2007: An excellent year for the ATS International Steelmaking Conference

 

 

With an attendance up to 713 - the best participation since 1997 - the International Steelmaking Conference organized by the “Association Technique de la Sidérurgie française” (ATS), department of “Fédération Française de l’Acier” (French Steel Federation, FFA) was a real success.

 

The delegates to this conference originated from 36 different countries; the largest delegations coming from France (47% of the delegates), Benelux, Germany, Brazil, Korea, and the United Kingdom.

 

 

128 papers were presented during twenty sessions

 

Four special sessions, devoted to the Physical Chemistry of Steelmaking, had been set up in partnership with the Société Française de Métallurgie et de Matériaux (SF2M). Another session on Steel Use was co-organized with the Office Technique pour l’Utilisation de l’Acier (OTUA). 23% of the papers were presented by French steelmakers.

 

The exhibition provided some 26 industrial companies with great opportunities to meet their partners and prospects.

 

Over 100 distinguished guests joined the delegates on the occasion of the Official Session, honoured with the addresses of Malay MUKHERJEE (Member of the Group Management Board ArcelorMittal, Responsible for Asia, Africa, Stainless, Mining, Technology) and of Philippe DARMAYAN (Chairman of FFA). A speech of Bernard CRETON (ATS Managing Director) preceded these two speeches.

 

 M. Mukherjee (click for speech)  Ph. Darmayan (click for speech)  B. Creton (click for speech)

 

 

Daniel SOURY-LAVERGNE (FFA General Manager) awarded the following prizes :

 

- The prize of the best paper published in the Revue de Métallurgie: “The new 200 - series: an alternative answer to Ni surcharge?” by Jacques CHARLES (ArcelorMittal Stainless - Saint-Denis).

 

 

- Two prizes for the best contributions during the conference:

 

- one for the traditional sessions: “Dynamic piloting of the pickling of ArcelorMittal (Ste Agathe) with the prediction of the speeds and acid additions by a physical model (SIMBAD)”
by F. KOP (ArcelorMittal - Florange). MUNOZ (ArcelorMittal - Esch-sur-Alzette), S. ROUQUIE (ArcelorMittal - Florange), S. JIMENEZ, E. MOTTET (ArcelorMittal - Fos-sur-Mer),

 

 

- one for the sessions organised in collaboration with the SF2M: “Time-dependent modelling and experimental validation of the metal/flux interface in a continuous casting mould” by
K. PERICLEOUS, G. DJAMBAZOV, B. LEBON (Univ. of Greenwich), T.N. CROFT (Univ. Wales - Swansea), J.F. DOMGIN, P. GARDIN (ArcelorMittal - Maizières-lès-Metz).

 

 

 

The 29th International Steelmaking Conference of ATS will convene in Paris,

on December 11-12, 2008.