International Stainless & Special Steel Conference 2024

Date:
Tuesday, September 17 to Thursday, September 19, 2024
(Welcome Reception Monday, Sept. 16)
Location:
Rome, Italy
Venue:
A.Roma Lifestyle Hotel
Via Giorgio Zoega, 59 - 00164 Rome, Italy
Motto:
Stay in the Game: Regain Competitiveness to Capture Future Growth Trends!

Stainless & Special Steel Conference is heading to Rome, Italy, in 2024!

After successful events in Hamburg (Germany) and Zurich (Switzerland) with more than 300 participants from the entire stainless steel supply chain, we will gather in Rome (Italy), in 2024. We will meet from Sept. 17 - 19, 2024 in order to discuss the current state of the global stainless & special steel industry and all relevant issues that will shape the business in 2025 and beyond.

Sustainability, green stainless steel, and digitalization have been prominent themes at the past three stainless steel conferences in Como, Hamburg, and Zurich. While these topics remain significant, the upcoming conference in Rome will shift the focus to innovative stainless steel applications, which are expected to be major drivers of future demand for stainless steels.

Furthermore, a significant focus of the discussion will address how the European supply chain can regain its competitiveness to ensure the continued manufacturing of these products in Europe.

Join us to discuss future growth trends and measures to ensure the competitiveness of our industry!


Platinum-Sponsor


Gold-Sponsors


Silver-Sponsors


Bronze-Sponsors

The following agenda is preliminary. Timing of sessions, speaker names, and presentation titles may be subject to change.

