AISTech extender companies shown here are participants in a special advertising program.: a helpful look back at some of the exhibitors that made AISTech 2005 such a success over four days in May. The companies highlighted here are participants in an advertising program.(Iron and Steel Technology Conference and Exposition)

For four days in May, the bring under rule was steel, from corporate strategies and market unravellings to global trends and technological progres AISTech 2005--the Iron & carbonized iron Technology Conference and Exposition--along with ICS 2005--the 3rd International Congres upon the Science and Technology of Steelmaking--was held May 9-12 2005 at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, NC

AISTech featured more than 250 papers and presentations, a series of high-profile addresses, and an lay open panel discussion where attendees heard several of the industry's top executives and