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The powder metallurgy (PM) industry was the brightest light on the famous Las Vegas Strip during PowderMet2023 and AMPM2023 at Caesars Palace. During the Opening General Session APMI International and the Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF) honored several distinguished members of the PM community.

2023 Conference Co-Chairs

Mercedes-Benz is showcasing the future of electric performance motors in the new Mercedes-Benz Vision One-Eleven concept car, unveiled at the International Design Centre in Carlsbad, California.  Paying homage to a 70s icon, the C111, the concept Mercedes-Benz Vision One-Eleven features YASA’s unique axial-flux electric motors, a powder metallurgy soft magnetic composite (SMC) opportunity, is paving the way for a new era of innovative design engineering and high-performance electric driving experiences.

The successful collaboration project found that an additively manufactured antiviral copper-tungsten-silver (Cu-W-Ag) material killed 100% of the Covid-19 virus (Courtesy University of Wolverhampton)

Researchers at the University of Wolverhampton have been announced as the winners of the Emerald Literati Award 2022, recognized for their contribution to ‘outstanding scholarly research’ after their successful collaboration project found that an additively manufactured antiviral copper-tungsten-silver (Cu-W-Ag) material kills 100% of the Covid-19 virus.

MPIF President Rodney Brennen, President of Metco Industries, Inc. will present the State of the North American PM Industry during the Opening General Session at PowderMet2023 / AMPM2023 on June 19 in Las Vegas.

Zhigang “Zak” Fang, FAPMI, materials sciences and metallurgical engineering professor, University of Utah, is the recipient of the prestigious Humboldt Research Award. Fang has developed a breakthrough technology that can produce high-quality, low-carbon emitting titanium powder at a significantly reduced cost. Known as the Hydrogen Assisted Metallothermic Reduction (HAMR) process, the technology developed by Fang is based on the discovery of new science about the effects of hydrogen on the stability of titanium solid solutions with high oxygen content (up to 14wt%.)