International Stainless & Special Steel Conference
Monday, September 16, 2024
15:00
Registration Desk Opens
16:00
Compliance Workshop (16:00 - 17:00)
Volker Soyez, Lawyer, SGP SchneiderGeiwitz Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Germany
As there will be participants from companies that are competitors to one another, it is important to obey compliance rules. In this workshop we will introduce the relevant restrictions that all participants (speakers, panelists, delegates) have to comply with. Mr. Soyez will be present during the entire conference to make sure that these rules are followed in all presentations, panel discussions, interviews and Q&A on our conference stage.
18:00
Networking Welcome Reception @ A.Roma Lifestyle Hotel sponsored by Damstahl/Slize Digital & Voss Group
Day 1
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
08:00
Registration desk opens
Keynote Panel
Chairman: Markus Moll, Managing Director, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
09:00
Chairman's Opening Remarks
09:20
Key Note Presentation & Virtual Tour of Marcegaglia
Antonio Marcegaglia, Chairman and CEO, Marcegaglia Steel, Italy
09:50
The journey to digitalise raw materials procurement
Christian Reuss, Head of Customer Success, Metals Hub GmbH, Germany
10:05
Arvedi Acciai Speciali Terni Green Stainless Steel
Gian Luca Gigli, Chief Technology Officer, Arvedi AST, Italy
10:25
Networking Refreshment Break sponsored by OMP
11:00
Panel: Major Future Growth Drivers
Thomas Anstots, President Businessline Advanced Materials, Outokumpu Oyj, Outokumpu Holding Germany GmbH, Germany
Marcus Lindholm, Global Sourcing Manager & Supplier Development Manager, Alfa Laval Technologies AB, Sweden
Others to be confirmed
Joachim von Schéele, Director Global Commercialization, Linde plc, Germany
12:00
STS Executive of the Year Award
12:30
Networking Lunch
Supply Chain, Distribution & CBAM
Chairman: Wolfgang Lipp, Vice President, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
14:00
Chairman's Opening Remarks
14:05
Presentation
Michael Walter, Senior Manager, OMP, Belgium
14:20
Driving efficiency in the value chain
Brian Fink, CEO, Co-Founder, Slize Digital, Denmark
Michael Lund, Group CEO, Damstahl, Denmark
14:35
Voss Group Europe – Steel and metal distribution in a challenging environment
Marc Steffen, CEO, Voss Group Europe, Germany
14:50
Panel Discussion: Fairness in the Supply Chain & CBAM
Rob Greve, Member of the Board, EURANIMI
Christophe Lagrange, Member of the Board, EURANIMI
Michael Lund, Group CEO, Damstahl, Denmark
Marc Steffen, CEO, Voss Group Europe, Germany
Labor Shortage, Remote Work and Generational Differences
Chairman: Wolfgang Lipp, Vice President, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
15:15
Generational differences, labor shortage and remote work – why it is worth listening to GenZ
Alia Smektala, Chief Operating Officer & part of the women4metals initiative, MTM Ruhrzinn GmbH, Germany
15:40
Panel Discussion
Verena Knott, Chief People Officer, Metals Hub GmbH, Germany
Alia Smektala, Chief Operating Officer & part of the women4metals initiative, MTM Ruhrzinn GmbH, Germany
16:00
Networking Refreshment Break sponsored by OMP
16:30
Fireside Chat (Focus on Flat Products)
Chairman: Markus Moll, Managing Director, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
Timoteo Di Maulo, CEO, Aperam, Luxembourg
Gian Luca Gigli, Chief Technology Officer, Arvedi AST, Italy
Ratan Jindal, Chairman, Jindal Stainless Ltd., India
Antonio Marcegaglia, Chairman and CEO, Marcegaglia Steel, Italy
Bernardo Velázquez, CEO, Acerinox S.A., Spain
17:20
Fireside Chat (Focus on Long Products & Scrap)
Chairman: Markus Moll, Managing Director, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
Massimo Amenduni Gresele, Managing Director, Acciaierie Valbruna S.p.A., Italy
Massimiliano Burelli, CEO, Cogne Acciai Speciali S.p.A., Italy
Frank Koch, CEO, Swiss Steel Holding AG, Switzerland
Jürgen Pilarsky, CEO & Managing Director, Cronimet Holding GmbH, Germany
18:00
End of Day 1
18:30
Bus leaving to Galleria Doria Pamphilj
19:00
Networking Gathering & Buffet Dinner @ Galleria Doria Pamphilj sponsored by Marcegaglia & Cronimet
23:00
Bus returning to A.Roma Lifestyle Hotel
Day 2
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Raw Materials
Chairman: Robert Messmer, Market Analyst, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
09:00
Chairman's Opening Remarks
Robert Messmer, Market Analyst, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
09:10
Circular Solutions - The Role of Battery Recycling in Eco-Friendly Innovation
Filipe Costa, CEO, Cronimet Envirotec GmbH, Germany
09:25
Recycled Stainless - The Key for Green Steel
Tobias Kämmer, CEO, Oryx Stainless, Germany
09:40
