Metal Powder Industries Federation Elects New Officers

Michael Stucky, Business Unit Director, Norwood Medical, Bellbrook,
Ohio, has been elected the 32nd president of the Metal Powder
Industries Federation, succeeding Rodney Brennen, Metco Industries,
St. Marys, Pennsylvania. His two-year term began at the conclusion of
the Federation’s annual MPIF Business Meeting, October 28–30, in
Louisville, Kentucky.
Stucky has worked at Norwood for the past 11 years. Previously, he
worked for 11 years at NetShape Technologies and 10 years at PCC
Airfoils, Inc. Mike is very active within MPIF and the Metal Injection
Molding Association (MIMA), having served on the MPIF Board of
Governors as MIMA President. He is Chairman of the MIMA
Standards Committee, MIMA representative on the MPIF Technical
Board, and was a co-chair of the PowderMet2023, MIM2017, and MIM2018 conferences. Over the
years he has served on the PowderMet and AMPM Technical Program Committees. Mike received
the Distinguished Service to Powder Metallurgy Award in 2019.

Two of the Federation’s six associations also instated new presidents
following the Summit. Timothy Hackett, Vice President, Business Segment
Manager – Powder and Clad, Kymera International, Research Triangle
Park, North Carolina, has been elected president of the Metal Powder
Producers Association (MPPA) and will serve a two-year term.

Stefan Joens, President, Elnik Systems, LLC, Cedar Grove, New Jersey,
has been elected president of the Metal Injection Molding Association
(MIMA) and will serve a two-year term.

The current president of the Powder Metallurgy Parts Association (PMPA)
Nicola Gismondi, PMT, Vice President Sales & Marketing, MPP, Noblesville,
Indiana, has been re-elected to a second two-year term.

The current president of the Association for Metal Additive Manufacturing
(AMAM), Christopher Adam, PMT, President & Chief Executive Officer,
VALIMET Inc., Lodi, California, has also been re-elected to serve a second
two-year term.

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Editor's Note: For further information contact Dora Schember at dchember@mpif.org or (609) 452-7700.

About the Metal Powder Industries Federation
Metal Powder Industries Federation is the North American trade association formed by the powder metallurgy industry to advance the interests of the metal powder producing and consuming industries and provides a single point of reference for all MPIF member companies.