International Stainless & Special Steel Conference 2021
Tuesday, September 28 to Thursday, September 30, 2021
Como, Italy
Sheraton Lake Como Hotel
Stainless Steel 2021 - Green & Digital
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Stainless & Special Steel Conference is back in 2021!
It is time to meet again to discuss the current state of the global stainless & special steel industry. We will gather in Como, Italy, from September 28 - 30, 2021 to discuss all relevant issues that will shape the business in 2022 and beyond.
Network with 150 participants from the entire stainless steel supply chain.
Platinum-Sponsor
Gold-Sponsors
Silver-Sponsors
Bronze-Sponsors
Exhibitors
Supporting Organization
The following agenda is preliminary. Timing of sessions, speaker names, and presentation titles may be subject to change.
Monday, September 27, 2021
Antonio Marcegaglia, Chairman and CEO, Marcegaglia Steel, Italy
Emma Marcegaglia, Chairman and CEO, Marcegaglia Holding – B7 Italy Chair 2024, Italy
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Chairman: Markus Moll, Managing Director, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
Antonio Marcegaglia, Chairman and CEO, Marcegaglia Steel, Italy
Edwin Basson, Director General, World Steel Association, Belgium
Edwin Basson, Director General, World Steel Association, Belgium
Antonio Marcegaglia, Chairman and CEO, Marcegaglia Steel, Italy
Sid Sousa, Vice President Stainless Purchasing, Samuel, Son & Co., Canada
Chairman: Wolfgang Lipp, Vice President, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
Wolfgang Lipp, Vice President, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
Dante O. Benini, Leader Partner and Chairman, Dante O. Benini & Partners Architects, Italy
Luca Gonzo, Senior Partner and Managing Director, Dante O. Benini & Partners Architects, Italy
Nicole Kinsman, Technical Director, IMOA - International Molybdenum Association, UK
Giuseppe Toscano, Shareholder, Sales and Technical Manager, Opessi Stefano S.r.l., Italy
Joachim von Schéele, Director Global Commercialization, Linde plc, Germany
Alessandro Zerbini, Production Manager, Steel Color S.p.A., Italy
Chairman: Markus Moll, Managing Director, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
Timoteo Di Maulo, CEO, Aperam, Luxembourg
Antonio Marcegaglia, Chairman and CEO, Marcegaglia Steel, Italy
Roberto Marzorati, Vice President, Cogne Acciai Speciali S.p.A., Italy
Jürgen Pilarsky, CEO & Managing Director, Cronimet Holding GmbH, Germany
Massimiliano Sacco, CEO, Arinox S.p.A., Italy
Bernardo Velázquez, CEO, Acerinox S.A., Spain
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Chairman: Robert Messmer, Market Analyst, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
Gerhard Pariser, VP ELG Group Strategy, ELG GmbH, Germany
Filipe Costa, CEO, Cronimet Envirotec GmbH, Germany
Filipe Costa, CEO, Cronimet Envirotec GmbH, Germany
Gerhard Pariser, VP ELG Group Strategy, ELG GmbH, Germany
Chairman: Markus Moll, Managing Director, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
Frank Ehrenberg, Senior Vice President Raw Materials, Outokumpu, Germany
Barry Jackson, Principal Market Intelligence Ni & STS Raw Materials, AngloAmerican Marketing Ltd, United Kingdom
Christy Gellert, Specialist, Marketing Analysis, Vale Canada Limited, Canada
Frank Ehrenberg, Senior Vice President Raw Materials, Outokumpu, Germany
Robert Fig, Partner, The Metals Risk Team, United Kingdom
Christy Gellert, Specialist, Marketing Analysis, Vale Canada Limited, Canada
Barry Jackson, Principal Market Intelligence Ni & STS Raw Materials, AngloAmerican Marketing Ltd, United Kingdom
Denis Sharypin, Strategic Marketing Director, Nornickel, Russia
Chairman: Robert Messmer, Market Analyst, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
Petteri Niska, Vice President, Ferrochrome Sales, Outokumpu Nirosta GmbH, Germany
Görkem Kavcak, Market Research Director, Yildirim Group, Turkey
Victor Constant, Market Research Analyst, ICDA - International Chromium Development Association, France
