SteelOrbis Fall 2023 Conference & 89th IREPAS Meeting

17 September 2023 / Swissôtel The Bosphorus

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Sponsorship Opportunities:

 Conference Sponsor                    İÇDAŞ                 
 Name-Badge Lanyards Sponsor  İÇDAŞ
 Conference Bag Sponsor  Available
 Welcome Cocktail Sponsor  Kocaer Steel
 Conference Chair Coverage Sponsor  Ekinciler Iron and Steel Industries, Inc. 
 Gala Dinner Sponsor  Kardemir Çelik Sanayi A.S
 Attendee List Sponsor  Belgian Scrap Terminal NV
 Wireless Sponsor  Alex Stewart International Corporation
 Lunch Sponsor  Jindal Shadeed Iron & Steel LLC
 Coffee Break Sponsor  Kocaer Steel
 Exhibit Associate  Almet Holding
 Exhibit Associate  Aymas Recycling Machinery
 Exhibit Associate  Birim Makina
 Exhibit Associate  Borachart
 Exhibit Associate  Cangüller Treyler
 Exhibit Associate  Formar Shipping & Trading Inc.
 Exhibit Associate  Available

Platinum Sponsor

İÇDAŞ is Turkey's leading private sector steel producer in terms of capacity, having begun steel production in 1970, and is also one of the largest Turkish steel exporters. İÇDAŞ group companies operate in many different branches of heavy industry, the service industry, production and trade, such as steel, energy, shipyard, road and sea logistics, air transportation, port operations, construction, insurance, mining, agriculture and livestock. The group's integrated plant in the Biga region (Çanakkale) in northwestern Turkey includes three steel mills with a total capacity of five and a half million metric tons per year and four rolling mills with a combined capacity of five million metric tons per year, a 405 MW fluidized bed power plant consisting of three units, and a shipyard consisting of several docks and a wharf. İÇDAŞ also operates Turkey’s largest private sector harbors ICDAS Port-1 and ICDAS Port -2 with forty thousand metric tons of daily loading capacity and seventy thousand metric tons of daily unloading capacity in addition to related auxiliary facilities. Furthermore, İÇDAŞ operates other energy production facilities at 10 km from its integrated plant with a total of nearly 1.673,0 MW of installed power, including 1.200,0 MW installed power capacity at a supercritical power plant consisting of two units, a 60,0 MW capacity wind power plant consisting of 19 separate units, a 4,0 MW capacity hydro-electric power plant and a 4,0 MW capacity solar energy power plant.

Gold Sponsors

Turkey’s Izmir region- based, we are a manufacturer of hot rolled steel profiles. Kocaer has annual capacity of 800,000 metric tons of steel, serving many sectors such as; energy transmission line, solar energy mounting profile, transportation, mining and tunnel, ship building, agriculture and constructional sectors by supplying customer-oriented steel products (equal angles, U and C profiles, I and H beams, round and deformed bars, mining and tunnelling profiles and fittings, square bars, f lat bars) with different sizes, grades and lengths, as well as carrying out operations for product development, sales & dispatch, import/export and custom clarances. Service Center; welded manufacturing, sandblasting and painting, galvanizing, machining, bending and pressing line, heat treatment processes create added value and we provide ready-to-use products to our customers. Galvanization service, which increases the resistance of steel products to atmospheric corrosion conditions, is provided by the Galvanization facility with a capacity of 100,000 tons/year.

Ekinciler Iron and Steel Industries, Inc. is the main subsidiary company of Ekinciler Holding. Founded in Iskenderun Bay four decades ago, the company has an annual production capacity of 1.25 million tons. All types of construction steel are manufactured by a highly skilled workforce in the production plant, which is empowered with the state of the art technologies. EKDEMİR exports products to more than 60 countries all over the world. In 2021, Company's net sales were USD 600 million and was ranked 72nd in 2021 among the Top 500 industrial corporations in Turkey. Ekinciler Iron and Steel has “ISO 9001 Quality Management Standard Certificate”. The company always puts environmental protection and maintaining a healthy and strong workforce in the forefront of all its production processes and achieved “ISO 14001 Environmental Management Certificate”, “Sustainability Certificate”, and “ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Certificate”. At Ekinciler Iron and Steel Industries, Inc., using energy, water and raw material in the most effective way is an utmost principle. Concerning with the recycling and proper disposal of waste products, the company adopted an approach most beneficial to the national economy.

