Ispat Karmet customers met in Temirtau, Kazakhstan

Ispat Karmet customers met in Temirtau, Kazakhstan

LNM Marketing hosted a two-day customer meet in Kazakhstan for the customers of Ispat Karmet on April 22nd and 23rd, 2004. The customer meet took place in Temirtau, where Ispat Karmet, the mill that was acquired by LNM Group from the Government of Kazakhstan by the end of 1995, is located. SteelOrbis also took part in the meetings with kind invitation by LNM. LNM Group had held a customer meet in Istanbul customer meet in Istanbul for its Turkish customers back in December. There were almost 100 customer representatives gathered in Temirtau for the customer meet, including importers from China, Russia, Iran, Azarbaijan, Vietnam, Greece, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Israel as well as representatives of the trading companies from several countries. Attending from LNM Group; Dr N.K.Choudhary, General Director and CEO of Ispat Karmet, Mr U.S. Jha, Executive Director of Ispat Karmet, Mr Y.P. Kumar, Director of LNM Marketing FZE, Mr Eric Tierie, General Manager (Marketing) of LNM Holdings N.V., and several managers from LNM Marketing offices in Dubai, Iran, Russia, and China were present, as well as some division managers and directors of Ispat Karmet. Dr N.K.Choudhary and Mr Y.P.Kumar addressed the customers during the first day of the customer meet after the welcome reception, followed by a visit to Ispat Karmet museum and a dinner. The second day schedule included well organized plant visits for the customers, during which the customers and traders had the chance to get detailed information on Ispat Karmet's production process and learn more about the investments made by the LNM Group as well as new projects. Please see Ispat Karmet: Acquisition saves the mill and the town for more information. LNM Group is expected to become the largest steel producer in the world until the end of the year, after the completion of the new acquisitions by the group.