EPMA Activities
Technology Promotion:
EPMA has one of the world's most significant PM related Web sites , this along with the distribution of well over 15,000 copies of our popular free booklet ' Introduction to PM ', videos, lecture series and posters is one of the many ways that the EPMA promotes our technology. Combine this with the EPMA's 'End-user' seminars, Exhibitions, Editorial Features, and PM Showcases, and it is clear that the EPMA is at the forefront of PM technology promotion.
Conferences and Summer Schools:
We organise the annual series of EURO PM Conferences along with all PM World Congresses in Europe. During the last ten years we have also organised a series of annual Summer Schools designed for graduates who are working in the PM sector. We have also worked on the development of the Global PM Property Database and the Design for PM elearning sites.
Statistics:
The collection and dissemination of PM industry statistics is a key EPMA service. Contributing members receive figures relating to their industry sector, along with statistics reports providing detailed analyses of the European PM industry, combined with reviews of global trends and figures from end-user industries. We also undertake an annual benchmarking service on a confidential basis which covers market, production and technical activities. *
Publications:
The EPMA provides the European PM community with the opportunity to purchase a wide range of international PM publications. A complete listing, with prices for Members and Non-Members and an online order form, can be found under our main Publications page. Members also receive free subscription to the international technical journal "Powder Metallurgy" (normal price €500 per year).
Keeping you in Touch:
Members receive weekly "Email News" which helps keep members up to date with what is happening across the PM industry. In addition there is the EPMA News our popular newsletter that contains up-to-date reports on EPMA activities, industry news, and international events. Members are also kept informed of forthcoming courses, seminars, and conferences through mailings and via the web site with on line registration available.
Education & Training:
The EPMA has long recognised the need to provide education and training material for use in Universities, the PM industry, and end-user industries. We have been involved in a series of activities producing publications, videos and most recently the extensive online resource for end user desugners and engineers called DesignforPM www.designforpm.net
Technology Development :
We undertake a key role in the co-ordination of various government or inducstry funded research and development programmes. These range from short term specific programmes to wide ranging thematic networks running for several years. In all cases they are designed by members to meet their needs and help to improve the competitiveness and capability of the European PM industry. The outcomes of some of these projects have been converted into ISO standards such as ISO 5755 on PM Material Specification. New standards for metal injection moulding have been put in place as the result of a Thematic network funded by the EU and co-ordinated by the EPMA.
Environment, Health & Quality:
As the only pan-European PM trade association, the EPMA makes full use of its prime position to lobby on behalf of the PM industry within Brussels. As the only pan-European PM trade association, the EPMA makes full use of its prime position to lobby on behalf of the PM industry within Brussels. This has been especially relevant with regard to the REACH legislation which came into force in 2007 where we play a key role in co-ordinating activity in the PM sector.
At the same time the EPMA provides a unified European voice in the development of ISO Standards on PM, as there is current activity in the fields of MIM, Hard Materials and Raw Materials. We also provide a free of charge listing of all our members Quality certification in the Members Showcase section.
