PURPOSE

To recognize innovative PM products, designs, processes and/or materials used in automotive applications.

ADMINISTRATION AND PRESENTATION

The award will be an appropriate certificate which will include a standard citation, the name(s) of the organization(s), which ideally can include the part (end use), and materials and parts producers. The certificate would also include date of the award, and the signatures of the MPIF President and the Executive Director. The presentation shall be made by the President of the Metal Powder Industries Federation at an appropriate function during the Society of Automotive Engineers' Annual Conference and Exposition.

ELIGIBILITY AND QUALIFICATIONS

The cited innovative PM product, process and/or material must be currently in commercial production and successfully functioning in a vehicle for at least six months. It must represent an innovative development in design, materials or processing. It must also have the potential to exert an important impact on automotive design, engineering or production.

This impact can include improved quality, properties, cost savings, vehicle performance, and/or stimulate additional PM automotive applications. The award would be a joint award recognizing the part (end use), materials supplier (powder), equipment or process developed if applicable, and the parts fabricator.

METHOD OF SELECTION

The MPIF Industry Development Board may submit up to three candidates (which may be prioritized and also be PM Design Competition Award winners) to the MPIF Awards Committee with supporting information. Candidates may also be proposed by the MPIF Awards Committee for IDB consideration.

The MPIF Awards Committee will recommend recipient (or recipients) to the MPIF Board of Governors for final approval.

 

1996 Recipient—Main Bearing Cap
General Motors Powertrain
Quebéc Metal Powders Limited
Zenith Sintered Products, Inc.

1997 Recipient—PM Ignition Coil
Cincinnati Incorporated
Delphi Automotive Systems/Seixel Portugal Operations
General Motors International Operations
Hoeganaes Corporation

2000 Recipient—One-Way Clutch
Ford Motor Company
Hoeganaes Corporation
Means Industries
Metal Powder Components
QMP

2002 Recipient—Stainless Steel Exhaust System Parts
Ametek, Inc.
Arvin Meritor Exhaust Systems
Bentler Automotive
CalsonicKansei North America
Faurecia Exhaust Systems
Ford Motor Company
General Motors Corporation
HazenTec LC
Hoeganaes Corporation
OMG Americas
SSI Sintered Specialties
Tenneco Automotive

2003 Recipient—Transmission Carrier
Borg Warner, Inc.
Borg Warner Powdered Metals, Inc.
DaimlerChrysler
Ford Motor Company
General Motors Global Powertrain Group
GKN Sinter Metals
Hoeganaes Corporation
Keystone Powdered Metal Company
New Venture Gear
QMP
Stackpole Ltd.