Sustainability and innovation in the next edition of Made in Steel

Charting the industry's expansion since 2005. Already 20% more exhibition space sold than the total for the previous edition. 19% foreign exhibitors. Buyers almost doubled.

STEEL HUMAN - Sustainability and innovation is the title of the eighth edition of Made in Steel, to be held from 14 to 16 May 2019 at fieramilano Rho (Milan).

With less than two months to go until the opening of fieramilano pavilions 22 and 24, the southern Europe’s biggest Conference & Exhibition dedicated to the steel industry organized by siderweb - The Italian steel community, talks about the main themes around which the conferences and cultural activity will revolve, alongside the business and commercial relationships.

The show will bring together the twin priorities facing the global steel industry today, the need to reduce its environmental impact while at the same time creating new products and processes in order to stay competitive.
"Only through sustainability and innovation, the pillars on which the steel industry of the future rests, will we see a more human face of steel, one that remains respectful of human beings, the environment and companies," explains Emanuele Morandi, CEO of Made in Steel. "To achieve a better future, we need to combine rigorous methods, efficient organization and business logics with human empathy, wisdom, courage and creativity."

THE NUMBERS FOR MADE IN STEEL 2019 - The international exhibition is pointing towards a record edition.
In December, five months until the close of registrations, square metres sold (around 12,000) are a full 20% above the total floorspace for the previous edition. Meanwhile around 80% of 2017 exhibitors have confirmed their participation in 2019 - 10% more than the average for similar international exhibitions. So far the event has attracted exhibitors from 16 countries: alongside the big European steel manufacturers like Germany, France and Spain, are other rapidly expanding giants such as India (the world's third largest steel producer in 2017 with 101 million tons) and Turkey (eighth, 37.5 million tons). Foreign exhibitors represent 19% of the total. These figures are already up on the final numbers for 2017. Also growing is the number of authorized buyers; at more than 50, they will multiply the business opportunities available over the three days.

THE ONLINE TICKET OFFICE IS NOW OPEN - Starting from March, the 2019 online ticket office is open and allow purchasing entry tickets at special rates (€10 for one-day ticket, €25 for a three-day entry ticket). Visitors can thus save time and money and, by receiving their entrance ticket by email, they can get direct and quick access through the turnstiles.

STEEL MARKET OUTLOOK 2019 - In the year of the eighth edition of Made in Steel, in the European Union and in Italy the outlook for the steel sector remains positive, even if the figures are lower than in the recent past, influenced by the negative carry-over effect of the last quarter of 2018. 

According to the forecasts of Eurofer, the European association of Steel producers, Union, the actual steel consumption in the European should be breaking of at +0,8% in 2019 (against the +2.2% of 2018) at 165 million tons, followed by a +0,9% in 2020 at 166 million.
Almost all the European sectors utilizing steel have slowed down in 2019 and 2020, however they will still be in a positive place: the forecast for the growth rate of production is 1,5% and 1,7% (against +3,1% in 2018).

Concerning Italy, according to the estimations of the Siderweb Study Centre, the apparent consumption in 2019 (delivery + import – export) should increase by 1% (2,9% in 2017; + 2% nel 2018), aligning with the European data. In detail, in 2019, the automotive sector should slow down (0,5% with respect to 2018), while the construction industry will stay steady on a growth rate of about 1%. “It is licit to expect a slowing down in the speed of the growth rate of flat steel – estimates Stefano Ferrari, Manager of the Siderweb Study Centre, that in the last years have been the driving force behind the growth of steel consumption in Italy, and a relative improvement of long products, that should increase at a similar rate of flat products”.