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May
2008
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Keith
Busse, Chairman and CEO, Steel Dynamics, Inc., became
chairman of AISI on May 4, 2008. |
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Steel
Dynamics' Busse Named AISI Chairman
AISI's
Board of Directors elected Keith E. Busse, chairman
and CEO, Steel Dynamics, Inc., to a one-year term as
chairman of the Institute. He was sworn in as chairman
at the Board's spring meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona
on May 4.
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AISI's
Standards development work will be presented in
June 2008 at two significant conferences in Austrailia.
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AISI-Sponsored
Research and Standards Development Reach Around the
World
As
the steel industry becomes more global, so do the research
and standards development activities that establish the
competitive playing field for steel in construction applications.
In June 2008, AISI's standards development work will be
presented at two significant conferences in Australia
that bring together preeminent researchers from around
the world to share research findings and showcase standards
development accomplishments.
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Andrew
G. Sharkey, III, AISI's president and CEO and Bob Weidner,
MSCI president and CEO |
AISI
2008 General Meeting Highlights Future of the Industry
On
May 4-6, AISI held its 116th General Meeting in Scottsdale,
Ariz. in conjunction with the Metals Service Center
Institute (MSCI). This was our fifth year meeting with
MSCI—and was very well attended—not
a surprising fact given the steel industry is now in
its fifth year of strong performance. AISI attendance
grew 20 percent, with Associate Members participation
up 40 percent. Total attendance was about 670.
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President
Bush signed into law the Metals Initiative re-authorization
on May 8, 2008. |
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Metals
Initiative Re-Authorization Signed by President Bush
A
key objective of the 2008 AISI Public Policy Agenda
was realized on May 8 when the Steel and Aluminum Energy
Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1998
re-authorization, also known as the Metals Initiative,
was signed into law by President Bush. The bill authorizes
$12 million per year for the next five years to fund
advanced metals (steel) research that would lead to
more energy-efficient and environmentally-sound manufacturing
techniques.
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Andrew
G. Sharkey, III, President and CEO, AISI, accepts
the Gary Memorial Medal during AISI's General
Meeting.
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AISI's
Andrew G. Sharkey, III Awarded 2008 Gary Memorial Medal
at AISI General Meeting
Andrew
G. Sharkey, III, is the 2008 recipient of the Gary Memorial
Medal, the highest honor given to an individual by the
North American steel industry. Sharkey, president and
CEO of AISI, was honored at the AISI General Meeting
in Scottsdale, Ariz. on May 6, 2008.
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This
year's students will be challenged to conceptualize,
render and create a concept vehicle built upon
an eco-friendly design.
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AISI
Marks Two Decades of Teaching Student Designers About
Steel
AISI
members and staff, as well as faculty and students from
the College for Creative Studies (CCS), will mark a
special anniversary at the kickoff ceremony of their
collaborative Student Internship Program on May 28,
2008. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the AISI/CCS
program, and the color of choice is green.
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