Every year MPIF sponsors a Powder Metallurgy Design Excellence Awards competition in which parts fabricators among our member companies are invited to submit components that epitomize the possibilities inherent in these metal-forming technologies, including metal injection molding. A distinguished panel of industry judges evaluates the entries according to a stringent set of criteria and awards Grand Prizes and Awards of Distinction to those parts deemed worthy.
The awards are presented each year at a gala luncheon during the annual technical conference and details about the winning parts appear in many publications over the next year, giving added exposure to these achievements in PM and MIM design while honoring the fabricators and end users responsible for them. Below are all the MIM parts that have earned awards in this annual competition, going back to1997.