STAINLESS STEELS Standards, Directives and Laws

STAINLESS STEELS
Standards, Directives and Laws
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 – 8:30 a.m.
Conference Hall – Centro Servizi di Banca Popolare di Milano
Via Massaua 6 – Milan 
 
Standardization plays a very important role in business exchanges, especially in terms of consumer protection. As a consequence, within the iron and steel industry, and in particular, concerning stainless steel products, standards and norms become today increasingly relevant in helping iron and steel product consumers to obtain reliable information, identify the specific characteristics of each product, and have the guarantee of the right product quality for any kind of application.
 
This problem becomes of critical importance in the stainless steel industry, as for many years now, our country has reported the highest rates of apparent per-head consumption of finished steel products in Europe. An evidence that Italy has a great processing capacity in the area of stainless steel products destined to the production of parts, elements and equipment suitable for any industrial application, which are both used in the domestic market, and exported all over the world.
 
In this background, standardization has taken a particular value, especially in the last few years, since more and more frequently the European market in general, and the Italian one in particular, are offering products imported from several foreign countries, and above all from Far-East. Sometimes, these products do not comply with the required international standards and are not always provided with the necessary reference papers/documents. Therefore, these imported steel products can create a lot of bewilderment and confusion in the “production-trade-user” chain, giving often rise to complaints.
 
For these reasons, it has been judged useful and advisable to organize a meeting addressed to all those who work in the stainless steel industry (manufacturers, dealers, processing companies, and users) focused on the recent developments of the different standards, or standard proposals, referred to stainless steel products, without neglecting certification and legislative matters. The event is organized by Centro Inox in cooperation with Unsider. The official language of the meeting will be Italian.
 
 
Programme:
 
8.30 – Participants’ registration
9.00 – Opening of proceedings
 
Welcome address to participants and introduction
F. Capelli – CENTRO INOX
C. Cappelli – UNSIDER
 
The Normative Background: UNI/EN/ISO/ASTM Standards – Roles, Interaction, and Developments
G. Corbella – UNSIDER
 
Inspection and Control Papers (EN 10204) – Value and Importance of the Different Certification Types
B. Stefanoni – IGQ
 
Coffee break
 
Flat Iron and Steel Product Standards
G. Di Caprio – Stainless steel specialist, AIM
 
Long Iron and Steel Product Standards
M. Cusolito – RODACCIAI
 
Welded Tube Standards
S. Toscano – MARCEGAGLIA DIV. INOX
 
Seamless Tube Standards
C. Fiora – SALZGITTER MANNESMANN STAINLESS TUBES
 
Discussion
 
13.00 – Buffet lunch
 
14.00 – Opening of proceedings
 
Non-Compliance and Frauds – Legal aspects
L. Sommariva – UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO, FACULTY OF ECONOMICS
 
The Problem of Radioactivity
F. Bregant – FEDERACCIAI
 
PED and CPD Directives
C. Cappelli – UNSIDER
 
Food-related Legislation
V. Boneschi – CENTRO INOX
 
Discussion
 
16.30 Closure of proceedings
 
 
For additional information:
CENTRO INOX
Piazza Velasca 10
I-20122 Milan, ITALY
Phone + 39 02 86450559 – 02 86450569 - Fax +39 02 860986
www.centroinox.it, eventi@centroinox.it