4th Steel Tube and Pipe Conference presents detailed analysis of the carbon and stainless welded and seamless tube and pipe market, the event provides an excellent annual forum for producers, traders and procurement managers in the oil, gas, construction, automotive and mechanical engineering markets. Meet your purchasing and sales counterparts, do new business and benefit from the latest market information.

From a long term vantage point these investments and transplants in both the energy and non energy pipe markets are warranted. Industrialisation and urbanisation in the developing world will continue, increasing per capita steel consumption and energy demand in these regions, and although the developed world’s indigenous population will decrease, the demand gap will be filled by immigrants’ consumption.

However, the short term picture is quite different; recessionary conditions in many developed economies and relatively low oil prices have dampened demand for the majority of tubular products. The 2nd half of the year is widely expected to bring more stability and an improvement in economic fundamentals as a result of fiscal and monetary stimulus packages. Join us on the 27-28th of May for in depth analysis of the welded and seamless pipe market.

Reasons to Attend

• Explore the outlook in the oil, gas, power generation, construction, automotive and mechanical engineering industries.
• Analyse the outlook for new projects – how many planned pipe mills will be completed?
• Analysis of producer strategies – what is the supply outlook for OCTG, line pipe, hollow structural sections, precision seamless and precision welded pipe?
• Trade focus – what is the outlook for Chinese and Russian tube and pipe production, how much oversupply will there be and which products will be most affected?
• Regional focus – what is the supply and demand outlook for seamless tube and pipe in the US & MENA?
• Specialised products – analyse the outlook for premium connections, clad, and stainless tube and pipe
• Understand the ramifications of the current market for tube and pipe distributors – what are the latest developments in end user markets?

Wednesday 27 May 2009

08:00 Registration desk opens

09:00 Chairman’s opening address

Keynote session
09:10 Keynote presentation – exploring the supply and demand fundamentals in the OCTG market
Hilkka Witt, Managing Director, Voestalpine Tubulars GmbH & Co KG, Austria

09:40 Examining tube and customer related solutions based on a complete precision steel tube portfolio
Matthias Jäger, Managing Director, Benteler Stahl/Rohr, Germany

10:10 Overview of the Chinese seamless tube and pipe market

• Exploring the supply and demand fundamentals of the Chinese OCTG market
• Analysing WSP’s strategy in the OCTG market
  Qing Zhang, Vice President of Strategic Planning and Business Development, WSP Holdings, China

10:40 Refreshment and networking break

Session 2: Regional highlights
11:10 Overview of the tube and pipe markets – opportunities in the East

• Analysing major threats: China, Russia and increased internal competition
• How significantly has demand for automotive, sections, precision and boiler tubes reduced?
• Exploring consolidation and growth opportunities in the current market
  Bernd Estermann, Sales Director, Marcegaglia, Poland

11:40 Opportunities and constraints for Turkish tube and pipe producers

• ERW and spiral pipe markets – what has the effect of the downturn been in comparison with other welded pipe markets?
• What are the implications of decreased HRC demand for pipe price?
• Demand fundamentals – outlook for infrastructure, pipeline, automotive and construction
  Tayfun Iseri, Managing Director, Borusan Mannesmann Boru, Turkey

Session 3: API plate
12:10 The outlook in the API plate market

• What are the implications of changing market conditions for pipe producers?
• Current demand levels across all markets
  Günter Luxenburger, Director Sales & Marketing, Dillinger Hutte, Germany

12:40 Lunch

Session 4: Pipe mill investment
14:10 Growth without limits: what are the ramifications now for the API tube markets?

• With rapid line pipe capacity rises in BRIC countries and the Middle East – will the market be able to sustain capacity increases in North America?
• Major OCTG manufacturers are constructing new pipe mills – considering the wave of Chinese commodity exports how will the market cope?
  James Ley, Consultant, Hatch Associates, UK

14:40 Examining projected supply for seamless pipe in the Middle East

• What is the impact of market actualities on demand projections?
• Analysing the Jubail Energy Services Company seamless project
  John Blomberg, Director of the Tube & Pipe Division, Duferco; Board Member, Jesco, Switzerland

15:10 The future of seamless tube making

• Premium quality finishing, PQF
  Norbert Theelen, Vice President, SMS Meer GmbH, Germany
  Manfred Leferink, General Manager, SMS Meer GmbH, Germany

