Steel Mart 2010 which is organized by CII on September 10th and 11th 2010

SteelGuru as official media partner is proud to present Steel Mart 2010 which is organized by CII on September 10th and 11th 2010.

Through Steel Mart 2010, stakeholders aim to help Indian Steel Industry achieve its real potential and play a meaningful role in India’s development as also the event would help define the steps to be taken in this direction. The event would primarily serve as a platform for major stakeholders in Indian Steel industry to deliberate & determine a way forward for harnessing the true potential of steel sector in North India. The Inaugural Session would set the agenda for a productive one day event whereby focus would be on exploring the potential and emerging opportunities for the Indian Steel industry especially in North India.

The Indian steel industry has entered into a new development stage from 2005-06, riding high on the resurgent economy and rising demand for steel. It has been estimated that India’s steel consumption will continue to grow at nearly 16% annually till 2012. North India being a hub of SME units engaged in production of Hand tools, Bicycles, Auto Components, Machine Tools, Agricultural equipment & other light engineering products has traditionally been a big consumer of steel. However most of this demand has been met by secondary steel industry. With Spurt in demand from construction sector, and traditional light engineering sector revamping its product line to compete at the global level, special steel & stainless steel industry has also witnessed a considerable growth. The session would lay due focus on how demand & supply equation would prevail in fields of Secondary steel, pig Iron as also other forms of special steels especially for the Industry based in North India.

With sectors like automobiles, infrastructure, power and other steel consuming sectors experiencing healthy growth in India and new technologies & products being introduced in the market, the steel industry surely opens a plethora of opportunities provided competitive and sustainable practices are adopted. Bulk of the steel consumed in India is processed /machined by the SME sector and it is imperative that user’s perspective finds a platform at the conference. The session would focus on devising a strategy that can enable the SME sector engaged in steel businesses to contribute effectively to the value chain as also address their issues pertaining to availability of specific grades of special and carbon steels at competitive prices at the users end.

Due to technical and metallurgical innovations, environmental concerns and the inherent advantages of steel as a strong building material, Steel is fast replacing conventional materials like wood, bricks and concrete in a number of applications. Be it the modest bullock cart in the villages, sleepers on railway tracks, furniture or pre-fabricated structures in place of conventional buildings, steel is finding ever widening usages. The Session would have experts focus on steel as material for economic growth and educate the participants on the emerging trends in new usages of steel.

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