Richard (Rick) Ricchi, technical specialist, General Motors Corporation (GM), Warren, Michigan, has been selected to receive the Vanguard Award from the Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF).

Lockheed Martin has qualified its first complex metal additive manufactured (AM) piece of hardware for spaceflight. The hardware, an omnidirectional antenna for communication relay, has been integrated onto a GPS III satellite.

Headlines:

Alcoa Wins $5 Million Contract to Make P/M Sheet and Plate
Tews Forms New P/M Parts Business
Mohawk Digests P/M Businesses
Railroad Wheels from Steel Powder
West German Firm Reorganizes P/M Division
United Mineral & Chemical to Sell Carbonyl Iron Powder
Burges-Norton Wins Quality Awards
P/M Parts Made by Slurry Technique
Engineered Sinterings & Plastics to Register P/M Injection Molding Trade Mark
Metallurgical Industries Honors Founder
Clevite Donates P/M Press
Knopp Moves South
Still Time to Enter P/M Design Competition
P /M Design Clinic Scheduled for Chicago
Compacting/Tooling Seminar on May 15-16
International Conference on Hard Materials
MPIF Marketing Program Generating Valuable Sales Leads
P/M Consultants Listing
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The West Penn Chapter of the APMI International held their monthly meeting at Dubois Country Club, attended by 90 industry professionals and sponsored ECM USA.

A team of ORNL researchers used neutron diffraction experiments to study the 3D-printed ACMZ alloy and observed a phenomenon called “load shuffling” that could inform the design of stronger, better-performing lightweight materials for vehicles. Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, Tennessee, have identified “load shuffling,” a mechanism in a 3D-printed alloy, that could enable the design of enhanced performance lightweight materials for vehicles.

Attend the most successful International Metal Injection Molding Conference in 2023

February 27–March 1, at the Hilton Orange County/Costa Mesa, CA or online!

Anchored by the Keynote Presentation “Megatrends in Near Net Shape Manufacturing” by Dr. Diran Apelian, FAPMI, University of California, Irvine, MIM2023 will feature over 25 technical presentations from worldwide industry experts. A tour of the Arburg Technology Center will be included for in person delegates.

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 2023 Fellow Award recipient will receive elevation to Fellow status at PowderMet2023, during the Opening General Session on Monday, June 19, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 2023 recipient is Christopher T. Schade, Vice President of Advanced Materials, Hoeganaes Corporation.

General Motors announced a new round of capital investments for four U.S. plants, totaling $918 million, mainly for the production launch of a new, small block Gen6 V-8 engine, but also to increase output of GM’s battery electric vehicle (EV) products.

Headlines:

IPM Corporation to Buy NCR’s P/M Assets
TRW Sells Supermet P/M Operations to Stanadyne
Mannesmann Transfers P/M Division to New Corporate Unit
Rhenium Production Jumps 50 Percent in June 1976
New P/M Parts Manufacturer
Elkin Forms Rep Business
Consulting Firm Formed 
National P/M Technical Conference to be Held at Showplace Hotel
1978 International P/M Conference Organized by European Groups
Powder Metallurgy Parts Association Schedules Winter Business Meeting
MPPA Committee Working on New Standards
P/M Symposium and Trade Exhibition to take Place in Russia
PMEA Sponsors Successful Tooling Seminar
P/M Related Patents
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2021 Distinguished Service to Powder Metallurgy Award Winners

The Metal Powder Industries Federation's (MPIF) Awards Committee has announced the recipients of the 2023 MPIF Distinguished Service to Powder Metallurgy (PM) Award that recognizes individuals who have actively served the North American PM industry for at least 25 years and, in the minds of their peers, deserve special recognition.

Researchers at Texas A&M have developed a method to imprint a magnetic tag within metal parts for easier authentication (Courtesy Texas A&M)

Researchers from Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, have developed a method of imprinting a hidden magnetic tag—encoded with authentication information—within manufactured hardware via metal AM. The process is expected to replace physical tags, like QR or barcodes, with imprinted tags to reduce counterfeiting.