Tinplate Mill Products and Galvanizing Technology Committees Joint Meeting

Wednesday, 6 May 2026David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Room 330 • Pittsburgh, PA, USA

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►Full Meeting Agenda

Time

Agenda Item

Noon

Opening Remarks — Dan Drane & Hossein Sayyar

Appoint Minute-Taker— Drane

Membership and Attendance — Ken Landau

Review Previous Minutes — Garza

AIST Staff Announcements — Landau


Review and approve or amend mission statement 

Vote to approve or amend mission statement

  • Galvanizing TC - Drane
    • To advance technological capabilities for hot dip coated products and processes by organizing meetings, workshops, plant visits, and technical sessions for the mutual benefit of producers and suppliers.              
  • Tinplate Mill Products TC - Sayyar
    • To advance technological capabilities for tin mill products and processes by organizing meetings, workshops, plant visits, and technical sessions for the mutual benefit of producers and suppliers.

 

Develop committee objectives for next year — Drane/Sayyar

Meetings & Locations

Ideas for the autumn meeting: Collocating near AIST Leadership Conference in Colorado Springs (11~13 November). Touring an AOEM stamping facility. Visting an ingot producing/refining facility.

Technical Topic to be discussed and possible presenters

 

Elect New Officers  

Galvanizing TC Nominations:

Chair - Dan Drane

Vice Chair - Luis Garza

Papers Chair - Ana Paula Domingos Cardoso

Papers Chair - Dan Baker

Young Professional Chair - Dan Topham

Digitalization Liaison – Thomas Daum

Decarbonization Liaison - Stavros Fountoulakis

Tinplate Mill Products TC Nominations:

Chair – Matthew Gilfillan  

Vice Chair – Dean Benoy

Papers Chair - 

Membership Chair – Shannon Clark

Digitalization Liaison – Eric Almquist

Decarbonization Liaison – Deni Bellai

 

Luis Garza to present Chair Plaque to Dan Drane for his year of service to the committee

Mathew Gilfillan to present Chair Plaque to Hossein Sayyar for his year of service to the committee

 

Discussion Items

Any other items to discuss please contact the committee chair Dan Drane or Hossein Sayyar

 

Next Meeting

 

Closing Remarks

1:30 p.m.

Adjourn