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[December 2009]
Conference on Injection Moulding of Metals, Ceramics & Carbides
The Metal Powder Industries Federation (Princeton, NJ, USA) has announced the opening of registration for MIM2010, an international conference on injection moulding of metals, ceramics and carbides, to be held 29-31 March 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Long Beach, CA, USA.
The conference, sponsored by the Metal Injection Molding Association, a trade association of MPIF, and its affiliate APMI International, also offers an optional one-day tutorial on powder injection moulding (PIM).
This specialised conference is targeted at engineers, product designers, manufacturers, consumers, researchers, educators and students who have an interest in the application of injection moulding of these materials. It features 20 presentations, including five in a session focused on titanium, as well as a tabletop exhibition and networking reception.
The PIM industry, comprised of MIM (metal injection moulding), CIM (ceramic injection moulding) and CCIM (cemented carbide injection moulding), has sales estimated at over $1 billion and could possibly double over the next five years. The industry has realised major technological advances and overcome numerous business challenges. The objective of the conference is to continue to explore these advances, assist in the transfer of technology and investigate new developments in the field of powder injection moulding of metals, ceramics and carbides.
The technical programme chairmen for the conference are Animesh Bose, FAPMI, President, Materials Processing Inc, Haltom City, TX, USA and Fred Robinson, General Manager, Kinetics Climax Inc, a Division of Freeport-McMoRan Co, Wilsonville, OR, USA.
ENDS