Steel Group and SUFI held 6th Galvanizing Coating and Profiling Summit 2018

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Steel Group and SUFI held 6th Galvanizing Coating and Profiling Summit 2018

Steel Group and SUFI held 6th Galvanizing Coating and Profiling Summit 2018

Industry News
Apr 16,18

Steel Group and Steel Users Federation of India (SUFI) held the '6th Galvanizing Coating and Profiling (GPC) Summit 2018' on 13th April at The Westin Mumbai. The objective of the summit was to increase the awareness about the galvanised and color-coated steel in India.

Steel Group and SUFI held 6th Galvanizing Coating and Profiling Summit 2018

The keynote speaker at the summit was Dileep Bhatt, President, JSW Steel Ltd. There were discussions on Indian coated steel market opportunities and challenges and promoting usage of coated steel (PEBs, Sandwitch panel and solar).

Rajesh Mehrotra, MD, Berger Becker Coatings moderated the panel discussion session on Indian coated steel market opportunities and challenges. While the panel discussion on 'Promoting Usage of Coated Steel: PEBs, Sandwitch panel and Solar' was moderated by Mohamed Yassar Nabeel, Approvals Engineer FM Approvals LLC India.

Commenting on the occasion Nikunj Turakhia, President of Steel Users Federation of India (SUFI) said, “Through the 6th Galvanizing Coating and Profiling (GPC) Summit we aim to increase the awareness about the galvanised and color-coated steel in India and bring steel makers and users segment under one roof. While there are many opportunities in the market at the same time there are many challenges too and through this summit we have tried to address these issues.”

The conference witnessed national and international speakers presenting on various innovations in the field of coated steel across the globe. JSW Steel Limited made a presentation on 'New Innovation and Trends in Galvalume Steel', 'Embracing sustainable Value Proposition, Sustainable Coil Coating Solutions' by Nicklas Augustsson, Global Sustainability Director, Becker Industrial Coatings, and on 'Coated Steel Market, Domestic and Global Perspective' by R V Sridhar, CEO, Essar Steel Pune Facility.

Some of the top companies who participated were Essar Steel, JSW steel, BMW Industries Ltd., Steelco Gujarat Ltd, Berger Becker Coatings Pvt Ltd, Tata Bluescope steel Ltd, Asian colour Coated Ispat Ltd, GTZ (India) Pvt Ltd, Becker Industrial Coatings AB, Sweden, Victory Metals Australia and many more.