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Metal Powder Industries Federation announces award recipients

The Metal Powder Industries Federation's (MPIF) Awards Committee has announced the recipients of the 2017 MPIF Distinguished Service to Powder Metallurgy (PM) Award that recognizes individuals who have actively served the North American PM industry for at least 25 years and, in the minds of their peers, deserve special recognition.

The award recipients are:

  • Eric Iver Anderson, FAPMI, Ames Laboratory
  • Diran Apelian, FAPMI, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  • Sherri R. Bingert, Los Alamos National Laboratory (retired)
  • Matthew Bulger, NetShape Technologies Inc.
  • Dean Howard, PMT, North American Höganäs Inc.
  • Mark D. Kesterholt, Rio Tinto Metal Powders (retired)
  • Sydney H. Luk, Royal Metal Powders Inc.
  • Glen Moore, Burgess-Norton Mfg. Co. (retired)
  • Thomas J. Pontzer, Gasbarre Products Inc. (retired)
  • JoAnne Ryan, Alpha Sintered Metals Inc.
  • Rohith Shivanath, Stackpole International (Canada)
  • John Sweet, FMS Corp.