Stainless Steel World Americas 2026 Steering Committee
The Stainless Steel World Americas Steering Committee represents some of the world’ s leading experts in stainless steel and material science. These dedicated individuals have devoted their time and expertise to developing a high-quality, technical conference program.
Chairman: David W. Barber, Senior Manufacturing & Engineering Fellow, Global Improvement Leader, Materials Engineering Discipline Leader, The Dow Chemical Company
Janardhan Saithalan, Senior Engineering Advisor, Materials and Corrosion, Blade Energy
Markus Kind, Managing Director, Rolf Kind GmbH
Alan Souza, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Alleima
Jose Comas, Corrosion Specialist, TotalEnergies
Qiang Zeng, Principal Materials and Coatings Engineer, McDermott International Ltd
Deepak Mankar, Technical Director, Mechanical Department, Fluor Houston
Kerry Millen, Corporate Engineering, Specialty Engineer, OxyChem Engineering
Richard Colwell, Global Chief Engineer, Materials Engineering Technology and Bechtel Fellow, Bechtel
Meet Our Sponsors
Stainless Steel World Americas Conference & Expo 2026 is proudly sponsored by two of the world’ s leading manufacturers of stainless steel.
MEET OUR PARTNER
Alleima is a leading manufacturer of high-value-added products in advanced stainless steels, special alloys, and products for industrial heating. Based on longterm customer partnerships and leading materials technology, the company advances processes and applications in the most demanding industries. With more than 900 active alloy recipes, Alleima’ s product range offers seamless stainless tubes, electric heating technology, and resistance materials. Learn more at: https:// www. alleima. com /
Rolf Kind GmbH specializes in the manufacturing of forgings in high alloyed stainless and corrosion resistant materials, nickel-based alloys as well as titanium and titanium alloys. Customized product geometry such as shafts, rings, cylindrical bushings, hollows, round and square shapes as well as special shapes can be supplied. Rolf Kind’ s main focus and strengths are open die forging and machining, as well as detailed metallurgical knowledge, offering products from the raw material up to the ready-to-install part from a single source. Learn more at: https:// www. r-kind. de / en
Pipe Welding Institute provides technical oversight grounded in field execution, welding code familiarity, and controlled alloy welding environments for high-integrity piping systems. The institute focuses on stabilizing the metallurgical and atmospheric conditions that govern weld integrity in contamination-sensitive and high-performance alloy systems. Learn more at: https:// www. pipewelding. institute /
“ Uniting the stainless steel supply chain!”