Niobium (Nb) Bearing Stainless Steels – Applications for a Sustainable Future
Caio Pisano, Technical Market Development Manager, CBMM Niobium, Netherlands
09:55
Chromium as an enabler of sustainable and strategic applications
Sheraz Neffati, Executive Director, ICDA - International Chromium Development Association, France
10:10
Panel Discussion
Filipe Costa, CEO, Cronimet Envirotec GmbH, Germany
Tobias Kämmer, CEO, Oryx Stainless, Germany
Sheraz Neffati, Executive Director, ICDA - International Chromium Development Association, France
Caio Pisano, Technical Market Development Manager, CBMM Niobium, Netherlands
Kevin Pritchett, Director of Marketing, Climax Molybdenum Company, USA
10:40
Networking Refreshment Break sponsored by CBMM
Raw Materials - Nickel
Chairman: Jim Lennon, Managing Director, Red Door Research, Ltd - Senior Consultant – Commodities Strategy, Macquarie Bank (Europe) Limited, UK
11:10
Chairman’s opening remarks
11:25
Vale – A key player in unlocking value in Energy Transition Metals
Christy Gellert, Senior Market Analyst, Vale Canada Limited, Canada
11:40
Timmins nickel district - A net zero carbon alternative to Indonesia
Mark Selby, Chairman, CEO & Director, Canada Nickel Company Inc., Canada
11:55
Panel Discussion: Nickel
Chairman: Jim Lennon, Managing Director, Red Door Research, Ltd - Senior Consultant – Commodities Strategy, Macquarie Bank (Europe) Limited, UK
Christy Gellert, Senior Market Analyst, Vale Canada Limited, Canada
Lucy Parker, Commodity Strategist, Anglo American, UK
Mark Selby, Chairman, CEO & Director, Canada Nickel Company Inc., Canada
12:25
Best Price Forecast Award
12:40
Networking Lunch
Stainless Steel Long Products
Chairman: Wolfgang Lipp, Vice President, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
14:10
Marcegaglia Long Products Journey
Liam Bates, President, Marcegaglia Stainless Long Products, UK
14:25
Staying competitive: Navigating Challenges and Seizing Growth Opportunities
Alessandro Santoro, Lead Account Manager, Böllinghaus Steel GmbH
14:40
Navigating Impact of CBAM on Stainless Steel Exports: Insights from India's leading Export Company
Anand Gupta, CEO, Aamor Inox Limited, India
14:55
New Energy and Sustainability Trends – Impact & Challenges for the seamless tube & pipe portfolio
Christophe Le Rigoleur, Managing Director, Mannesmann Stainless Tubes GmbH, Germany
15:10
Panel Discussion
Roberto Bertin, Group Sales Director, Acciaierie Valbruna SpA, Italy
Sandra Chedal-Anglay, Senior Vice President Sales - Stainless Steel Division, Swiss Steel Group, Switzerland
15:40
Networking Refreshment Break sponsored by CBMM Niobium
Stainless Steel Flat Products
Chairman: Wolfgang Lipp, Vice President, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
16:10
Green Stainless Steel in White Goods
Clemens Schneider, Director Global Purchasing Stainless Steel, BSH Hausgeraete GmbH, Germany
16:25
E-Mobility - Opportunities for STS
Markus Buckner, Sales Director Mobility & Transport Advanced Materials, Outokumpu Nirosta GmbH, Germany
16:40
Stainless Steel Precision Strip for Fuel Cells
Paul Campbell, Head of Sales, Zapp Precision Metals GmbH, Germany
16:55
Perspectives from a Key Asian Player
Senior Representative, POSCO, South Korea
17:10
Panel Discussion
Markus Buckner, Sales Director Mobility & Transport Advanced Materials, Outokumpu Nirosta GmbH, Germany
Angel Ramirez, Global Commodity Director, Steel, Tube and Welding Wire, Faurecia Clean Mobility, Germany
Gerald Wimmer, Vice President Converter Steelmaking, Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH, Austria
17:45
End of Day 2
18:00
Networking Drink Reception @ A.Roma Lifestyle Hotel
Day 3
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Macroeconomic & Industry Outlook
Chairman: Markus Moll, Managing Director, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
09:00
Chairman Opening Remarks
09:10
Competitiveness of the European Steel Industry
Emma Marcegaglia, Vice-Chairman, Marcegaglia Steel, Italy
09:40
Macroeconomic Outlook
Stefan Schilbe, Chief Economist Germany, HSBC Deutschland, Germany
Martin Vetter-Diez, Managing Director | Head of Commodity Sector Coverage Northern Europe, HSBC Deutschland, Germany
10:10
Panel Discussion
10:30
Networking Refreshment Break
11:00
Divers and Inhibitors for Raw Materials (Nickel, Chrome, Molybdenum)
Robert Messmer, Market Analyst, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
11:30
What's ahead for Stainless Steel - Trends and Drivers for end use industries
Wolfgang Lipp, Vice President, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
Markus Moll, Managing Director, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
Oliver Spaltmann, Vice President Market Research, SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria
12:30
Networking Lunch
14:00
End of Conference

