Navigating through the current economic crisis to a brighter future in stainless steel & special steel

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Hear from key industry leading speakers:• Pascal Payet-Gaspard, Secretary General, International Stainless Steel Forum • Jean-Yves Gilet, Executive Vice President, CEO, ArcelorMittal• Benedikt Niemeyer, CEO, Schmolz & Bickenbach • Jürgen Horsthofer, Member of the Management Board, Deutsche Edelstahlwerke• Francois-Gabriel Sauvage, Executive Vice President, Eramet • Jürgen Pilarsky, President, CRONIMET• Peter van Hüllen, Chairman of the board, Georgsmarienhütte Holding GmbH• Wolfgang Emmerich, Corporate Strategy Manager, Böhler Uddeholm• Thorsten Studemund, Managing Director, Voß Edelstahlhandel GmbH & Co.• Robert Yuksel Yildirim, President & CEO, ETI KROM Inc

“Presentations were excellent - a great place to meet people.” Sven Ericsson, President, SG Ericsson & Co.

“Great mixture of speakers from different sectors.” Kwang-Seuk Yang, Manager, POSCO Europe

“An overview of the whole industry.” Wolfgang Emmerich, Corporate Strategy Manager, Böhler Uddeholm

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8th InternationalStainless & SpecialSteel Summit31 August - 2 September, 2009Hilton Hotel, Dusseldorf, Germany

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Over200 delegates attended in 2008

Navigating through the current economic crisis to a brighter future in stainless steel & special steelThe global stainless steel industry, as with all steel industries, is going through dramatic changes caused by the economic crisis. With that in mind, Metal Bulletin Events and SMR invite you to the 8th International Special & Stainless Steel Summit.

The conference is the foremost fixture in the stainless steel calendar and represents a not-to-be-missed educational and networking opportunity. Facing the unique challenges the downturn represents requires a cautious and informed approach whilst making sure that your company can swiftly take advantage of any opportunities that present themselves. In the current environment, it is more crucial than ever to hear the major players present their strategies for emerging from this crisis.

Benefits of attending:The leading conference of its kind in the world: Seize key networking opportunities with over 200 leading industry •players expected this yearUnrivalled networking: A one-stop shop to meet with and hear from the entire spectrum of the global stainless •steel sectorPresentations from the key decision makers in the industry, including:•

What will the post-crisis steel landscape look like and how can your company benefit?•Sustainability and growth of stainless steel•The new realities in the stainless steel long products market•Market forecast, volumes and prices•Productivity and technology•Bright spots for special steel long products: Power generation, oil & gas and renewable energy technology•Choose a combination of up to three modules:•

Flat products•Raw materials•Long products•

Old forecasts are obsolete, budgets must be overhauled and all plans must be attuned to new priorities. By the time of the event, we should have a clearer picture of who the ‘winners’ and ‘losers’ are and what the new landscape for the sector looks like.

where did 2008 delegates come from?

benefits of attending:Assess what to expect in the near future and make

well-informed business decisions taking you safely

through the next twelve months.

Discuss which sectors may drive the customer

demand in the next twelve months.

learn how the stainless industry is adjusting their

production and business strategies to the current

economic climate.

network with key decision-makers and market-

shakers in the stainless steel industry.

Participate in top-level interactive debates on the

most pressing questions facing the industry.

Europe – 49% Americas – 21% Middle East & Africa – 17% Asia & Australasia – 9%

49%

23%

17%

9%

“A unique event to represent the special needs of an end user to the steel producing companies.”Jens G. Holst, Global Commodity Manager, Flender AG“Clear about the direction of the development of various companies.”Anders lindh, Senior Executive, Sandvik Materials Technology

Day One: Monday, August 3108:00 registration desk opens

session i: stainless steel Flat Products09:00 chairman’s opening remarks

Markus Moll, Managing Director, sMr, Austria

09:10 keynote presentation: sustainability and growth of stainless steelPascal Payet-gaspard, Secretary General, issF - international stainless steel Forum, Belgium

09.40 Perspective of an industry leading producerJean-yves gilet, Executive Vice President, CEO, ArcelorMittal, Belgium

10:10 A consumer perspective on the marketulrich schnaut, Manager R&D, bergrohr gmbh, Germany

10:40 refreshment break

11:30 stainless after the crisis: Perspective of a leading Asian producer

12:00 current trends in distribution Senior representative, Damstahl, Denmark

12:30 lunch

14:15 workshop one: Market forecasts, volumes, prices and other relevant issues (incl. award ceremony for best forecasts 2009)Moderator: Markus Moll, Managing Director, sMr, Austria

15:45 refreshment break

16:15 workshop two: Productivity and technologyModerator: wilhelm karner, Head of Projects & Sales, Andritz, Austria

17:45 close of Day one

18:00 cocktail networking reception

Day Two: Tuesday, September 108:00 registration desk opens

session ii: raw Materials09:00 chairperson’s opening remarks

09:10 keynote presentation: overview of the supply and demand for major alloys in the current economic environmentFrancois-gabriel sauvage, Executive Vice President, eramet, France

