Galvanizing and Tinplate Mill Products Committees Joint Meeting

7 May 2025 • Music City Center, Room 101E • Nashville, TN, USA

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  1. Chair’s opening remarks           <Noon> 
  2. Appoint minute-taker
  3. Antitrust guidelines
  4. Membership and attendance
  5. Review minutes of previous meeting
  6. AIST Staff Announcements
  7. Main agenda items
  • Review Galvanizing TC Mission Statement
    • To advance technological capabilities for hot dip coated products and processes by organizing meetings, workshops, plant visits, and technical sessions for the mutual benefit of producers and suppliers.
  • Review Tinplate Mill Products TC Mission Statement
    • To advance technological capabilities for tin mill products and processes by organizing meetings, workshops, plant visits, and technical sessions for the mutual benefit of producers and suppliers.
  • Develop committee objectives for next year
    • Meeting Locations
    • Technical Topic to be discussed and possible presenters
    • Conferences/Webinars
  • Galvanizing TC Election of 2025-2026 Officers
    • Chair – Dan Drane, Steel Dynamics Inc. – The Techs
    • Vice Chair – Luis Garza, Cleveland-Cliffs Research & Innovation Center
    • Papers Co-Chair – Dan Baker, Lift
    • Papers Co-Chair – 
    • Young Professional Chair – Dan Topham, AM/NS Calvert LLC
    • Digitalization Liaison – Thomas Daum, TMEIC Corp.
    • Decarbonization Liaison – Stavros Fountoulakis, ArcelorMittal Global Research R&D – East Chicago
  • Tinplate Mill Products TC Election of 2025-2026 Officers
    • Chair – Hossein Sayyer, ArcelorMittal Dofasco
    • Vice Chair – Matthew Gilfillan, U. S. Steel - Midwest
    • Papers Chair – Dean Benoy, DABen LLC
    • Membership Chair – Shannon Clark, ArcelorMittal Dofasco 
    • Digitalization Liaison – Eric Almquist, Star Tool & Die Works, Inc.
    • Decarbonization Liaison – Deni Bellai, Bellai Consulting, Inc.
  • Present Chair Plaques
    • Mark Marietti – GTC
    • Hossein Sayyer – TMPTC
  1. Discussion items
  2. Next meetings
  • Galvanizing TC
    • Fall 2025 
      • Date: 9-10 September 2025
      • Location:
      • Topic:
  • Spring 2025 
    • Date: 
    • Location:
    • Topic:
  • Tinplate Mill Products TC 
    • Fall 2025 
      • Date: 
      • Location:
      • Topic:
  • Spring 2025 
    • Date: 
    • Location:
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  1. Chair conclusion
  2. Adjourn     <1:30pm>