confirmed speakers:

  • Anand Gupta, CEO, Aamor Inox Limited, India
  • Massimo Amenduni Gresele, Managing Director, Acciaierie Valbruna S.p.A., Italy
  • Bernardo Velázquez, CEO, Acerinox S.A., Spain
  • Marcus Lindholm, Global Purchasing Manager - Metals, Alfa Laval Technologies AB, Sweden
  • Lucy Parker, Commodity Strategist, Anglo American, UK
  • Timoteo Di Maulo, CEO, Aperam, Luxembourg
  • Gianluca Gigli, Chief Technology Officer, Arvedi AST, Italy
  • Alessandro Santoro, Lead Account Manager, Böllinghaus Steel GmbH, Germany
  • Clemens Schneider, Director Global Purchasing Stainless Steel, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Germany
  • Mark Selby, Chairman, CEO & Director, Canada Nickel Company Inc., Canada
  • Caio Pisano, Technical Market Development Manager, CBMM Niobium, Netherlands
  • Kevin Pritchett, Director of Marketing, Climax Molybdenum Company, USA
  • Massimiliano Burelli, CEO, Cogne Acciai Speciali S.p.A., Italy
  • Filipe Costa, CEO, Cronimet Envirotec GmbH, Germany
  • Jürgen Pilarsky, CEO & Managing Director, Cronimet Holding GmbH, Germany
  • Michael Lund, Group CEO, Damstahl, Denmark
  • Sheraz Neffati, Executive Director, ICDA - International Chromium Development Association, France
  • Ratan Jindal, Chairman, Jindal Stainless Ltd., India
  • Joachim von Schéele, Director Global Commercialization, Linde plc, Germany
  • Jim Lennon, Managing Director, Red Door Research, Ltd - Senior Consultant – Commodities Strategy, Macquarie Bank (Europe) Limited, UK
  • Christophe Le Rigoleur, Managing Director, Mannesmann Stainless Tubes GmbH, Germany
  • Antonio Marcegaglia, Chairman and CEO, Marcegaglia Steel, Italy
  • Christian Reuss, Head of Customer Success, Metals Hub GmbH, Germany
  • Alia Smektala, Chief Operating Officer & part of the women4metals initiative, MTM Ruhrzinn GmbH, Germany
  • Michael Walter, Senior Manager, OMP, Belgium
  • Thomas Anstots, President Businessline Advanced Materials, Outokumpu Oyj, Outokumpu Holding Germany GmbH, Germany
  • Markus Buckner, Sales Director Mobility & Transport Advanced Materials, Outokumpu Nirosta GmbH, Germany
  • Senior Representative, POSCO, South Korea
  • Gerald Wimmer, Vice President Converter Steelmaking, Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH, Austria
  • Brian Fink, CEO, Co-Founder, Slize Digital, Denmark
  • Sandra Chedal Anglay, Senior Vice President Sales - Stainless Steel Division, Swiss Steel Group, Switzerland
  • Frank Koch, CEO, Swiss Steel Holding AG, Switzerland
  • Marc Steffen, CEO, Voss Group Europe, Germany
  • Paul Campbell, Sales Manager, Zapp Precision Metals GmbH, Germany

The International Stainless & Special Steel Conference 2024 will take place in the following venue:

A.Roma Lifestyle Hotel, Rome

The venue is conveniently located in between the airport and the city center of Rome. I takes around 20 minutes by taxi to reach the city center. A shuttle bus service to/from the city centre and to/from the airport is offered by the hotel.

We booked a room block for our delegates at his hotel. The group rate is EUR 235 per night incl VAT, full american breakfast, complementary daily mini bar, complementary WI-FI and free parking.

Below you can find the booking link. In order to get the reduced group booking fee you must click on the field 'Add Code'. Then select 'Group Attendee' from the drop-down menu. Enter the code SMR2024 into the field that comes up.

