SHOW NEWS: AMM Sponsoring New Wire Conference

John Wolz

American Metals Market will sponsor a new Wire Rod & Wire Products Conference to review current market conditions for the industry. The conference will be October 15-17, 2008, in Pittsburgh.
The two-day conference will offer analysis of escalating costs, raw material and domestic steel shortages, diminishing scrap supply, a continuing decline in U.S. manufacturing and dwindling customer base.
AMM is seeking to bring together wire rod producers, wire drawers and end users.
Topics include: Purchasing strategies for raw materials and consumables; Demand outlook for wire rod; End market challenges; Outlook for raw material costs into 2009; Risk management; Transportation costs; Energy cost outlook; and foreign trade policies and their impact on the North American market.
Speakers include: Paul Biondi, vice president, Bar, Rod & Wire Business, Shinsho American Corp.; Mark Brandon, general manager, Nucor; Hank Cox, vice president for communications & media relations, National Association of Manufacturers; Neville Crabbe, president, Leoni Wire Inc.; Tom Danjczek, president, Steel Manufacturers Association; Jon Delano, business reporter, KDKA-TV; Kurt Fowler, managing director, Steel Facts; Tim Gill, director of economics, National Electrical Manufacturers Association; Raul Gutierrez, CEO, Deacero; Stuart Hoffman, senior vice president & chief economist, PNC Financial Services Group; Jim Kerkvliet, vice president for sales – Wire, GerdauAmeristeel; Lynn Lupori-Gray, Hatch Associate Consultant; Jack Lynch, director sales & marketing, Charter Steel; Bernd Neuenkirchen, vice president, Wire Rod Coutinho and Ferrostaal’s Wire Rod Division; Walt Robertson, president, Johns-town Wire Technologies, Inc.; Dustin Preston, president, Capital Steel & Wire Inc; Chris Stauffer, vice president for sourcing & logistics, Insteel Industries; Ted Thielens, vice president, Commer-cial Republic Engineered Products Inc.; and Richard Webb, vice president for industrial sales & marketing, Keystone Steel & Wire.
Full registration is $1,125 with advance discounts. Tel: 212 224-3577 Web: amm.com/events/2008/wire \ �2008 FastenerNews.com