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Company News / Rustavi Metallurgical Plant at 8th Steel Tube & Pipe Conference

 

8th Steel Tube & Pipe Conference was held in 18-19 June, at Ramada Plaza, Milan, Italy. Annual Steel Tube & Pipe Conference once again brought together key members of the European and global tube and pipe community to meet, network and learn from industry leaders on the state of the market. Key speakers of the conference were the top managers from such companies as: TMK, Interpipe, Stemcor UK Ltd., Baosteel, SMS Innse, etc. Among the participants of the conference was Rustavi Steel LLC  that was represented by its Director Thomas Blake on the conference.

In today’s tough economic climate, with rapidly shifting global dynamics of supply and demand for steel tubular products, the need for market intelligence is greater than ever for ensuring that the business remains competitive. This year’s conference has been freshly researched in close collaboration with the industry to address timely topics such as: energy focus; market dynamics, strategies in striving in saturated market; market forecast and outlook.

“The conference was very precise, informative and focused. Manufacturing of seamless pipes is the priority direction in our plant.  At the present stage Rustavi Steel LLC exports seamless pipes to European, US and CIS markets. In future we plan to expand our export activities in the markets of Middle East, East Asia, Africa and North and South America. Therefore the topics that were addressed at the conference are very valuable for our company. Important insights of the Global and European markets, were discussed by the conference speakers, reviewing the market dynamics and forecasts, opportunities and challenges, trader insights and pricing trends and  the factors that are driving the supply, demand and competition. In addition, market sector analysis of the energy, oil & gas, auto & mechanical, and construction sectors were provided, reviewing the state of each sector and analyzing the key trends. Furthermore, the discussion and review about the new market opportunities was very helpful that will enable our company to better plan the sales strategy.” - States Thomas Blake, Director of Rustavi Steel LLC.