Group Booking (add code Group Attendee SMR2024)

Representatives from the following companies will attend the event (the list will be updated regularly):

  • Aamor Inox Limited, India
  • Acciaierie Valbruna S.p.A., Italy
  • Acerinox SA, Spain
  • Alfa Laval Technologies AB, Sweden
  • Anglo American, UK
  • Aperam, Luxembourg
  • Arvedi AST, Italy
  • BGH Edelstahlwerke GmbH, Germany
  • BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Germany
  • Canada Nickel Company Inc., Canada
  • CBMM | Niobium, Netherlands
  • Central Wire Industries LTD, Canada
  • Climax Molybdenum Company, USA
  • Cogne Acciai Speciali S.p.A., Italy
  • Condoroil Stainless S.r.l., Italy
  • CRONIMET, Germany
  • Damstahl, Denmark
  • EURANIMI
  • Faurecia Clean Mobility, Germany
  • Global Specialty Metals Consulting, USA
  • H. BUTTING GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
  • Hempel Intermetaux SA, Switzerland
  • ICDA - International Chromium Development Association, France
  • Jindal Stainless Ltd., India
  • Kohler Company, USA
  • LE Commodities LLC, USA
  • Linde plc, Germany
  • LSI - LAMIERE SPECIALI INOX S.P.A., Italy
  • Mannesmann Stainless Tubes GmbH, Germany
  • Marcegaglia Specialties SpA, Italy
  • Metals Hub GmbH, Germany
  • Metallverwertung, Germany
  • Montal i Fills SL, Spain
  • Montanstahl AG, Switzerland
  • MTM Ruhrzinn GmbH, Germany
  • NLMK Verona SPA. Italy
  • Novametal S.A., Switzerland
  • OSTP Holding OY, Finland
  • Outokumpu, Germany
  • Paul Jost GmbH, Germany
  • Sauter Edelstahl AG, Switzerland
  • SMR GmbH, Austria
  • Sometal GmbH, Austria
  • Steel Service Krefeld GmbH, Germany
  • Swiss Steel Group, Switzerland
  • TSR Stainless GmbH, Germany
  • UKF Stainless Limited, UK
  • Voss Group Europe, Germany
  • Witzenmann GmbH, Germany
  • Zapp Precision Metals GmbH, Germany

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.

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Gold-Sponsors

Cronimet Holding GmbH

CRONIMET has been supplying raw materials for the stainless steel producing industry for four decades. As a family business, it has grown into a global player in this important supply sector. As the resource protection is becoming increasingly important, the Group is striving to further develop in these future markets.

CRONIMET is a global specialist for stainless steel scrap, ferro alloys and primary metals. Today the company is established on six continents at more than 70 locations on the worldwide procurement markets for secondary raw materials.

Four pillars support the company: Recycling, Trade & Sales, Production and Services. A comprehensive range of products and services is based on this solid foundation. It ranges from processed stainless steel and metal scrap to special and superalloys. Whether pure or precisely recombined, CRONIMET guarantees its customers exact analyses of all raw materials. If required, all components are provided in a chargeable form for the melting process.

In addition to Cronimet's focus on solid scrap, the subsidiary Cronimet Envirotec is treating metal-containing soft scrap from industries such as the automotive sector, steel mills, foundries, and others. With an innovative vacuum distillation technology, an environmentally friendly separation of materials without their chemical modification is achieved. With that, wholesome recycling of hazardous and non-hazardous waste streams can be guaranteed. Grinding sludges, oily mill scale, and other wet metal-bearing materials are dried and de-oiled at Envirotec's premises in Bitterfeld, Germany. The metal residues obtained in this way can be returned to smelter in the form of metal briquettes, as can filter dust and other metallic powders. Briquetting with the use of an organic binder enables the company to produce an output raw material that can be used as a substitute for solid scrap.

