The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded $3.7 million in grants to help address current and future barriers to widespread adoption of metal additive manufacturing (AM) through measurement science research.

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Call-for-Papers PM2TEC '96 World Congress
PMT Certification Test on October 14 
Hoeganaes Offers Insulated Powders for Electromagnetic Applications
Sinter Metals Buys Swedish P/M Parts Maker
Drever to Deliver Powder Annealing and Reduction Furnace
Lonza Increases Acrawax Capacity
European Industry Recovers
Basic P/M Short Course
Advanced P/M Short Course
Cobalt 95 Conference
NCEMT Open House on September 27
MPIF Publication News
Anniversary Members Honored
Section Meeting Dates
People in the News
Dates to Remember

LEAP 1-B engine, courtesy of CFM International.

GE Aerospace has announced revenue rose by 27% in Q2 2022 thanks to new additive manufactured (AM) fuel nozzle-enabled engine sales. The revenue boost is thanks to its sale of over 200 CFM International LEAP-1B engines to major clients Delta Air Lines and Qatar Airways. The engines feature AM fuel nozzles that are 15% more fuel efficient than CFM56 alternatives. As part of the July 2022 agreement, the engines will soon be fitted to the customers’ fleets of Boeing 737-10 aircraft, allowing them to be more sustainable and reduce fuel consumption.

The Tungsten Industry Conflict Minerals Council announced the release of an updated version of its Tungsten Framework document. The Tungsten Industry—Conflict Minerals Council (TI-CMC or “the Council”) is a framework through which its members can provide the industry, tungsten consumers, and the public with assurances that the tungsten products are sourced within current guidance and regulations.  

A new production process for titanium is scaling up. Anastasios “Taso” Arima, the founder and CEO of start-up IperionX announced the new process uses hydrogen assisted metallothermic reduction (HAMR) instead of carbon. The HAMR process is touted as sustainable with a lower processing cost.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory, Ames Iowa, has announced a name change, to Ames National Laboratory. The change was made to more accurately reflect the institution’s past, present, and future role as a DOE National Laboratory, reinforcing the science and service it provides to meet its clean energy goals and objectives.

   
                                                                                                     AM shovels used during the groundbreaking ceremony.

After opening a large new additive manufacturing facility in Monroe, North Carolina last month, Collins Aerospace broke ground on a $14 million expansion of its additive manufacturing center in West Des Moines, Iowa.

The European Powder Metallurgy Association (EPMA) sponsored 2022 World Congress will take place in the Lyon Convention Centre, in the exceptional environment of the Cité Internationale designed by Renzo Piano in a private setting between the river Rhône and the Tête d’Or Park. Held in Europe once every six years, World PM2022 is an essential destination for the international PM community to meet its suppliers, producers and end-users, and to discover the latest innovations in PM technology.

HIP’22, the International Conference on Hot Isostatic Pressing, will be held September 11-14, in Columbus, Ohio. The event is one of the only meetings dedicated solely to hot isostatic pressing. All aspects of HIP are discussed, and speakers are the experts in the industry. HIP’22 is an excellent forum to meet colleagues and form relationships that will be beneficial to the individual as well as to their corporate profitability.

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Hoeganaes Ups Capacity in U.S. & Sweden 
GIidden Expands Johnstown Metals Operation  
U.S. Steel Develops New Process
Metallurgical International Expands
Warner Electric Buys Metal Sintering Corporation
Drever Acquired by Superior Tube
Gleason Announces Further Details on P/M Forming System
ASTM Committee B-9 Meetings Announced
Technical Conference October 23-25
APMI Sponsors Portugal Trip
P/M '73 A Success
P/M '73 Keynote Address
Part-of-the-Year Design Competition Winners
Haller Receives Industry Pioneer Award
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Höganäs has announced that it has signed an agreement to divest Digital Metal, a binder-jetting additive manufacturing (AM) technology producer, to Markforged, Watertown, Massachusetts.

The divestment is in line with Höganäs’ strategy to further focus and increase activities within the metal powder side of AM. The divestment will strengthen Höganäs’ position for increased investments and acquisitions in the AM metal powder space.

The addition of Digital Metal furthers Markforged’s strategy to solve manufacturing challenges for industrial customers at the point of need, extending Markforged’s capabilities into high-throughput production of metal additive parts.

APMI International held its 16^th annual Golf Tournament Sunday June 12^th at the Glendoveer Golf Course in Portland, Oregon. The Tournament was supported by numerous industry sponsors who recognize the value of supporting APMI. The golf award winners were Kylan McQuaig for the Longest Drive and Jon Hood for Closest to Pin. The tournament champions with a score of 65 were Kylan McQuaig, Logan Smith, Jerry Falleur, and Matt Liptak.  Congratulations to the winners and all who made the tournament a success!