The winners in the 2025 Powder Metallurgy (PM) Design Excellence Awards competition, sponsored by the Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF), demonstrate outstanding examples of PM’s diversity and ability to meet critical requirements. From electric vehicles to musical instruments to semiconductors, once again, parts fabricators have demonstrated PM’s versatility and unique ability to challenge competing technologies. These award-winning components use PM’s flexibility to push forward new concepts and process controls to demonstrate the inexhaustible range of PM’s capabilities.

Watch The Video: Grand Prize Winners, Awards of Distinction

The downloadable Troubleshooting Guide for Welding Powder Metallurgy Parts provides in-depth solutions for common issues such as cracking, excessive shrinkage, and poor weld integrity, ensuring you achieve reliable and high-quality results. Developed and published by the Center for Powder Metallurgy Technology (CPMT), the guide assists selecting suitable materials and advanced welding techniques—including capacitor discharge (CD), tungsten inert gas (TIG), and laser welding.

Get ready for an unforgettable experience in the metal powder industry at the Sheraton Downtown Phoenix for PowderMet2025 and AMPM2025, from June 15-18! This is the premier event of the Americas, and you won't want to miss it!

Moe Khaleel, associate laboratory director, National Security Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, shakes hands with Carol L. Silva, interim vice president for research and partnerships, University of Oklahoma, during the signing ceremony. Credit: University of Oklahoma

The University of Oklahoma and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have entered a strategic collaboration to establish a cutting-edge additive manufacturing center based in Norman, OK. Building on the university’s existing Sooner Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory and ORNL’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility, the new center will focus on pioneering additive manufacturing (AM) solutions for aerospace and national defense needs.

The Center for Powder Metallurgy Technology (CPMT) has published a Powder Metallurgy Tooling Materials Design Guide. The guide is designed to assist tool designers and engineers in optimizing the cost and performance of the tool materials they specify for all compaction and sizing tooling. 

Break out your vinyl albums. A new generation cartridge enhances the listening experience for analogue music enthusiasts. The MIM honeycomb-structured cores are made from stainless steel, and the cores are vital in providing superior mechanical stability, essential for precise sound reproduction.

Get ready to blast off into the future of powder metallurgy and metal additive manufacturing! In just over 5 weeks, Phoenix, Arizona, will become the epicenter of innovation as PowderMet2025 & AMPM2025 explodes onto the scene from June 15–18, 2025!

This isn't just a conference; it's a high-octane opportunity to immerse yourself in the latest breakthroughs, connect with industry titans, and propel your career to new heights. Prepare to be amazed by innovative technologies, revolutionary metal powders, and groundbreaking processing techniques.

The MPIF Standard 35-AM Materials Standards for Metal Additive Manufactured Parts - 2025 Edition has been released! This inaugural standard is an essential resource for the 3D-printing industry, facilitating the development of new applications and markets.

Developed by the members of MPIF’s Association for Metal Additive Manufacturing (AMAM), this section of MPIF Standard 35 expands upon existing and universally accepted powder metallurgy materials standards for metal injection molding, conventional PM structural, PM self-lubricating bearings, and powder forged PF materials. This comprehensive standard is invaluable for professionals in the metal AM field.

Visit the www.MPIF.org Publications Tab to purchase a copy. To learn more about or join AMAM, visit  www.AMAMweb.org.

The MPIF Industry Development Board (IDB) has launched a new University Outreach Program to promote metal powder technologies to future engineers. Recently, Stephen Madill, Nichols Portland Inc., and Stefan Joens, Elnik Systems, LLC took over the Design of Machine Elements class at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. Over the past 8 years, hundreds of students have attended annual PowderMet & AMPM conferences thanks to grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Center for Powder Metallurgy Technology (CPMT), and MPIF reserves. However, through post-conference interviews it became apparent that the student grant recipients had a good understanding of metal additive manufacturing, but limited knowledge of other metal powder technologies like press & sinter, MIM, and isostatic pressing. The Outreach Program provides an opportunity to reach out to the students in their local educational environment and teach them that there are many ways to consolidate metal powders. IDB plans to take the Outreach Program to 4 universities during the Fall semester.

LIFT, the national advanced materials manufacturing innovation institute supported by the U.S. Department of Defense, has officially opened its Advanced Metallic Production and Processing (AMPP) Center in Detroit, Michigan. Producing metals across all alloy classes and processing them into metal powder, wire, and rod feedstocks, the AMPP aims to fill a gap in the U.S. defense manufacturing base by accelerating the design, development, and deployment of these materials for advanced technologies like Additive Manufacturing.

Divergent Technologies, Inc. and CoAspire, LLC announced the successful design, development, manufacture, and flight testing of CoAspire's Rapidly Adaptable Affordable Cruise Missile (RAACM). The partnership between prime contractor, CoAspire, and Divergent enabled RAACM to progress from concept to flight in record time, proving the capability of building and scaling weapons systems for changing operational needs.