At the opening of the SteelOrbis 2016 Spring Conference & 74th IREPAS Meeting held in Lisbon on April 10-12, Kim Marti, the international sales director of Spanish steel producer Celsa, handed over his duties as chairman of IREPAS, the global association of producers and exporters of long steel products, to Murat Cebecioglu, export manager of Turkish steelmaker ICDAS.
The SteelOrbis 2016 Spring Conference & 74th IREPAS Meeting has gathered 250 representatives from different sections of the steel supply chain, including 70 steel producers and 25 raw material suppliers.
Speaking at the event, outgoing chairman Mr. Marti said that things have changed in the last few weeks in the steel industry, with the industry seeing a big turnaround and heading for a healthier new balance.
During his first speech as IREPAS chairman, Murat Cebecioglu stated that global economic problems continue to challenge sustainable growth in many areas of the world. “We can say that steel industry has been responding very successfully to the challenges caused by the current economic situation. Recent developments have changed the outlook and boosted prices,” the new chairman remarked.