President Yamaguchi Takes the Stage at the 2025 HSS Summit

American Katerra desires to push the limits of steel fabrication, sustainability, and green technologies. That is, we’re excited to share the news that our President and CEO, Toyokazu (Tony) Yamaguchi, MBA, EMP, will be a featured speaker at the 2025 HSS Summit! This leading event, presented by the Steel Tube Institute, is where you want to be if you want the latest in Hollow Structural Sections (HSS) – it’s going to be an industry event that’s not to be missed!

The summit focuses on essential subjects including material supply, connection detailing, design and fabrication, software development, manufacturing technologies, and sustainability. Whether you want to optimize HSS for your projects, whether green do-goodery is your thing, or if you simply want to investigate leading-edge robotics, here we have sessions that were picked to provide you with real-life takeaways that can up the game of your work.

From hands-on workshops to case studies straight off the battlefield, the schedule is full of value. You will learn from industry pioneers who are shaping the industry themselves and will gain insights that keep you one step ahead in an ever-changing industry.

Among the sessions will be “International Fabrication Practices, scheduled at 2:15 pm on day 1, October 28th 2025” which will feature President Yamaguchi presenting alongside Mr. Adam MacDonald, Vice President of Operations for Steelworks of the Carolinas, and Mr. Yoshihide Inoue, Head of Technical Center for Welding Business for Kobe Steel, Ltd.

For the full agenda, please see the HSS SUMMIT page here.

Yamaguchi will bring his accumulated wisdom, as head of Yamaguchi Heavy Industries Ltd. and American Katerra, LLC, to tackle worldwide bests in HSS fabrication. Be prepared for thought-provoking conversations on cutting-edge processes, cross-cultural pollination, and how to navigate fabrication pitfalls in international projects. This alone could well provide inspiration that can transform your thinking on steel structures – and what that could mean for your efficiency, costs, and sustainability.

In his presentation, President Yamaguchi will discuss the supply chain collaboration, which aims to accelerate CO2 emission reductions across the entire supply chain by combining Kobe Steel’s blast furnace steel “kobenable® Steel” and welding robot New REGARC™ with Yamaguchi Heavy Industries’ decarbonization calculation technology “Green Carbon Steel®”. Amid accelerating decarbonization trends in steel frame manufacturing, Kobe Steel has advanced the development of environmentally friendly steel “kobenable® Steel” that significantly reduces CO2 emissions, while also providing welding robots that enhance production efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions to numerous companies. Yamaguchi Heavy Industries possesses proprietary technology “Green Carbon Steel®” for precisely calculating CO2 emissions throughout a product’s lifecycle, enabling the “visualization” of CO2 emissions across the supply chain and strongly advancing decarbonization efforts. Through this collaboration, fusing Kobe Steel’s solutions with Yamaguchi Heavy Industries’ technology creates new value to comprehensively support customer companies in reducing environmental impact. The linkage between “kobenable® Steel” and “Green Carbon Steel®” allows for accurate calculation of introduction effects, clearly visualizing CO2 reduction impacts to support decarbonization management. Additionally, introducing the New REGARC™ welding robot into Yamaguchi Heavy Industries’ production lines optimizes energy consumption, contributes to CO2 reductions, and achieves improvements in productivity and quality. We hope this serves as a valuable reference.

Don’t miss your chance to network with forward-thinking leaders, and go home with innovative strategies that power real-world results. The 2025 HSS Summit is not an event, it is a driver of evolution in the steel industry. Whether you’re a battle-tested veteran or a young stud on the rise, this is where the future of HSS begins.

Ready to secure your spot? Sign up today at the Steel Tube Institute’s HSS Summit page.

We at American Katerra are thrilled to be part of this dynamic conversation. See you there!