Mauro Bianchi Ferri
Managing Director
Acciarium Srl

After completing his studies in Milan, Italy, achieving his doctorate degree from Politecnico di Milano and a post-university degree from SDA Bocconi, Bianchi Ferri has spent more than 25 years in the steelmaking sector. In his career he has had several responsibilities appointed by companies like GrafTech (formerly UCAR Carbon), ABB and, more recently, driving the steelmaking division of Tenova as chief of Tenova companies located in Italy, Canada, South Africa, Mexico and Germany. In 2016, Bianchi Ferri had a new idea to do business: from his experience developed after years of market follow-up and customer relations, he founded Acciarium, a steelmaking alliance of automation and process companies with the aim to create value “growing together.” He has also taken part in steel and energy sectors affiliations besides AIST, such as the Italian Association of Metallurgy (AIM) and Italian Electric Manufacturing Association (ANIE), organizing and chairing international events and congress and issuing publication in steel industry magazines such as Steel Times International, MBM of Metal Bulletin, MPT International and Stahl und Eisen of VDEh, and La Metallurgia Italiana of AIM.