2nd Annual Steel Tube & Pipe Conference

Predictability is a thing of the past and staying informed about your industry is more critical now then ever.

AMM Events invites you to join us in Houston to stay at the top of the steel tube and pipe industry through up-to-the-minute information and presentations from industry leaders and experts and to capitalize on unparalleled industry networking opportunities.

After welcoming over 250 people to its inaugural conference in 2008, AMM Events’ has assembled another top-notch event for the Steel Tube & Pipe Sector that will give answers to what is ahead for the world of the steel tube and pipe markets and its consumers as the extreme downturn in 2008 leaves many questions in its wake.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Piotr Galitzine, Chairman of the Board of Directors, TMK IPSCO

HIGHLIGHT SPEAKERS:

Global Economic Outlook

John Anton,  Principal Steel Service, Global Insight

Global Tube & Pipe Overview

German Cura, Managing Director, North America, Tenaris

Capital Markets Update

Gregory Eck, Senior Vice President - Industry Leader - Metals & Mining, GE Commercial Finance

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:

David Britten, President, SSAB North America Inc.
Mike Evans, Vice President - Steel Sales, Maurice Pincoffs Co.
Paul Everett, Vice President, General Manager, Omega Steel
J. Boyd Heath, Chairman and CEO, Network International, Inc.
Bobby Kanz, President, Cierra Pipe
Vivek Kashyap, Sales and Accounts Manager - North America, Welspun Tubular LLC
Peter Koenig, Counsel, Miller & Chevalier
Lynn Lupori-Gray, Senior Consultant,Hatch Beddows Consulting
Gerald Merfish, Executive Manager, Merfish Pipe & Supply
Adam Mervis, President and CEO, Mervis Industries
Matthew Nolan, Partner, Arent Fox
Deepa Poduval, Principal Consultant, Black & Veatch-Lukens Energy Group 
Rick Preckel, Principal, Preston Publishing
Roger B. Schagrin, President, Schagrin Associates
Ed Scram,President, Stupp Corporation
Gene Shiels, Assistant Director of Investor Relations, Baker Hughes
Tony Taccone, Partner, First River Consulting
Paul Vivian, Principal, Preston Publishing
Barry Zekelman, President and CEO, John Maneely Company

PANEL LEADERS:

George Adams, Manager-Materials Management, BP
Peter Brebach, Owner and President, Iron Angels of Colorado, Inc.
Don Karchmer, Chairman, International Pipe & Supply, LLC

TOPICS FEATURED:

Focus on Raw Materials and the Economy:

• An update and outlook on raw material costs and their impact on tube and pipe.
• How will the changes in the new administration impact the tube and pipe industry?
• An outlook of the global economy and what is ahead for 2009.

Focus on Standard & Structural Tube:

• Nonresidential construction and capital goods have also weakened demand for mechanical tubing-what can companies do to combat these downward trends?
• What is the impact on the consumer?
• How are distributors coping with the current market downturn and what trends do they see for 2009?

Focus on Line Pipe & OCTG:

• What impact does tumbling oil and gas prices have on the OCTG markets?
• What result will currency have on tubular goods and what trade issues remain at the forefront of the market?
• An update on the rig count and a look at energy pricing.
• Update on exploration pipeline projects and how the credit crisis is impacting expansion plans. 

COMPANIES ATTENDING INCLUDE:

ALLIED TUBE & CONDUIT * ARENT FOX LLC * ARKLEY UK, LTD * ATLAS TUBULAR, LP * BAKER HUGHES * BAKER SALES INC * BECHTEL CORPORATION * BERG STEEL PIPE CORP * BLACK & VEATCH-LUKENS ENERGY * BOURLAND & LEVERICH SUPPLY CO * BP * BREDERO SHAW * BRONX INTERNATIONAL * CHEVRON * CIERRA PIPE * CINTAC S.A.I.C. * CN WORLDWIDE * COUTINHO & FERROSTAAL INC * CPW AMERICA CO * CSX TRANSPORTATION * DOMCAST METALS * DONGBU STEEL CO., LTD * ESSAR STEEL ALGOMA * EXLTUBE * FERRUM INTERNATIONAL * FIRST RIVER CONSULTING * FORTIS ALLIANCE * GE COMMERCIAL FINANCE * GLOBAL INSIGHT * GOLDMAN SACHS & CO * HATCH BEDDOWS * HESS CORPORATION * HOUSTON OCTG GROUP INC * HOUSTON STEEL & PIPE INTERNATIONAL * HUNTING ENERGY SERVICES INC * HUSTEEL USA INC * INDEPENDENCE TUBE CORPORATION * INDUCTOTHEAT, INC * INTERNATIONAL PIPE & SUPPLY, LLC * INTERPIPE INC * IRON ANGELS OF COLORADO * JFE SHOJI TRADE AMERICA * JOHN MANEELY COMPANY * K O SUPPLY LLC * KAYEM PIPE & STEEL, INC * KINDER MORGAN ENERGY PARTNERS * LOCK JOINT TUBE LLC * M/G TRANSPORT SERVICES, LLC * MACQUARIE CAPITAL * MACSTEEL SERVICE CENTERS USA * MAURICE PINCOFFS CO * MC TUBULAR PRODUCTS, INC * MERFISH PIPE & SUPPLY * MERVIS INDUSTRIES * MILLER & CHEVALIER CHARTERED * NASPD * NETWORK INTERNATIONAL, INC * NEWFIELD EXPLORATION COMPANY * NIPPON STEEL USA INC * NORTH AMERICAN INTERPIPE * NORTHWEST PIPE * OLIVOTTO FERRE * OMEGA STEEL * OMK STEEL LTD * PGT TRUCKING, INC * PIPE & TUBE SUPPLIES, INC * POWER RESOURCES * PRESTON PUBLISHING COMPANY INC * PROLAMSA INC * RGR COMPANY * RIO TINTO IRON & TITANIUM * RUSHMORE ENTERPRISES INC * SCHAGRIN ASSOCIATES * SCHMIDT OILFIELD SALES, INC * SDB TRADE INTERNATIONAL * SMS MEER SERVICE INC * SSAB NORTH AMERICA INC * STRESS ENGINEERING SERVICES * STUPP CORPORATION * SUMITOMO CORPORATION OF AMERICA * TEJAS TUBULAR PRODUCTS, INC * TENARIS * TEXAS PIPE WORKS, INC * THE INDUSTRIAL GROUP * THERMATOOL CORP * TMK IPSCO * TRANSCANADA PIPLELINES LTD * TUBERIA LAGUNA S.A. DE C.V. * TUBULAR SYNERGY GROUP * U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMITTEE * U.S. STEEL TUBULAR PRODUCTS * VOEST-ALPINE TUBULAR CORPORATION * WELDED TUBE OF CANADA * WELSPUN TUBULAR * WHEATLAND TUBE COMPANY