TITANIUM 2008 PROVIDES GLOBAL INSIGHTS FROM A WORLD PERSPECTIVE.

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TITANIUM 2008 Provides Global Insights From a World Perspective

BROOMFIELD, Colo., Aug. 1 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

TITANIUM 2008 is the 24th annual conference and exhibition hosted and organized by Colorado based International Titanium Association (ITA). The conference will be held at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, September 21-24th.

The mission for TITANIUM 2008 will be to provide global insights on the state of the titanium industry from a world perspective. "At the end of the day, we believe conference attendees will leave with a more comprehensive understanding of current conditions in key market segments throughout the world," according to Michael Metz, current ITA conference chair. "The point of the conference will be to examine current trends in titanium in all the consuming industry sectors and the ability of the industry to meet the demands of those markets."

For Metz, the president of VSMPO-Tirus U.S., who also serves on the ITA's board of directors, a major catalyst for the titanium industry are the significant demographic changes that are now unfolding in the Middle East, India and China. He described titanium as the "performance enabler" that will be required for desalinization plants in Saudi Arabia, power generators and chemical processing facilities in India and China, and expanded commercial aerospace demand from growing middle-class populations throughout Asia. The key insight is to cultivate an eye for how global markets are linked; or how "missing links" can be identified and filled in by nimble, forward-thinking entrepreneurs.