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Vladimir BOYKO,
Chairman of the board of OJSC Ilyich Iron & Steel Works of Mariupol,
people’s deputy of Ukraine, Hero of Ukraine
"... I’m sincerely glad to greet the respectable community of metal making and trading elite of Ukraine. I believe that professionals gathering at the Forum each year are capable to honestly and openly discuss the problems accumulated in the industry and offer solutions for the progress and changes for the better.
I am sure that this already traditional meeting of Ukraine’s metal market participants will as before contribute to further strengthening of highly-effective creative relations and development of domestic steel market." |
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Narendra CHAUDHARY,
Director general of OJSC ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih
"... I’m glad to see that we again gather to the Metal-Forum of Ukraine to sum up performance results, share successes and achievements, and of course to discuss plans for the future. Annual exhibition-forum being held in capital-based KievExpoPlaza Exhibition Center became a good international tradition. I want to stress that we, representatives of OJSC ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih – Ukraine’s largest steel making enterprise – are much honored to participate in the Forum.
On behalf of the entire team, let me thank organizers of the event. For us, participants of the Metal-Forum of Ukraine – 2007, it is an excellent opportunity to directly discuss current issues, problems, and innovations introduced at the enterprises, and to establish new business contacts." |
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Vitaliy SATSKIY,
Chairman of the board, Director general of JSC Zaporizhstal,
Hero of Ukraine
"...I am pleased to see that this already traditional meeting of metal producers, representatives of related industries, metal traders, and metal consumers demonstrated active professional dialogue between producers and consumers of the Ukrainian metal. Exchange of opinions, discussing problems and plans, and setting of beneficial contacts in the course of regular communication at the Forum encourage progress in the industry and entire metal community of Ukraine." |
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Nikolay BOYCHENKO,
Director general of LLC Ukrayinskaya Gorno-Metallurgicheskaya kompaniya (UGMK)
"... As a long-term partner of the Metal-Forum, we evidence that each year the event gains even growing importance for the entire metal market and turns the epicenter of informal dialogue and decision making by its all operators – bringing together metal producers, traders, and consumers of Ukraine.
We believe in the development of Ukrainian metallurgy in the long run and wish to see the Metal-Forum as a key link between the Ukrainian market players." |
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Farooq SIDDIQUI,
First vice president of CJSC Mini-steel mill “ISTIL (Ukraine)”
"...As before, current Metal-Forum is the central event of the year for metallurgical and metal trading community of Ukraine and representatives of related industries. Its reputation beyond the country’s borders keeps growing, and presence of foreign guests here is the best proof.
We are glad that the Metal-Forum is not only the exhibition, but the grounds to share experience, place for active discussions of metal making problems, which not only involve the industry’s professionals, but also delegates from the government, economic experts, and science representatives." |
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Vasiliy KHARAKHULAKH,
Director general of Metallurgprom Union,
Distinguished metallurgist of Ukraine
"... I am pleased to notice that now the main theme for the meeting of metal producers, traders, and consumers is complete technical upgrade and modernization of mining and metal making industry, expansion of capacities to meet domestic demand for metal. Also important are power, raw stock, and environmental problems of Ukrainian metallurgy suggested for discussions.
Annual meetings Metal-Forum of Ukraine give heads of different ministries-metal consumers and metal making enterprises, as well as other metals market participants and potential investors the unique opportunity for direct communication. This helps discuss and solve the problems, and search for new partners to implement joint investment projects. It will also broaden opportunities of metal making and other related enterprises at metals markets." |
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Leonid KSAVERCHUK,
President of the Mining and Metal making industry Association of Ukraine,
Director general of Ukrtruboprom Union
"... you have created and maintain the tradition for communication within one community of metallurgists – metal producers, representatives of metal trade and related industries.
I believe that business meetings and exchange of opinions that takes place at the Forum will contribute to firming of business contacts between metal producers and consumers. Such ties will be aimed at further strengthening of Ukraine’s market of metals, in particular tubes." |
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Anatoliy STAROVOYT,
Director general of Ukrcoke Union
"...Our professional communication encourages discussion of problems in the industry and joint solutions contributing to its development and prosperity. We believe that meetings like Metal-Forum will strengthen beneficial cooperation between metallurgists and related industries’ delegates and produce joint position aimed at flourishing Ukrainian economy." |
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Andrey FEDOSEYEV,
President of the Ukrainian metal traders association
"... I am pleased to see that nearly all members of the Ukrainian metal traders association have been participating in these unique meetings from the very beginning , contributing their share to forming tradition of professional communication between participants of the Ukrainian metal market.
Members of the metal traders association believe that the Forum will help joining of all metal market participants – for the sake of its growth and significant improvement, for successful development of our business." |
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Alexey KREDISOV,
Managing partner of Ernst & Young in Ukraine
"... By tradition Ernst & Young is official consultant of the Metal-Forum. In our activities, we – the company offering auditing and consulting services – apply individual industry approach. A particular group of our specialists is concentrated on services to the industrial production segment. Reputation of Ernst & Young has formed thanks to vast experience of our specialists, which was received during direct works with metal making and machine engineering leaders in Ukraine and abroad. We therefore are very interested in the Metal-Forum – all-Ukrainian scale event, – which gathers the most powerful and progressive enterprises of mining and metal making industry." |