15:40 Refreshment and networking break

Session 5: Exploration and production trends – implications for stainless and bimetallic pipes
16:10 Drilling activity and seamless OCTG consumption: how recent exploration and production trends affected OCTG demand and what they imply for the short-to-medium term outlook

• Overview of recent trends in drilling activity
• What implications have these had for OCTG demand?
• What might the short-term future hold?
  Mark Beveridge, Analyst, Metal Bulletin Research, UK

16:40 BERG-LAY pipe: a new way of manufacturing bimetallic corrosion resistant steel pipe

• Understanding the concept, manufacturing process and advantages of bimetallic steel pipe
• Bimetallic pipes in action – exploring applications and material combinations
• Understanding the supply and demand fundamentals of bimetallic pipes and their competitive position with other products
  Bernd Berg, General Manager, Bergrohr GmbH Siegen, Germany

17:10 Stainless steel tube and pipe markets

• Stainless seamless tube and pipe market fundamentals
• Stainless welded tube and pipe market fundamentals
  Wolfgang Lipp, Managing Director, Steel Market Intelligence (SMI), Austria

17:40 Close of day one

18:00 Buses depart for off-site cocktail reception - hosted by SMS Meer

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Thursday 28 May 2009

08:30 Registration desk opens

09:00 Chairman’s opening address

Keynote session
09:10 Exploring the supply and demand fundamentals for hollow structural sections

• Expanding the usage of hollow structural sections in construction
  Jose Miguel Soto, Commercial Director, Europe,
  Grupo Condesa, Spain; President, CIDECT

09:40 Analysing the European welded pipe market, Francois Michalet, Director, ESTA, France

10:10 Interpipe – adapting to current market conditions and preparing for the challenges ahead

• Examining current supply & demand fundamentals in major consuming sectors
• Analysing strategic options for pipe makers
  Duncan Pell, Commercial Director, Interpipe, Ukraine

10:40 Refreshment and networking break

Session 7: Precision tubes and distribution
11:10 Exploring the supply and demand fundamentals in the precision tube market

• Recent years have seen a steady migration of pipe users eastward, how has this been mitigated and will this
  trend continue?
• What are the implications of Chinese imports on the UK market and how has Caparo dealt with this issue?
  Jane Sommerville, Commercial Director, Caparo Tubes, UK

11:40 Panel discussion: Analysing the European tube and pipe market from a distributor’s perspective?

• What is the current situation in the tube and pipe distribution market?
• Examining challenges for distribution
• Analysing the effect of the current economic crisis on tube and pipe consumers and producers
• Comparing and contrasting independent and mill tied distribution models
  Panellists: Oliver Ellermann, General Director, BDS Bundesverband Deutscher Stahlhandel, Germany
  Further panelists to be announced

12:40 Post-Conference Workshop

Part 1: Large diameter pipe production

• L-SAW pipe production - quality is what counts
• Where are the trends leading?

Part 2: Large diameter pipe production

• Latest technology developments in spiral tube welding
• Advantages of the online/ offline process
  Michael Stark, General Manager,
  PWS GmbH, Germany
  Berthold Genser, General Manager,
  SMS Meer GmbH, Germany

13:40 Lunch and close of conference

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Key Speakers Already Confirmed Include:

• Hilkka Witt, Managing Director, Voestalpine Tubulars GmbH & Co KG, Austria

• Matthias Jäger, Managing Director, Benteler Stahl/Rohr, Germany

• Qing Zhang, Vice President of Strategic Planning and Business Development, WSP Holdings, China

• John Blomberg, Director of the Tube & Pipe Division, Duferco; Board Member, Jesco, Switzerland

• Duncan Pell, Commercial Director, Interpipe, Ukraine

• Günter Luxenburger, Director Sales & Marketing, Dillinger Hutte, Germany

• Jane Sommerville, Commercial Director, Caparo Tubes, UK

• Tayfun Iseri, Managing Director, Borusan Mannesmann Boru, Turkey

• Bernd Estermann, Sales Director, Marcegaglia, Poland

• Jose Miguel Soto, Commercial Director Europe, Grupo Condesa, Spain; President CIDECT

• Norbert Theelen, Vice President, SMS Meer GmbH, Germany