Kardemir Haddecilik San ve Tic. Ltd Şti, with its first production facility established in Denizli province of Aegean region in 1968. Kardemir, has started importing and exporting since 2001 and has been taking firm steps forward for more than 50 years. It has taken its place among the leading companies of the domestic and international steel industry with its long products, Profile, Merchant bars, Rebars, Wire rod and Billet products with its more than 2,000 employees, 3 plants and 5 production lines. Exporting to more than 100 countries all over the world with over 50 years of production and over 20 years of export experience. Kardemir,with its manufacturer name ‘Kardemir Çelik Sanayi A.S , protecting his stability every year among the Turkiye's largest 500 industrial companies ranking as well as the Turkiye’s biggest 1000 exporter companies.

Silver Sponsors

Alex Stewart International Corporation and its worldwide group of companies extends over 40 countries to provide professional inspection and laboratory analysis to business and government sectors, the latter being the area of fastest expansion during the last few years. Alex Stewart International maintains a dedicated, personalized attention to all of its customers and provides technical expertise for inspection, weighing, sampling, analysis, testing and operational auditing of all commodities and products. Alex Stewart International Corporation is a privately-owned, completely independent company providing a fully-integrated professional service for superintending sampling and analyses, and is regularly chosen as umpire laboratory in the metals/minerals field. The role of the inspection company is to express total neutrality and independence to buyers and sellers in contracts. It acts as an independent assessor of quality and ensures that these aspects of the contracts are objectively measured with complete impartiality. This is the cornerstone of Alex Stewart International Corporation's activity. The experience, expertise and overall knowledge of this company go back many years in the inspection field. In particular in the areas of all metals/minerals and related materials (i.e., base metal ores, precious metals, finished metal products industrial minerals, etc.), steel scrap materials, coal and coke materials, crude oils, chemicals, other liquids, agricultural products, grain and general commodities.

Recycling has become a necessity for individuals and companies alike. BST, Belgian Scrap Terminal, has made "Urban Mining" its core business for the past 100 years. BST is pushing the limits of recycling, removing used ferrous and non-ferrous materials from society, recycling them with smart, innovative techniques into full-fledged, high-quality raw materials, back into the economy, ready to go. And this annually for an equivalent weight of two Golden Gate Bridges or 200 Eiffel Towers! Hand in hand with the Steel Industry, BST plays a strategic role in the global green transition, and the protection of the world's natural resources, aiming to create a better world for our and future generations.

Vulcan Green Steel (VGS) is the world’s largest green hydrogen ready steel plant, making automotive steel. VGS is a newly established entity and the steel arm of Vulcan Green. Our parent group Jindal Group of Companies is the oldest and largest steel family in India with 50 years of steelmaking expertise. With the capacity of 5MTPA in Phase 1, the greenfield steel complex will be strategically located at Duqm in Al Wusta region of the Sultanate of Oman, which has one of the best solar and wind profiles in the world. VGS is also a sister company to Jindal Shadeed Iron and Steel (JSIS), also located in Oman. JSIS is the largest privately-owned integrated low carbon steel producer in the Arabian Gulf region (the Gulf Cooperation Council/GCC). With a capacity of 2.4 MT integrated steel complex in the port of Sohar, Oman, JSIS exports quality steel products across the globe, including North America, Europe, South East Asia, and the Pacific. Decarbonization and sustainability are at the core of our operations, and reducing the industry’s carbon footprint is a foremost topic on Jindal Group of Companies’ agenda. The speed at which we execute climate neutral actions is equally important. Through the right selection of technological advancements and investing in talent development, JSIS has already been recognized as the gulf region’s lowest carbon emitting producer among all steel manufacturing industries. Our journey towards a greener earth has just started, and the VGS project will be a global benchmark. Mr Naveen Jindal, the Group Chairman, is a philanthropist and a visionary leader who is dedicated to making the world a better place.”

Bronze Sponsors

Almet Holding is a leading provider of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, raw materials, and comprehensive logistics solutions. With a strong focus on customer satisfaction and cost-effective supply chain management, we offer a wide range of tailored services to meet the diverse needs of our clients and suppliers. With a robust network of offices across the UK, Turkey, Georgia, and Azerbaijan, we have a strong local presence and international reach. Through close collaboration with our suppliers and clients, we secure competitive prices and maintain stringent quality standards from initial contact to final delivery. Our end-to-end solutions encompass a wide range of services, including quality assurance, logistics, finance, purchasing, sales, and insurance. At Almet Holding, we prioritise long-term relationships with production mills and clients worldwide. We take pride in our ability to deliver market-leading expertise, exceptional service, and personalised solutions that drive success in the metal industry. Trust us for reliable, efficient, and comprehensive solutions that exceed expectations and unlock value throughout the supply chain.