Chris Gnann, Vice President Sales & Marketing, Climax Molybdenum Company, USA
Victor Constant, Market Research Analyst, ICDA - International Chromium Development Association, France
Chris Gnann, Vice President Sales & Marketing, Climax Molybdenum Company, USA
Görkem Kavcak, Market Research Director, Yildirim Group, Turkey
Michael Kendrick, President, Climax Molybdenum Company, USA
Chairman: Wolfgang Lipp, Vice President, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
Angel Ramirez, Global Commodity Director, Steel, Tube and Welding Wire, Faurecia Clean Mobility, Germany
Gianpiero Mastinu, Professor, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Massimo Ciommei, Sales & Marketing Manager, Automotive Products, Marcegaglia Specialties S.p.A., Italy
Gianpiero Mastinu, Professor, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Paolo Morelli, COO - CTO, Ansa Tech Srl (SAG Group), Italy
Angel Ramirez, Global Commodity Director, Steel, Tube and Welding Wire, Faurecia Clean Mobility, Germany
Markus Moll, Managing Director, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
Thursday, September 30, 2021
Chairman: Markus Moll, Managing Director, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
Stefan Erdmann, Chief Technology Officer & Head of Sustainability, Outokumpu Holding Germany GmbH, Germany
Christoph Pawlowski, Director, Manufacturing Industry Solutions - Western Europe, Microsoft, Italy
Francesca Pittau, Salary Partner, Advant-Nctm, Italy
Gian Luca Gigli, Quality Director, Marcegaglia Specialties S.p.A., Italy
Tim Milde, Chief Operating Officer, XOM Materials GmbH, Germany
Vittorio Boneschi, CEO, TrafiTech Srl, Italy
Stefan Erdmann, Chief Technology Officer & Head of Sustainability, Outokumpu Holding Germany GmbH, Germany
Gian Luca Gigli, Quality Director, Marcegaglia Specialties S.p.A., Italy
Philippe Kohl, Key Account Manager IMEA Region, SMS Group, Italy
Tim Milde, Chief Operating Officer, XOM Materials GmbH, Germany
Christoph Pawlowski, Director, Manufacturing Industry Solutions - Western Europe, Microsoft, Italy
Francesca Pittau, Salary Partner, Advant-Nctm, Italy
Chairman: Markus Moll, Managing Director, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
Joachim von Schéele, Director Global Commercialization, Linde plc, Germany
Marco Zavattoni, Stainless Steel Expert, Condoroil Stainless Srl, Italy
Gerald Wimmer, Vice President Converter Steelmaking, Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH, Austria
Paul Vanvuchelen, Director Customer Solutions, OMP, Belgium
Mariano de Bernardi, Partner, McGrath, UK
Mariano de Bernardi, Partner, McGrath, UK
Paul Vanvuchelen, Director Customer Solutions, OMP, Belgium
Joachim von Schéele, Director Global Commercialization, Linde plc, Germany
Gerald Wimmer, Vice President Converter Steelmaking, Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH, Austria
Marco Zavattoni, Stainless Steel Expert, Condoroil Stainless Srl, Italy
Tuesday, September 28
Keynote PanelWednesday, September 29
Raw Materials - Clean Stainless with ScrapThursday, September 30
Digitalization and Artificial IntelligenceStainless & Special Steel Conference 2021 will take place in the following venue:
Sheraton Lake Como Hotel
Via per Cernobbio 41A, Como, 22100, Italy
Platinum-Sponsor
Marcegaglia Specialties S.p.A.
Marcegaglia is the leading industrial group worldwide in the steel processing sector, with a turnover of more than 5.3 billion euros. The group has operations worldwide with 6,500 employees, 60 sales offices and 25 steel plants and 5.8 million tons of steel processed yearly, serving more than 15,000 customers.
Marcegaglia Specialties is the company which manufactures stainless steel, for the production of tubes, flat products and cold-drawn bars. Marcegaglia Specialties, which processes over 650,000 tons of steel per year, with a turnover of more than 1.3 million Euros, has in gained over the years a worldwide leadership in the production of stainless steel welded tubes.

