The EPMA Powder Metallurgy Innovation Awards are open to any new product or service delivering cost saving, improved quality, enhanced sustainability and stimulation of further adoption of PM technology.  

Building on the legacy of the EPMA PM Component Awards, these awards now encompass not only to parts but may be also won by success stories in materials (e.g. alloys and powders), equipment (presses, furnaces…), processes (new powder fabrication or consolidation variants). Any kind of innovation in one or more topics listed below is welcome. 

  • Components made by any PM process such as Press&Sinter, Additive Manufacturing, Metal Injection Moulding, Hot Isostatic Pressing, FAST/SPS 
  • Materials developed for any PM process (including also Hard and Superhard Materials, Functional Materials, etc.) 
  • Any process implementation that serves for an improvement in cost, quality and sustainability. 
  • Equipment designed and built for the PM industry 

General Information: 

Applicant's name: 
Organisation: 
Email Address
Name or Acronym of the Innovation: 

Description: 

Aim of the innovation (max. 500 words) 
Describe the innovation emphasizing its main advantage (max. 500 words) 
Describe the technical feasibility of the innovation (max. 500 words) 
Describe the financial feasibility of the innovation (max. 500 words) 
Was this innovation developed in collaboration?  Is it protected by a patent or other IP? (provide partners & patent number or application ID) (max. 500 words
Describe the sustainability aspects of the innovation (max. 500 words)
Stage of development: Describe the Technology Readiness Level of the innovation (max. 500 words)
Explain the main advantages compared to existing solutions (if available provide some quantified benefits e.g., % efficiency gain, % weight reduction, energy saved, etc.) (max. 500 words)
Explain the significant contribution of Powder Metallurgy in your innovation (max. 500 words) 
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Criteria 

Following criteria will be used by the jury to rank the innovations. 

20% – How do you rate this innovation in terms of excellence in exploiting PM or in terms of novelty, surpassing borders or bringing new ideas into practice? 

20% – To what extent is the innovation described in the entry expected to provide benefit on Sustainability? 

20% – To what extent is the PM innovation described in the entry expected to provide cost savings and/or improved quality? 

20% – To what extent is the entry expected to stimulate further usage of PM materials and technology? 

10% - To what extent is the innovation in commercial stage? 

10% – How well is the entry prepared? (Description of innovation, inclusion of diagrams, photographs and other illustrations.)