Over 500 top steel executives are expected to attend the meeting to focus on how the North American steel industry can increase steel's value in the global marketplace through innovative strategies in market development and manufacturing technology. Trade, monetary, environmental, and global market issues will be some of the topics discussed by leading industry experts and key customer executives there. Since becoming chairman and CEO of Caterpillar in 1990, Fites has successfully implemented several strategies which have positioned the company for continued financial success well into the next century. Fites and a distinguished panel of key steel industry customers will examine the globalization of steel and how the trend is impacting North American steel producers, their suppliers and their customers. N.V. They will explore all dimensions of the globalization of steel, from identifying who are the leading global suppliers to global partnerships to the rules under which the global steel industry operates.
All sessions are open to the media.
Transportation will be available. The American Iron and Steel Institute is a non-profit association of North American companies engaged in the iron and steel industry. The Institute is comprised of 49 member companies, including integrated and electric furnace steelmakers, and 165 associate and affiliate members who are suppliers to or customers of the steel industry.