January 10, 2000
At the Packard Plaza
Special Event: Sustaining Member’s
Night
Presenting:
The Steel Plate Market – New
Millenium, New Challenges
Chris Navetta
General Manager – Plate Products
U.S. Steel Group
Technical Chairman: Ed Dooley
Steel Buyer
Central Purchasing, Caterpillar Inc.
Coffee Talk: “Building a Winning Solar Car”
Brian Call – Caterpillar Inc.
Social Hour 4:30pm
Dinner 5:30pm ($12.00)
Coffee Talk 6:20pm
Technical Talk 7:00pm
Adjourn 8:00pm
Abstract:
The steel plate market must continue to evolve to meet changing market demand. The challenges of meeting market demand in the face of increasing pressure from imports are presented. Supply side changes are also affecting the market as the global economy begins to change steel plate market capacity. A broad look at the coming changes in the steel plate market is covered.
About Our Speaker:
Chris Navetta began his career with U.S. Steel in June 1969 and in the last 30 Years has served in a variety of financial, managerial, and administrative positions in such areas as minerals management, plastics, steels, specialty steels, and joint venture management. He currently has overall responsibility for performance of the Plate Products Business Unit at U.S. Steel. This encompasses Marketing, Sales, Customer Service, Operations, Technical Services, and Product Development. Mr. Navetta serves on the Owner’s Committee of the Ferralloy Processing Company, on the Executive Council of the National Steel Bridge Alliance, and is a member of the Institute of Management Accounting, the American Institute of Steel Construction, and the Steel Plate Fabricator’s Association. He is a graduate of Michigan State University and resides in Chesterton, IN with his wife, Phyllis.
Coffee Talk:
Brian Call is a recent University of Missour-Rolla graduate that led the UMR Solar Racer team to victory in the 1,450 Mile Washington D.C. to Orlando race. Teams from universities across the United States participated in the solar powered car contest. Brian will talk about the race, designing the car within the constraints of the many rules and regulations, and managing costs and time in the project.
Nominations:
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The Peoria Chapter Nominating
Committee is pleased to nominate the
following Officers, for the
2000-2001 Chapter year:
Chair
Ron Streib
Vice Chair
Scott Avis
Secretary
Krisie Rolli
Treasurer
Scott Wiseman
We are also pleased to
nominate the following Executive Committee
members, for the 2000-2003
term:
Russ Harrell
Dick Van Pelt
Iqbal Shareef
Bud Harvey
Steve Matthew
Nominations from members are
welcome, and can be forwarded to Jackie Earle
(earle_jacqueline_m@CAT.com or
309-578-9667), before January 5, 2000.
ASM MEI Class:
The Peoria Chapter of ASM
will be conducting an Aluminum and its Alloys class at the Mossville Technical Center
starting mid January. Enrollment is $300, if
interested in this class, please contact Gerry Gegel at (309) 578-4885 to register.
We
are currently seeking students to participate in a failure analysis class to be taught in
East Peoria. This class will start in Mid
February. Contact Ron Morgan @ (309) 578-2833
to register.
Social Night:
ASM Social Night - Swingtown! February 12, 2000 at the Pere
Marquette Hotel
The Kaizer Jazz Quintet will
follow a fabulous sit down dinner with a special brand of
jazz and swing standards to
get everyone dancing. Basic swing steps will
be taught.
Sign
up by calling Krisie Rolli at 309-578-8219.
Correction:
The Publicity Committee would like to apologize for any inconveniences caused by printing the incorrect business information for Applied Process. Please take note of the correct information in our monthly Flyer.
Special Recognition:
Peoria Chapter of ASM
International would like to thank
Mr. Steve Matthew of
Certified Heat Treating Co., for being our
Hospitality Host at the December meeting.