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Silver-Sponsors

Arvedi AST

With over 135 years of experience, Arvedi AST, part of the Arvedi Group, is one of the most important integrated steelmaking sites in Europe in the stainless steel sector.

Its core business is stainless steel flat products, for which it is market leader in Italy and one of the four leading producers in Europe.

Thanks to the its service centres network (Terninox/Italy, AST Deutschland and AST Turkey), the innovative capability and high expertise of the technical and sales team, Arvedi AST’s products reach customers across the world.

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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.

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Canada Nickel Company Inc.

Canada Nickel is currently focused on its 100% owned flagship Crawford Nickel Sulphide Project in the heart of the prolific Timmins mining camp. Crawford is the world’s largest nickel sulphide discovery since the early 1970s, would be one of the five largest nickel sulphide operations if in production today, and is targeting completion of a bankable feasibility study by year-end 2022.

Canada Nickel’s Crawford Nickel Sulphide discovery represents the Next Generation of Nickel – large scale, lower grade, open pit nickel sulphide project with potential for zero carbon footprint – well-positioned to deliver the metals needed to power the electric vehicle revolution and feed the high growth stainless steel market. The Company possesses industry leading nickel expertise and is focused on low risk well-established mining jurisdictions. The Company is also pursuing the development of processes to allow the production of net zero carbon nickel, cobalt, and iron products, and has applied in multiple jurisdictions to trademark the terms NetZero NickelTM, NetZero CobaltTM, NetZero IronTM.

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CBMM | Niobium

World leader in the production and marketing of Niobium products, CBMM has more than 500 customers in 50 countries. Headquartered in Brazil, with regional offices in China, the Netherlands, Singapore, Switzerland and the United States, the company supplies cutting-edge products and technology to the infrastructure, mobility, aerospace, healthcare, and energy sectors. The company has a New Business front to support its growth plans through the development of new applications that is focused on accelerating the entry, into the global market, of Niobium technology. In the last 4 years, CBMM has made strategic investments in companies such as Echion and Battery Streak aiming at new developments in Niobium materials for Li-ion batteries. Since its foundation, CBMM has developed projects in Brazil and in several countries around the world to foster the adoption of Niobium technology by several industries. Learn more about CBMM at www.cbmm.com or visit www.niobium.tech to learn more about Niobium technology and its various applications.

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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 offices in Europe, Asia and the Americas.

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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.

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Damstahl Group

Damstahl is a family-owned business with +300 employees active in more than 10 European countries. As part of the NEUMO Ehrenberg Group, we support customers in the stainless steel industry on a global scale. Our pride lies in the value we add to your business. Our services within knowledge-sharing in the usage of stainless steel, support to your journey on sustainability, complete logistic solutions including local warehouses, and our digital services all involve THE most important factor, people.


People & Digital in that order, the choice is yours – welcome to Damstahl.

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Slize Commerce

Slize Commerce excels as an e-commerce supplier, offering an award-winning Commerce Platform tailored for the B2B steel trade and manufacturing sector.
With features fine-tuned for the global stainless steel industry, our platform effortlessly propels your eCommerce and eServices to new heights.

Clients typically experience boosted online orders, improved Gross Margin, and heightened customer satisfaction, freeing up the sales department to nurture client relationships instead of managing orders. Additionally, our platform serves as an essential daily tool for sales teams, providing insights into customer performance, behavior, and collaborative capabilities.

- Become a digital leader effortlessly with Slize Commerce

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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.

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Valbruna Group

Founded in 1925 and now employing more than 2500 people, Valbruna is a Private Fully Integrated Steel Mill and Depot with focus on direct mill production sales of long products of Alloy Steel, Stainless Steel & High Nickel Alloys globally.

With a long experience of over 95 years in the stainless steel production, Valbruna boasts 4 production plants and 42 subsidiaries that ensure constant direct contact with customers, wherever they may be located around the world.

