The 2024 Excellence in Metallography Award has been selected, and this year's winning paper is "Impact Resistance of a Free Sintering Low Alloy Steel Produced by Powder Bed Fusion Using a Laser Beam”, by Thomas F. Murphy, FAPMI, Christopher T. Schade, FAPMI, & Kerri M. Horvay, Hoeganaes Corporation. The paper was selected from among the highly qualified manuscripts that were presented at the PowderMet2024/AMPM2024 conference in Pittsburgh and critically evaluated for the prestigious award. The paper is available for download on the APMI website. It is also included in Advances in Additive Manufacturing with Powder Metallurgy—2024 and published in the fall issue of the International Journal of Powder Metallurgy. The authors will be officially recognized during PowderMet2025 in Phoenix, Arizona, June 15–18, 2025.

Proceedings of the 2024 International Conference on Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials and 10^th annual conference on Additive Manufacturing with Powder Metallurgy, June 16-19, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania have been released. The fully searchable PDF format preserves the technical papers’ original color in all figures.

The U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), a government agency responsible for export control and treaty compliance, has announced a new ruling regarding the export of advanced manufacturing technologies, specifically focusing on metal additive manufacturing equipment and software.

The American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA) is looking to form a working group under the Cylindrical Gear Rating Committee to create bending load capacity and pitting resistance information for powder metallurgy (PM) gears. If you are interested in joining this AGMA working group, please email the American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA) at tech@agma.org or call  (703) 838-0057 for further details. 

Recipients of the 2023 Distinguished Service to Powder Metallurgy Award

The Metal Powder Industries Federation is seeking nominations for the MPIF Distinguished Service to Powder Metallurgy Award. This award recognizes those who devoted the major part of their working careers to one or more segments of PM, and whose long-term contributions and achievements deserve special recognition for outstanding and distinguished service.