Plenary Program

Monday, May 14, 2007
8:30 AM – 10:20 AM

Global Coating Solutions

Session Chair: Peter Hanneforth
SpaCom LLC
Northport, NY

Thermal Spraying Technology and Its Applications in the Iron & Steel Industry in China

Mr. Rongliang Hao
Vice President, Shanghai BaoSteel Equipment Maintenance Co., Ltd.
Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

Mr. Hao is Vice President of Shanghai BaoSteel Equipment Maintenance Co., Ltd. and Executive Director of the Thermal Spraying Committee of China Surface Engineering Association. As a director of the two largest (according to income per year) enterprises of thermal spray technology in China, Mr. Hao is very involved with propelling the progress of thermal spray technology within China. Mr. Hao leads a team at Shanghai BaoSteel that specializes in supplying solutions for those problems on thermal spray technology. He has trained many bone technical specialists and had made a many contributions to apply thermal spray technology in China’s Iron & Steel industry.

Challenges of Thermal Spray

Mr. Henri Steinmetz
President, Sulzer Metco
Winterthur, Switzerland

Mr. Henri Steinmetz has been President of Sulzer Metco since 2004. He has profound knowledge and skill in leading complex, global businesses. He joined Sulzer Metco from Great Lakes Chemical Corporation, where he served as Executive Vice President and General Manager of Polymer Stabilizers. Prior to that, Mr. Steinmetz was the European Director of Business Development and Strategy for M. A. Hanna Company, and had also held several line and staff management positions with General Electric. A citizen of Luxembourg, Mr. Steinmetz holds a Master of Sciences in Metallurgy from the University of Clausthal in Germany and an MBA from Insead in France.