Gold-Sponsors
Cronimet Holding GmbH
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 75 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 scrap, CRONIMET is also working on other innovative ideas to keep valuable metallic raw materials in circulation and to optimize the use of metallic raw materials. 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. In Brazil, CRONIMET converts tungsten and molybdenum concentrates into ferro molybdenum and ferro tungsten. We have also built the first FeTi70% plant of Latin America, which is produced with scrap mainly purchased and processed in our EU and US operations. In addition, the FeTi70% and some other products as FeB and Carbon are being produced in our cored wire plant, serving mainly to the Brazilian steel sector a wide range of primary materials.
The CRONIMET Group's company Revomet deals with the recycling of batteries from electric vehicles. From the year 2026, 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.

Silver-Sponsors
ELG Haniel GmbH
The ELG Group is a specialist in the trading, processing and recycling of raw materials for the stainless steel industry as well as high performance materials such as superalloys and titanium. With more than 50 locations in North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, ELG has one of the industry’s largest global networks.
ELG’s customers receive the material in exactly the composition they need for further processing – just in time and in accordance with their high-quality standards.
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Cogne Acciai Speciali S.p.A.
Cogne Acciai Speciali is a leading Italian manufacturer of stainless steels and nickel alloys long products.
The Company’s activities cover the five main production cycles of the steel industry: steelmaking, casting, rolling, forging and machining.
CAS’ product range includes stainless steels (in form of wire rod, bars, semi-finished products and concrete reinforcing bars), valve steels and nickel alloys. Through its R&D centre, technical expertise, modern equipment and continuous investments the mill has managed to diversify its offer for Mobility, CPI, Aerospace, Power Generation, Construction, Food, Medical and IT.
CAS is strongly committed to ensuring the economic, social and environmental sustainability of its activities, valuing people, the territory and the communities in which it operates, while minimizing the environmental impact of its production. Sustainable Development Goals have been integrated into company’s strategic objectives in order to act in a responsible manner and maintain its leader position on the market.

Bronze-Sponsors
Trafitec Srl
Trafitec Srl is the company of Gruppo Lucefin SpA dedicated to the production of bright finished stainless steel bars. Sections: rounds, hexagons, squares, flats and profiles. Manufacturing: cold drawing, grinding, peeling, heat treating.

SMS group
SMS group is a global, leading partner for the metal industry. As a family-owned business headquartered in Germany, quality and innovation are in our DNA. We are committed to the success of our customers and strive to add value along the entire value chain of the global metal industry.
Whether it’s the design of a new plant, Modernization, Digitalization, or Life Cycle Services.
We listen, we learn, we deliver. Whatever you envision, we will make it happen for you.

Primetals Technologies
Primetals Technologies, Limited, headquartered in London, United Kingdom, is a pioneer and world leader in the fields of engineering, plant building, and the provision of lifecycle services for the metals industry. The company offers a complete technology, product, and services portfolio that includes integrated electrics and automation, digitalization, and environmental solutions. This covers every step of the iron and steel production chain—from the raw materials to the finished product—and includes the latest rolling solutions for the nonferrous metals sector. Primetals Technologies is a Group Company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, with around 7,000 employees worldwide. To learn more about Primetals Technologies, visit the company website www.primetals.com.

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.

McGrath
McGrath implements Operational Excellence transformation programmes that enable clients to reach their full potential.
McGrath leads the transformation process. Rather than giving instructions, McGrath engages in the implementation of the changes.
McGrath has made this change process happen in more than a hundred organisations all over the world, and is a reference in Operational Excellence in the metal industry.
McGrath’s expertise in implementing performance excellence, ensures involvement, commitment, and compliance so the whole organisation is committed to excellence, ensuring the perpetuation of the changes.

CONDOROIL Stainless S.r.l.
Condoroil has been in the market of surface treatment for over 40 years.
In the field of stainless steel Condoroil developed, in 1989, the first nitric acid-free pickling solution and, in the following years, studies and researches led to development of:
- Very performing/extremely fast nitric-free and low HF picklers
- ELETTRA: electrolytic pickling lines
- RESIBED: acid recovery units
- PEROXYSTEEL: - catalytic oxidation units to reduce NOx emission, recovery nitric acid and eliminate hydrogen peroxide in nitric free processes.

Exhibitors
XOM Materials GmbH
XOM Materials is the go-to online platform for buying and selling materials such as steel, metals, and plastics. It provides ready-made procurement and sales solutions for buyers and sellers aiming to future-proof their business. XOM enables customers to go digital painlessly, without investing in developing their own solutions. Founded in Berlin in 2017 XOM operates from offices in Berlin, Duisburg, Prague, Valencia and Atlanta and employs around 50 people.

Supporting Organization
Centro Inox

Green Stainless / Sustainability:
- The steel sustainability challenge – how to reduce CO2 footprint?
- How can we promote stainless steel as green material?
- How can stainless steel help the world to become more sustainable?
- The future of mobility and impact on stainless and special steel
- What is the future for Hydrogen and how much stainless will be used for that?
Digitalization
- Digitalization, machine learning and artificial intelligence
- How can our industry benefit from the 4th Industrial Revolution?
- What are the obstacles for quick implementation of digital solutions?
- Impact of digitalization on workforce – from steel worker to IT specialist?
- Productivity enhancement potentials in STS production
Impact of Corona Pandemic
- How did the pandemic impact the market in individual end use segments?
- Who were the losers and were there winners as well?
- How flexible were stainless steel producers to adapt to the crisis?
Outlook for 2022
- Where do we stand in the business cycle?
- Which industries or regions are booming? Where are the hotspots?
- How are prices expected to develop in 2022?
- Are protectionism and trade restrictions rising?
- What is the outlook for raw materials (scrap, nickel, chrome)?
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