Scrap shears, scrap balers, chip briquetting & crushing solutions and shredders are main products of Aymas Recycling Machinery. AYMAS was established in 2003 in Izmir, TURKEY . We blend our superior staff's wide experience in machinery and equipment manufacturing with up-to-date manufacturing equipment and technologies to offer trouble free recycling solutions to our customers. As Aymas Recycling Machinery we are government certified R & D center. We provide the right scrap processing solutions for your requirement and carefully plan your projects in our engineering department. Aymas Recycling Machinery is with you to serve you quality in 45 countries and growing every day. For more information please visit our website at www.aymasmakina.com and you can email us at info@aymasmakina.com.

Birim Makina was established in 1988 in Izmir-Turkey. After being specialized in the production of scrap metal processing machines in a short time, Birim Makina became a preferred and trusted brand by raising the quality bar in service to European standards. Today, with its experienced engineers, expert workforce and its production technology, Birim Makina has become the name of RELIABLE AND STRONG MACHINES. Birim Makina produces Balers, Shears, Shredders, Chip Processing Machines, Stationary and Mobile Material Handlers for metal recycling and carries out all its activities in the field of metal recycling. • Delivery of thousands of equipment, • More than 70 countries in 6 continents, • Received awards from the most respected organizations in Turkey such as TUBITAK ,TUSIAD and TTGV are the facts of Birim Makina since 1988.

BORACHART, having a foundation history dating back to 1985 and being a leading brokerage house in the shipping market; is serving for all your shipping solutions related to your production and trade with the approach of no limit on time and place for all ports of the world with approximately 25 brokers and 15 support operation staff who are serving all of the cargo types in shipping; basis expert level. We have always worked with the idea that the evaluation of our efforts shall be anticipated not by our words but by the work we do. The fact that an average of 8 million tons of cargo is handled by approximately 1,200 vessel fixtures annually is an obvious proof of this. BORACHART, which is one of the leading companies in Europe and the world in coaster size shipments, represents the generic sea transportation tonnage, is a strong solution partner brand in the field of logistics to our business partners by blending its’ young and dynamic team with its experiences of almost 40 years.

CANGUL TREYLER Otomotiv Sanayi ve Ticaret Ltd. Sti. It was founded by Mehmet CANGÜL in 1986 with the title of CANGÜL repair and maintenance workshop (CANGÜL Repair and Maintenance Workshop). Our company, which carried out the maintenance and repair works of heavy-duty vehicles and trailers in line with the demand of the market, has begun to manufacture trailers after the death of Mehmet CANGUL. The title of our company, which has grown and developed rapidly with the manufacturing of high-quality and economical trailers, has been CANGÜLLER OTOMOTİV TREYLER San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti. since 2004. With its Cutting and Bending, Sandblasting, Oven-Dying, Spare Parts, and Repair workshops, it has maximized production quality and minimized costs. Our company, which has been developing rapidly with its new investments every day, goes on manufacturing in an indoor and outdoor area of a total of 36000 m2.

Formar is a premier shipbroking, ship agency, stevedoring, and protecting agent company operating at all Turkish ports and transits. With our extensive expertise and global reach, we are dedicated to providing comprehensive services for the maritime industry. Formar’s shipbroking activities focus primarily on bulk cargoes, including steel products, petcoke, coal, fertilizer, grain, and forestry products. We handle a wide range of tonnages, from coasters to panamax vessels, accommodating various cargo requirements. Our in-depth knowledge of the industry, combined with our vast network of contacts, ensures efficient and cost-effective solutions for our clients. As a ship agency, we offer a complete range of services to shipowners, operators, and charterers. From vessel clearance and documentation to crew assistance and port formalities, we strive to streamline operations and ensure smooth port calls. Our experienced team is well-versed in local regulations and procedures, ensuring compliance and minimizing delays. Additionally, Formar excels as a stevedoring company, providing efficient and reliable cargo handling services. Whether it's loading or unloading, our skilled personnel and state-of-the-art equipment ensure safe and prompt operations. We understand the importance of careful cargo handling to protect the integrity of your goods and optimize turnaround times. Furthermore, as a protecting agent, we act as your reliable representative, safeguarding your interests during port calls and transits. We coordinate with local authorities, monitor vessel operations, and handle any arising issues, ensuring a hassle-free experience for our clients. What sets us apart is our global reach and extensive experience. While we are based in Turkey, we operate worldwide in all seas. Our strong relationships with industry stakeholders allow us to provide comprehensive services in various ports across the globe. Whether you require assistance in the Mediterranean, Black Sea, or beyond, Formar is your trusted partner. At Formar, we are committed to delivering exceptional customer service, tailored solutions, and unparalleled professionalism.