09:40 the Austenitic solution:Executive Representative, european nickel industry Association, Belgium

10:10 the increasing importance of scrap in current stainless steel productionJürgen Pilarsky, President, croniMet, germany

10:40 refreshment break

11:30 A closer analysis of scrap demand and supplytobias kämmer, CEO, oryx stainless, Germany

12:00 chrome ore and ferro-chrome markets post-downturnrobert yuksel yildirim, President & CEO, eti kroM inc., Turkey

12:30 lunch

session iii: stainless steel long Products14:30 keynote presentation: the new realities in the stainless steel long products market

Markus Moll, Managing Director, sMr, Austria

15:00 Aviation industry applicationsAndre van bennekom, Director R&D, Deutsche edelstahlwerke, Germany

15:30 Perspective of a leading bright bar producerg.r. sanghvi, Director, venus wire industries Pvt. ltd., India

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16:00 refreshment break

16:45 current trading trends and volumesthorsten studemund, Managing Director, voß edelstahlhandel, Germany

17:15 north America after the crisis: Perspective of a leading us producerDennis oates, President & CEO, universal stainless and Alloy Products, USA

17:45 close of Day two

18:00 cocktail networking reception

Day Three: Wednesday, September 2session iv: special steel long Products

09:00 chairperson’s opening remarksJürgen horsthofer, Member of the Management Board, Deutsche edelstahlwerke, Germany

09:10 Market overview for special steel long productsbenedikt niemeyer, CEO, schmolz & bickenbach, Germany

09.40 tool steels part 1wolfgang emmerich, Corporate Strategy Manager, böhler uddeholm, Austria

10:10 gMh - navigating through the storm by focussing on the business essentialsPeter van hüllen, Chairman of the board, georgsmarienhütte holding gmbh, Germany

10:45 refreshment break

11:30 tool steels part 2Ms. claudia ernst, Manager R&D, Deutsche edelstahlwerke, Germany

12:00 success through focussing on high value add solutionsrobert chen, Chairman & CEO, gMtc - gloria Material technology corp., Taiwan

12:30 honouring ceremony of the “stainless and special steel executive of the year 2009“Laudatio by benedikt niemeyer

13:00 Lunch

14:30 workshop three: Productivity reserves throughout the total supply chainModerators: wolfgang emmerich, Corporate Strategy Manager, böhler uddeholm, AustriaMarkus Moll, Managing Director, sMr, Austria

15:45 refreshment break

16:15 workshop Four: bright spots for special steel long products: Power generation, oil & gas and renewable energy technologyAndreas scharf, Managing Director, schmiedewerke gröditz, Germanychristophe le rigoleur, Vice President Sales & Marketing, salzgitter Mannesmann stainless tubes, Germany

17:45 close of Day three and end of conference

Thursday, September 3Field visit to Deutsche edelstahlwerke (Dew), witten

08:45 Meet in the lobby of hilton hotel

09:00 Depart

15:00 Arrive back at hilton hotel

Acerinox SA•Ambica Steels Ltd•Arcelor Mittal Global R&D•BHP Billiton Marketing BV•Bohler-Uddeholm•Bombardier Transportation•Climax Molybdenum•Codelco•Damstahl AS•Deutsche Edelstahlwerke •GmbHEramet Comilog Manganese•Eurosteel•

Flanschenwerk Bebitz GmbH•Fondel Commodities B.V•Fortune Steel Resources •LimitedGeorgsmarienhuette GmbH•Griggs Steel•Gruppo Inox SA•Gulf & Northern Trading Corp•Hans Kohler AG•Hunter Alloys LLC•JSC Dneprospetsstal•Kovintrade Mednarodna •Trgovina

Marubeni-Itochu Steel Europe •GmbHMechel Management OOO•Metal Inox Ltd•Mmc Norilsk Nickel•Onesteel Recycling Hong •Kong LtdOutokumpu Stainless Ltd•Posco•Prodac NV•ReOrbis•Sama SpA•Schmolz + Bickenbach BV•

Sepco SA•Sidenor (Gerdau Group)•Sumitomo Metal Mining Co Ltd•ThyssenKrupp Portugal Lda•Tinfos Nizi SA•Universal Stainless & Alloy •Products IncVale Inco Europe Limited•Villares Metals Int’l BV•Viraj Group•Voest Alpine Grobblech•Xstrata Nickel•

For the full list of this year’s attendees, please visit www.metalbulletin.com/events/iss

Just a few of the companies who attended in 2008

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FielD triP thursday 3 septemberDeutsche Edelstahlwerke GmbH is an industry leading company focused on the production of specialty steel long products. They are a part of SCHMOLZ + BICKENBACH Group, the world’s largest manufacturer, processor and distributor of special steel long products.

The Witten Plant is the biggest single-site tool steel mill in the world and an industry benchmark in terms of technology and productivity in the production of continuous cast and ingot

cast high rolled and forged high alloyed bar products.

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Field visit to Deutsche Edelstahlwerke (DEW), Witten e50

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