If your firm is engaged in any of the broad aspects of the PM industry, there are many solid reasons why you should consider joining MPIF.

MPIF membership can help your company take greater advantage of opportunities within the growing PM and particulate materials markets. Joining with other industry companies in a cooperative effort to promote powder metallurgy and other particulate-based processes as a technology and an industry gives you a voice in directing the industry’s future.

MPIF membership can also fine tune your management/marketing strategy by providing current information on industry conditions, new developments, and trends. MPIF can be your “eyes and ears” to subtle and rapid shifts in the marketplace long before they are common knowledge. Being active within the industry can help you learn from the successes as well as mistakes of others.

Above all, membership in MPIF puts you at the center of the PM industry, within an organization where a free exchange of ideas and information strengthens the decision-making process, and where personal relationships are nurtured for a lifetime.

Membership dues range from several hundred dollars to several thousand dollars per year, depending upon the association and the your company's involvement in powder metallurgy.

To obtain complete information regarding corporate membership in any of the federated associations, please contact James R. Dale, Vice President, Member and Industry Relations, Metal Powder Industries Federation, 105 College Road East, Princeton, N.J., 08540-6692. Telephone (609) 452-7700.

MPIF membership is limited to business entities. However, individuals working in or having an interest in the PM industry and technology, are encouraged to join APMI International, a professional society serving the needs of such individuals. Click here to learn all about APMI International and the benefits of membership.