2026 FIA Fall Meeting & Marketing Conference

Date

October 19

Format

In-Person

Location

Pittsburgh, PA

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FIA member-only conference covering market trends, legislative updates, and business-growth strategies for the forging industry. Industry presentations address human leadership in an automated world, defense market opportunities, materials market forecasts, advocacy and lobbying efforts, automotive and aerospace market trends, artificial intelligence for forging applications, and reshoring for the forging industry. Breakout sessions cover Communication for Authentic and Influential Leadership, The Value of Benchmarking & Data, and Reducing Healthcare Costs Without Reducing Benefits. The program includes an optional plant tour of Ellwood Quality Steels, which produces carbon, alloy, and stainless steel, nickel alloys, ingots, and semifinished products. Its listed melting processes include ladle refining, vacuum degassing, vacuum oxygen decarbonization, vacuum arc remelting, and electroslag remelting. The company is also installing a vacuum induction melting furnace.

Topics

Economics
Policy
Technology

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