, Canada Nickel Company Inc., Canada
10:15
Networking Coffee Break
Session 5: Specialty Stainless Steel and Nickel Alloys
Chairman: Markus Moll, Managing Director, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
11:00
Presentation Nickel Alloys
Vinay Deodeshmukh, Sr. Director – Marketing and Business Development, Haynes International, USA
11:15
Presentation
Thomas L. Buckley, Vice President Sales & Marketing, Electralloy, USA
11:30
Market for Advanced Materials
Bruno Fiego, VP, Advanced Materials for the Americas, Outokumpu
11:40
Panel Discussion
Thomas L. Buckley, Vice President Sales & Marketing, Electralloy, USA
Vinay Deodeshmukh, Sr. Director – Marketing and Business Development, Haynes International, USA
Bruno Fiego, VP, Advanced Materials for the Americas, Outokumpu
Eric Kellaway, General Manager, Hampshire Processing Facility, Elgiloy Specialty Metals, a division of The Combined Metals Company, USA
Michael Murphy, Sales Director, PCC Metals Group, USA
12:15
SMR outlook what's hot and what's not
Wolfgang Lipp, Vice President, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
12:45
Networking Lunch
14:00
End of Conference

Thursday, November 5

Session 1: Keynote Panel Session 2: From Hype to Value: AI in the Steel Supply Chain Session 3: Distribution & End Use Fireside Chat

Friday, November 6

Session 4: Raw Materials Session 5: Specialty Stainless Steel and Nickel Alloys

North American Stainless & Special Alloys Conference 2026 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 +1 615 248 2800).

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 (the list will be updated regularly):

  • AA Metals Inc.
  • Allied Alloys
  • A. M. Castle & Co.
  • American Stainless Tubing Industries
  • Amerinox Processing, Inc.
  • Ameristock Metals LLC
  • Andritz Metals
  • Aperam Stainless Services & Solutions USA
  • Arbon Steel and Service
  • Arbor Metals
  • ASA Alloys
  • Associated Tube Group (Samuel)
  • ATI Specialty Rolled Products
  • Bahru Stainless
  • Basic Metals, Inc.
  • Boellinghaus Steel Americas
  • Boyd Metals (Russel Metals)
  • Canada Nickel Company Inc.
  • C&D
  • Centravis Sales America
  • Cleveland Cliffs
  • Climax Molybdenum
  • Coilplus Inc.
  • Cogne Specialty Steel USA Inc
  • Combined Metals Company, LLC
  • Cronimet Corporation
  • Cumberland Diversified Metals
  • Diversified Specialty Metals
  • Dover Tubular Alloys
  • DSS Global Trading
  • EBNER Furnaces, Inc.
  • Electralloy — a G. O. Carlson Inc. Co.
  • Emanate
  • EMI/JSI
  • Felker Brothers Corporation
  • Fidelity PAC Metals Ltd.
  • Fischer Group
  • Gautier Specialty Metals
  • GLE Alloys, Inc
  • Guangdong Lianchang Metal Co., Ltd.
  • Haynes International Inc.
  • Ideal Clamp Products
  • Independent Stainless LLC
  • Italinox USA
  • Jacquet Midwest, Inc.
  • Jet Edge Waterjet Systems
  • Jindal Stainless Ltd.
  • Joy Reap Metal Pte. Ltd.
  • JXFGlobal Limited
  • Kaiser Enterprise
  • Kelley Drye & Warren
  • Kloeckner Metals
  • Laxcon Steels Ltd
  • Lynch Metals
  • Magellan Corp.
  • Main Steel
  • Marcegaglia Stainless Richburg, LLC
  • Marubeni Itochu Steel
  • Merit Brass
  • Metals USA
  • Middleby
  • Mill Steel
  • NAS – North American Stainless
  • NetZero Metals Inc.
  • New Castle Stainless Plate, LLC
  • Newgate Global Resources
  • Nippon Yakin America, Inc.
  • Norfolk Iron & Metal
  • Northern Metals, Inc.
  • Olbert Metal Sales
  • Olympic Steel
  • OMP
  • Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC
  • Palisades Holdings Inc
  • PCC Metals Group
  • Phoenix Metals
  • Phoenix Tube Company
  • Primus/Bristol Pipe & Tube
  • Prominox Mexico & Prominox USA
  • Purem
  • Quarto North America
  • RathGibson
  • Raznoimport (UK) Ltd.
  • Reliance, Inc.
  • RM Metals
  • Rolark Stainless Steel
  • Rolled Alloys
  • Rolled Metal Products
  • Ryerson
  • Sachin Steel Inc
  • Samsung C&T America
  • Samuel
  • Sandmeyer Steel Company
  • SIJ Americas
  • SMR Steel & Metals Market Research
  • Solar Turbines
  • Special Metals Corp.
  • Specialty Metals Processing
  • SPX Technologies
  • Steel Inc
  • Steel Summit Holdings, Inc.
  • Sumiden Wire
  • Suncoke Energy
  • Swiss Steel
  • Ta Chen International, Inc.
  • Technoform North America
  • Toyota Tsusho America, Inc.
  • TSA Processing
  • Tsingshan
  • Ulbrich Stainless Steel
  • United Scrap Metal, Inc.
  • Universal Piping Industries
  • Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, an Aperam Company
  • USAlloys
  • Valbruna Stainless, Inc.
  • VDM Metals USA, LLC
  • Walzwerke Einsal
  • Webco Tube
  • Wire Belt Company of America
  • Yarde Metals
  • 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.

