Join CRU in the Detroit metropolitan area for an upcoming Automotive Briefing focused on the commodity markets most critical to the automotive industry.
Covering steel, aluminum, wire and cable, battery material services, and LME and precious metals, the event will offer attendees a valuable multi-commodity perspective on market trends, pricing dynamics, and supply chain developments.
Whether your focus is procurement, strategy, risk, or commercial decision-making, this briefing will help you better understand the material market forces shaping the future of automotive manufacturing.
The briefing will be followed by a complimentary lunch and networking.
Agenda
10:00 AM–10:30 AM | Arrival and Welcome
10:30 AM–11:30 AM | Commodity Presentations
- Steel, Josh Spoores | How steel market dynamics today will shape contract prices in 2027
- Aluminum, Tain Satterlee | USMCA, Iran–US Tensions, and the Aluminum Outlook
- Battery Materials, Charlie Durant | US Battery Value Chains: Navigating Volatility, Localisation and the Next Wave of Capacity
- Wire and Cable, Aisling Hubert | Changing Cable Demand for Automotive Harnesses and Vehicle Motors
11:30 AM–12:30 PM | Roundtable Discussion: Automotive Market Perspectives Across Materials
- Supply, demand, consumption, and price trends in the automotive sector
- Cross-commodity trends influencing the automotive supply chain
- Product and material substitution: opportunities and constraints
- The impact of current events on supply chain dynamics
- USMCA and regional trade considerations
- The role of non-North American imports in material sourcing
- Evolving sourcing strategies across automotive materials
12:30 PM–2:00 PM | Networking Lunch
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