StaalX's ultimate vision is to become the Amazon.com of the metals industry. It was established with one mission in mind: To provide value to both buyers and sellers and make the transactions easier. Founded in 2020, StaalX advocates for trade automation and e-commerce for metals. Its activities include international trading, e-commerce for steel and business development for manufacturers in the Americas. StaalX launched its online marketplace, StaalX.com, in 2021. StaalX operates in the US and brings rebar buyers and sellers together for quick deliveries. Currently rebars are bought and sold online while other steel products will be rolled shortly with the next generation website that is under construction. Buyers enter the delivery address and requested dates and the site provides instant quotes and instant payment options to complete transactions online. Orders can be delivered as early as the next day from local warehouses. Sellers enjoy getting direct access to a diverse group of rebar buyers without having to worry about collections. StaalX.com is the trusted marketplace that brings buyers and sellers together. Instant quotations, automated onboarding, deliveries and documentation are revolutionary services in the industry. Check out our site StaalX.com for more information and sign up for regular market and pricing updates.

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Arab Iron and Steel Union has been established to support and develop the steel industry in the Arab countries and all the steel related activities across the Arab States. Arab Iron and Steel Union was established in Algeria in 1971, as the first Arab qualifative Union emanating from the Council of Economic Unity of Arab League. AISU is a non-governmental organization of a special entity having no political nature nor commercial character. AISU’s areas of work include extractive and transformational industries sectors, which related to iron and steel industries in accordance with international regulations and standards. AISU Members include a wide range of multi-activity companies related to iron and steel industry. AISU is involved in the field of preparing studies, organizing courses and holding conferences for the sake of the prosperity of the Arab iron and steel industry and assisting its members in their economic, technical and technological progress.

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Steel Foreign Trade Association, headquartered in Istanbul; was established with the aim to ensure the development of domestic and foreign trade of iron and steel products and to support individuals and organizations working in this field. The association mainly operates on subjects such as strengthening the professional and technical cooperation between the companies and business people that import and export steel products; providing information to the sector companies; conducting training activities; providing solutions to the problems within the sector and sharing them with the relevant parties.

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EUROMETAL is the European federation of steel tubes and metals distribution and trading. The federation brings together and federates 18 European National Federations of Steel Distributors, along with individual distributors, service centers and steel trading companies.

Metallurgical Industry Press (MIP), founded in 1953, is a national publishing house of China publishing scientific and technological books and providing professional data and consultation services. Over the years, MIP has published over 18,000 original and high-quality books, many of which are gap-filling ones and have become long-lasting classics. While leading in ferrous and nonferrous metallurgy, geology and mining, and metals and materials, MIP is also strong in the areas of machinery, automation, environmental protection, work safety, energy, architecture, blasting engineering, and economic management, etc. In recent years, hundreds of books of MIP have won awards of different levels including Nomination Award of China Publishing Award and National Book Award, received funding from various funds including National Publication Foundation and National Foundation for Academic Publication of Science and Technology , and been listed in National Key Publications Plan, Textbooks in the National Plan, China Book International and the Belt and Road Book Program, etc. Looking forward, MIP will conscientiously implement the strategies of Producing Professional and Fine Books, Digitalization and Going Global, serving the growing needs of the metallurgical industry in publication, reading, information and consultation services, and strive to become a first-class professional science and technology publisher in China and a comprehensive metallurgical knowledge service provider to the world.

Turkish Steel Producers Association was established in 1970 with the goal of: promoting Turkish Steel Industry to the level of the ones in the developed countries; developing a structure which can keep up with the global developments of all aspects; compiling and disseminating the statistical information concerning the steel industry in Türkiye and the world; discussing the problems that our members face; proposing solutions and applying all lawful means to solve those problems. It has been continuing its activities in parallel with the goals of establishment since 1970. Our association with 25 member companies represented the 90 % of Türkiye’s total the crude steel production in 2022. The activities of Turkish Steel Producers Association is not limited to Türkiye, it also actively represents Turkish steel industry at international level through European Steel Association (EUROFER), Worldsteel Association (worldsteel) and OECD.

Steel Exporters' Association is one of six associations which has been operating under the body of General Secretariat of Istanbul Mineral and Metals Exporters' Association (IMMIB). The Association is a non-profit business organization of more than 2,000 companies representing the largest steel producers and exporters in the Turkish steel industry. It carries on its operations with the aim of increasing the export potential of the Turkish steel industry and paves the way for Turkish steel producers/exporters, with main objective to foster and attain sustainable global steel market based on free and fair trade. The Association also solves the problems of its member companies face at home and abroad, provides contact between members and foreign importers in order to ease the export processes, serves up-to-date domestic and global market news, reports and analyses.

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