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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.

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Silver-Sponsors

Canada Nickel Company Inc.

Canada Nickel is targeting a final investment decision of its 100% owned Crawford Nickel Project by 2027 and expects to complete the permitting and funding required in 2026.  The Project has been referred to Major Projects Office by the Government of Canada in November 2025 and also has been announced in January 2026 by the Government of Ontario as the second project to be advanced under the Province’s new One Project, One Process (“1P1P”) framework.. Crawford is located in the heart of the prolific Timmins, Ontario mining camp and hosts the second largest nickel reserve and resource globally.  The Company also has a strong shareholder base with Agnico Eagle (10%), Samsung SDI (7.2%), Anglo American (6.3%) and Taykwa Tagamou Nation (7.1% on conversion).

Additionally, the Company is further unlocking the district scale potential of its regional properties, publishing a total of eight additional resources published  Q4 2025 with the final resource to be published in Q1 2026. Including Crawford, eight of nine resources published containing 10.1 million tonnes of Measured & Indicated nickel (over 4.3 billion tonnes @ 0.24% nickel) and 12.5 million tonnes of Inferred nickel (5.4 billion tonnes @ 0.23% nickel), which would make the Timmins Nickel district the world’s largest nickel sulphide district. The Company also intends to develop NetZero Metals, a downstream nickel and stainless-steel processing facility in the Timmins region.

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Climax Molybdenum Company

Climax Molybdenum Company, a subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan, is the world's leading molybdenum producer and supplier. Founded in 1916, our global operations include both primary and byproduct molybdenum mines. Integrated global operations and local customer care provide our worldwide partners with the most reliable supply and highest quality molybdenum and rhenium products.

For detailed information about our metallurgical and chemical products, please contact our sales office at +1 800 255 7684 or climax@fmi.com.

 

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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.

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Emanate AI

Emanate is the AI revenue engine built to grow companies in the stainless steel and special alloys industry.

Right now, metals companies cannot grow on their own terms. Revenue is handled account by account, capped by headcount, and every account that isn't actively worked goes quiet. Growth isn't run as a system. Emanate changes that, helping producers, service centers, and distributors win and grow revenue autonomously across the full commercial cycle. For the first time, metals companies can experience autonomous growth powered by frontier technology.

Emanate is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, M13, and Carlyle Group, and featured in Fortune, Fast Company, and Forbes.

 

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Global Metals

Global Metals 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.

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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.

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Mill Steel Company

Founded in 1959 by Harry Samrick, Mill Steel Co. is one of North America's largest steel and aluminum suppliers. The company is third-generation, family-owned, and nationally certified as a Women Owned Business Enterprise. Headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Mill Steel now operates seven production facilities nationwide. Mill Steel is renowned for its steadfast dedication to superior quality, timely delivery, and performance, serving some of the world’s most demanding industries. For more information about Mill Steel Co., visit www.millsteel.com.

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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 has ordered and is expecting two additional polishing lines to be delivered in Q3/25.

Amerinox is continually adding the right equipment to provide the most diverse range of value added processing at one location with 435,000 square feet committed to service the US, Canadian and Mexican markets.

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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.

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OMP

OMP is a global leader in end-to-end supply chain planning, empowering the world's most complex organizations to make faster, smarter, and more resilient decisions. Its AI-driven Unison Planning™ platform unifies every layer of planning — from strategic to operational, from demand to supply — into one intelligent, collaborative environment. Through UnisonIQ, OMP places agentic AI at the core of decision-making, enabling adaptive planning that cuts through complexity and disruption.

Backed by more than 40 years of deep industry expertise, OMP delivers planning performance the metals industry can build on. It helps producers connect the order book all the way to the start of your supply chain, balancing on-time-in-full delivery, inventory, and asset productivity against real production and sustainability constraints. Producers, including ArcelorMittal, Tenaris, Cleveland-Cliffs, Outokumpu, Aperam, and AM/NS India, plan with OMP.

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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.

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The following topics and more will be discussed over two dynamic conference days:

  • North American & Global Stainless Steel Market Outlook
  • U.S. Stainless Steel Demand – Challenges, Growth Opportunities & the Outlook for 2027
  • Trade Policy, Tariffs & the Future of the North American Stainless Steel Market
  • Buy America, BABA & DFARS – Impact on Supply Chains and Sourcing Strategies
  • Reshoring & Regionalization – Is Manufacturing Returning to North America?
  • Distribution & Processing – Changing Market Dynamics and Customer Requirements
  • Automotive & Other Key End-Use Markets – Trends & Future Stainless Steel Demand
  • AI & Digitalization – From Hype to Real Value in the Steel Industry
  • Raw Material Markets – Trends & Drivers for Scrap, Nickel, Chromium & Molybdenum
  • Raw Material Security & Building Resilient North American Supply Chains
  • Specialty Stainless Steels & Nickel Alloys – Market Trends, Applications & Growth Opportunities
  • High-Performance Materials for Aerospace, Energy & Other Demanding Applications
  • What’s Ahead for Stainless Steel? – Key Trends, Opportunities & Risks for 2027
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(valid after September 1, 2026)
USD 2,099 USD 1,550 USD 1,200
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