Galvanizing Technology Committee Meeting

9 September 2025 • Ontario Canada

AIST technology committee members are asked to print out the latest revised meeting agenda from our website one week prior to this meeting.

Tuesday, 9 September 2025 

  1. Chair’s opening remarks       8:00 am  
  2. Appoint minute-taker
  3. Antitrust guidelines
  4. Membership and attendance
  5. Review minutes of previous meeting
  6. AIST Staff Announcements
  7. Steel Industry Fatalities
  8. Main agenda items
    • AISTech 2026 session development
      • Selection of Abstracts (Due by 16 Sept) 
      • Determine session structure (Due by 28 Oct) including session titles & session chairs
      • Review Papers Chair and Session Chair instructions
    • Finalize AISTech call for papers for 2027
      • Hot-dip galvanize, galvanneal, aluminized, new zinc alloy coating and dual metallic/organic processes (new facilities and modernizations, productivity improvements, new equipment technologies), plus coated product substrate quality, defect prevention and detection, and new surface post-treatments.
    • Finalize committee roundup
    • Technology Training conference
    • Study Tour planning
  9. Discussion items

 Technical Discussions – Coating Line Safety        9:00 am – 4:45 pm

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 Chair conclusion

 Adjourn for the day       5:00 pm

Wednesday, 10 September 2025 

Tour:    California Steel Industries (CSI)    9:00 am

1 California Steel Way, Fontana, CA

 Meet in main administration building at 9 am. Carpool if possible.

  • PPE requirements:
    1. Long pants
    2. Hard soled, closed toed shoes
    3. Hard hat, safety glasses, hearing protection, and hi-vis jacket provided by CSI
  • Anticipate being done by noon.