APMI International’s most prestigious award recognizes APMI members for their significant contributions to the goals, purpose, and mission of the organization as well as for a high level of expertise in the technology, practice, or business of the industry. The 2024 Fellow Award recipient will receive elevation to Fellow status at PowderMet2024 / AMPM2024, June 16-19 in Pittsburgh. The 2024 recipient is Deepak Madan.

Thomas F. Murphy, FAPMI, Senior Scientist, Research and Development, Hoeganaes Corporation, has been selected to receive the Kempton H. Roll Powder Metallurgy (PM) Lifetime Achievement Award by the Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF). The award will be presented during the combined PowderMet2024 (International Conference on Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials) and AMPM2024 (Additive Manufacturing with Powder Metallurgy) conferences, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, during the Opening General Session on Monday, June 17.

A surgical implant has been developed by researchers at Washington State University (WSU), Pullman, Washington, that is able to kill 87% of staph infections bacteria in laboratory tests, while remaining strong and compatible with surrounding tissue.

The research, reported in the International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, could lead to better infection control in common surgeries, such as hip and knee replacements. Bacterial colonization of the implants is one of the leading causes of their failure after surgery.

The Technical Program Committees for PowderMet2024 and AMPM2024 met recently to assemble the program for the June 16–19 conferences in Pittsburgh. Over 80 industry experts met to review abstracts. The results of the committees’ diligent work is a strong technical program that hasn’t been seen in Pittsburgh since 1990!

Individual tutorials on press & sinter, metal additive manufacturing, and metal injection molding will be included as part of the conference registration. Additionally, a carbide track will be provided to attract the carbide industry and introduce them to the latest PM technologies.

U.S. Senator Bob Casey, Pennsylvania, addresses representatives from the powder metallurgy industry.

U.S. Senator Bob Casey visited Ridgway, Pennsylvania, to announce the awarding of a $400,000 federal grant to further develop the manufacturing sector in North Central Pennsylvania.

Penn State DuBois die setting instructor George Schneider, left, works with Saint Marys Area High School student Dakota Larkham to measure one of the parts produced during the high school die setter training program. 

A partnership between Penn State DuBois, the Saint Marys Area School District and Workforce Solutions for North Central Pennsylvania is helping build the workforce of tomorrow for the local metal manufacturing industry by helping students gain die-setting experience.

The 2024 edition of MPIF Standard 35-SP – Materials Standards for PM Structural Parts has been released. This Standard is a must-have document and provides the design and materials engineer with the latest engineering property data and information available to specify materials for structural parts made using the PM process.

Each user-friendly section of the Standard is clearly distinguished by easy-to-read data tables (Inch-Pound and SI units) and provides explanatory information for each material listed. 
 

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, Tennessee, researchers have reportedly improved flaw detection in laser beam powder bed fusion (PBF-LB) metal parts through a method that combines post-production inspection of the manufactured part with data gathered from sensors during the build process.

Professor Ehsan Toyserkani, University of Waterloo at new Multi-Scale Additive Manufacturing Laboratory.

What started as a small, hidden room on the University of Waterloo campus, has now moved into a 15,000-square-foot facility with $25 million worth of state-of-the-art equipment. The new facility will aim to serve as a hub for future metals research as well as be a central location for advanced AM printers and characterization devices.

The Japan Powder Metallurgy Association (JPMA) has released the winners of the 2023 PM part design competition. The JPMA Awards started in 1979 with a purpose to increase exposure of the technology.

Categories of the JPMA Awards are as follows:

• New Products (New Design/New Materials/Process Development)
• New Powders
• Equipment Development

Since 2003, the Grand Prix award has been given to an exceptional product. The Effort Prize has been awarded to products that did not fit into a specific category.

MPIF installed new presidents at the conclusion of the 2023 PM Management Summit and 79^th Annual MPIF Business Meeting.

   
New MPIF President Michael Stucky. MPIF Executive Director/CEO James Adams presents the Crystal Award to Past President Rodney Brennen.

Michael Stucky, Business Unit Director, Norwood Medical, Bellbrook, Ohio, has been elected the 32^nd president of the Metal Powder Industries Federation, succeeding Rodney Brennen, Metco Industries, Inc., St. Marys, Pennsylvania. His two-year term began at the conclusion of the Federation’s 79^th annual MPIF Business Meeting, October 28–30, in Louisville, Kentucky.