The fourth facility, Valbruna ASW Inc. of Welland (ON-Canada), has been acquired in 2019 and produces approximately 100,000 annual tons of carbon, alloy and stainless steel in cc billets, ingots and blooms.

This new acquisition has strengthened the already deep-rooted 25-year presence of Valbruna in the North American Market, based on a widespread network of one production plant  (Fort Wayne, IN) and 7 subsidiaries in  Carol Stream (IL), Cincinnati (OH), Chino (CA), Houston (TX), Lawrenceville (GA), Pompton Lakes (NJ) and St. Petersburg (FL).

Valbruna’s production satisfies the needs of various  industrial sectors. Markets such as: automotive, aerospace, building, energy, mechanical, medical, food and pharmaceutical, naval, oil & gas, weaponry  & defense and power generation count on Valbruna for their consistency of production and quality in these highly demanding applications.

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Voss Group Europe

For over 40 years, the Voss Group Europe supplies long products in stainless and carbon steel and aluminium. Guaranteed and exclusive for trade customers only!

Voss digital sales strategy and state-of-the-art logistics give customers 24/7 access to over 9,000 articles and over 12,000 tonnes of steel and aluminium. Available every day from 13 locations in Europe to customers in more than 35 countries.

 

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Bronze-Sponsors

Aamor Inox

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Metals Hub GmbH

Metalshub is one of the pioneers of digital transformation in the metals industry. Founded in 2016, and based in Düsseldorf, Germany, Metalshub operates globally. It is a technology company that provides supply chain solutions for raw materials to promote more efficient workflows. Efficiency, transparency, and compliance are core values of the company. Metalshub is fully impartial and independent with no conflicts of interest.

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Oryx Stainless Group

Oryx Stainless Group is one of the leading stainless steel scrap processors. With operations in Europe and Asia, Oryx Stainless serves stainless flat as well as long product producers worldwide. With its excellence in quality and the superiority of its products Oryx Stainless creates the conditions to save more than 2.5mn mt of CO2 emissions per annum.

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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.

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Sustainability, green stainless steel, and digitalization have been prominent themes at the past three stainless steel conferences in Como, Hamburg, and Zurich. While these topics remain significant, the upcoming conference in Rome will shift the focus to innovative stainless steel applications (see list of examples below), which are expected to be major drivers of future demand for stainless steels.

Furthermore, a significant focus of the discussion will address how the European supply chain can regain its competitiveness to ensure the continued manufacturing of these products in Europe.

Join us to discuss future growth trends and measures to ensure the competitiveness of our industry!

  • Heat Pumps
  • Fuel Cells
  • Hydrogen Supply Chain (Electrolysers, transport & storage, liquefied H2 piping)
  • BEV Battery Casings
  • STS Roofing & Facades
  • Infrastructure (Tunnels, Bridges ....)
  • Seawater Desalination
  • Geothermal
  • Drinking Water Pipes
  • Vending Machines
  • Electrical Cabinets
  • Artistic Installations & Public Art
  • Railways (India)
  • Rebars (India)
  1st Delegate 2nd Delegate 3rd Delegate

Super Early Bird
(valid until May 17, 2024)

EUR 1,495 EUR 1,045 EUR 730

Early Bird
(valid from May 18 - July 12, 2024)

EUR 1,850 EUR 1,290 EUR 940
Final Rate
(valid after July 12, 2024)
EUR 2,195 EUR 1,525 EUR 1,080

Please note that hotel rooms are not included in this price and need to be booked separately.

Hotel Booking Information

Please note that photos and videos will be taken during the event that may be published on our website, social media like LinkedIn or in printed promotional material for the purpose of documenting the event and promoting future events. If you do not whish to be shown on such pictures please contact us (conference@smr.at) or tell our photographer directly onsite. Thank you.

You can read our detailed terms and conditions here.

1 delegate

Total price € 1495

2 delegates

Total price € 2540

3 delegates

Total price € 3270

4 delegates

Total price € 3960

5 delegates

Total price € 4620