IREPAS : Business is expected to resume within a short period
The 63rd meeting of IREPAS (International Rebar Exporters and Producers Association) was held in Madrid on October 3-5, 2010. There were 85 producer representatives amongst the 272 delegates from 42 different countries. At the conclusion of the event, the chairmen of the committees for raw material suppliers, traders, rebar and wire rod suppliers and billet suppliers came together... Read More
The 63rd meeting will be held in Madrid
Time for the second gathering of 2010 is getting closer. Madrid had received the most votes in our poll for the venue of the 63rd meeting ahead of Hong Kong and Lisbon. Accordingly our second and last gathering of the year will be in Madrid at the Meliá Castilla Hotel, between October 3-5, 2010. Please check www.SteelOrbisEvents.com for details. Read More
IREPAS is now on Twitter
IREPAS has launched a news update service using the Twitter social networking website. All IREPAS announcements and press releases will be published on Twitter. ‘Followers’ of IREPAS on Twitter can receive the updates via the website or as mobile phone text messages (SMS). Mobile phone access to Twitter updates are available in the US, UK, Canada, India, Indonesia, Ireland,... Read More
Poll to see members choice for the venue of our 63rd meeting
The IREPAS board has decided to have a poll and see the IREPAS members’ choice of venue for the 63rd meeting. The short list of candidate cities to host our 63rd meeting are; Hong Kong Lisbon Madrid IREPAS members will shortly be requested by SteelOrbis to vote for their choice of venue for our next meeting. Read More
Oversupply remains the main problem
Our 62nd meeting was held in Budapest on June 6-8. There were 92 producer representatives amongst the 241 attendees from 45 different countries. The meeting had to be postponed due to air traffic problems in European air space back in April. Traders’ Committee concluded the demand was low in the market in general, resulting in a situation of oversupply. Rebar and Wire Rod... Read More
Budapest meeting postponed
The SteelOrbis Spring ’10 Conference and the 62nd IREPAS meeting in Budapest which was originally scheduled to take place on April 18-20 is poastponed due to force majeure situation created by unprecedented circumstances following the eruption of a volcano in Iceland. Flights across much of Europe will be severely disrupted well into Saturday (April 17) because of drifting ash... Read More
62nd Meeting in Budapest
The first gathering of 2010 will be in Budapest on April 18-20, 2010. As always the event is going to be the meeting point of 300+ long steel executives. For all details please visit www.steelorbisevents.com Read More
61st Meeting to be held in Dubai
Dubai – has been carefully selected for our second and last gathering of the year. And Dubai’s most exciting venue – Atlantis the Palm – has been picked as the venue. The steel market always emerges alike the phoenix bird! Read More
60th Meeting to be held in Athens
We have left a bumpy year behind. Or is it left behind? What shall we expect for 2009? Are we going to feel the optimism or are we going to continue suffering from the global crisis? This not-to-be missed event will take place in Athens on April 5-7 2009. Read More
59th Meeting to be held in Hamburg
After the resounding success of the Spring 2008 gathering in Istanbul, the time is once again fast approaching for the next instalment of the world’s premier event for the long products market. We are inviting all long product market players, along with executives from companies which serve the steel business – from the finance, logistics and quality control sectors, to come... Read More