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PM Production in Asia
(Source JPMA, PMAI, KPMI, TPMA and CMPMA)				

Area

Japan

China

Korea

TaiwanIndia

Malaysia

Singapore

ThailandIndonesia

Total

20

Item

(Metric Tons)

2018

2019

2020

2021

Iron-Base

92,16692,28389,23971,467

81,137

13.5%

Copper-base

3,059

3,026

2,776

2,126

2,453

15.4%

Total

95,22595,30992,01573,59383,59013.6%

Iron-Base

169,636

168,876

162,612164,219

188,236

14.6%

Copper-base

15,535

14,831

10,78011,26813,539

20.2%

Total

185,171

183,707173,392

191,600

191,600

0.0%

Iron-Base

68,91765,85864,531

58,681

62,900

7.2%

Copper-base

435

639

673

1,118

1,510

35.1%

Total

69,352

66,497

65,204

59,79964,4107.7%

Iron-Base

32,63734,80030,63030,70031,000

1.0%

Copper-base

2,070

2,040

2,060

1,980

1,800

-9.1%

Total

34,707

36,84032,69032,68032,8000.4%

Iron-Base

33,60036,00040,00032,00036,00012.5%

Copper-base

7,200

8,900

10,200

8,500

9,800

15.3%

Total

40,80044,90050,20040,50045,80013.1%

Iron-Base

3,744

3,970

3,920

3,063

3,354

9.5%

Copper-base

85

95

115

111

132

18.9%

Total

3,829

4,065

4,035

3,174

3,486

9.8%

Iron-Base

1,542

1,655

1,442

1,105

1,337

21.0%

Copper-base

404

314

384

313

370

18.2%

• 2021 JPMA Fall General Assembly. (Oct.)

Total

1,946

1,969

1,826

1,418

1,707

20.4%

• 39th Case Studies of Production Efficiency Improvement Meeting and theIron-Base

16,498

19,771

18,434

13,514

16,03618.7%

24th Metal Powder and Equipment PR Meeting(Nov.)

66

67

76

55

60

9.1%

Total

16,564

19,83818,51013,56916,096

18.6%

Iron-Base

6,134

6,778

6,588

4,543

5,433

19.6%

Copper-base

96

104

111

62

-

-100.0%

Total

6,230

6,882

6,699

4,605

5,433

18.0%

• 10th Human resources development seminar(Jul.)

Iron-Base

424,874

429,991

417,396379,292

425,433

12.2%• 40th Case Studies of Production Efficiency Improvement Meeting and the

Copper-base

28,95030,01627,17525,533

29,664

16.2%

Total

453,824460,007444,571

420,938

444,922

5.7%

Copper-base

21/20 %

2022 Newsletter

2017

September

Asian Powder Metallurgy Association

Chu, Chiu-Lung
President
Asia Powder
Metallurgy Association

How time flies. More than two years havepassed since the outbreak of the COVID-19
pandemic toward the end of 2019. Thispandemic has posed a huge challenge tocommunications between APMA members,
and also impacted the global powder
metallurgy supply chain. I am sure that ourmember countries have had to overcome
countless obstacles in order to meet theirpowder metallurgy production targets.

Hiroshi Ii

President (2022~)

Nobuhiro Hashimoto

Yoshio Uetsuki

President(2021)

Executive Director
General Secretary

JPMA Activity of 2021
2021

• 16th PM Information Exchange Meeting(Mar.)• 2021 JPMA General Assembly(May)• JPMA Special Session at the JSPM Spring Meeting(Jun.)• 9th Human resources development seminar(Jul.)2022• 17th PM Information Exchange Meeting(Mar.)• 2022 JPMA General Assembly(May.)• JPMA Special Session at the JSPM Spring Meeting(May.)

Production levels of the powder metallurgy
industry have fluctuated over the past
two years due to various changes anddisruptions in the external environment; wehope it will return to normal in tandem withcar production levels in the fourth quarter of
2022.
This year’s World PM 2022 Congress &Exhibition is scheduled to be held in Lyon,
France from October 8th to the 13th. It
is hoped that APMA members’ executive
directors, Asian powder metallurgy
scholars, and all industry members canactively participate in this event; throughparticipation, we can gain a clearer
picture of changes in the world of powder
metallurgy in this post-pandemic era.
It is also hoped that the 2023 APMAInternational Conference will be heldin South Korea as planned, so that wemay meet and engage in face-to-face
discussions, and examine how APMA
members can continue to contribute to theworld. I hereby wish all APMA member
groups and individuals all the best in
overcoming the challenges posed by
COVID-19; let us convene and resume our
discussions.

25th Metal Powder and Equipment PR Meeting(Nov.)
Matsudashoji Bldg, 3-42-7 Taito,
Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0016 Japan
E-mail: info@jpma.gr.jp
y-uetsuki@jpma.gr.jp”
TEL: +81-3-5846-8722
FAX: +81-3-5846-8723
www.jpma.gr.jp

No.1, Zhongpu Street, Zhunan Township,
Miaoli County 350028, Taiwan
Secretary General: Ms. Emily D Tsai
E-mail: emilyt@apma.asia
TEL: +886-37-581-121 Ext. 274
FAX: +886-37-581-128
www.apma.asia

Japan JPMA / JSPM·Korea KPMA / KPMI·Taiwan TPMA·India PMAI·China CPMS / CPMA·Thailand Thai PMA

1JSPM Activity of 2021
In consideration of the spread of the new coronavirus infection,
most of JSPM’s 2021 activities were conducted online from theBoard Meeting to the Annual Meeting and the Seminar.

Shuzo Sonoda

President of FUKUDAMETAL FOIL & POWDER
CO., LTD.

Dr. Hwi-Jun Kim

Yoko Inoue

Yeon Ho Kim

President

Executive Director
Secretary General Association,
Executive Director

Manager

The 2021 Spring and Autumn Meetings were held virtually.
In 2022, the name was changed from the Korean Powder
Metallurgy Institute to the Korean Powder Metallurgy & Material
Institute.

Presentations were delivered via on-demand or live streaming. On
the final day of the spring Meeting, the ordinary general meeting,awards ceremony, and social gathering were held online using
Remo Conference. There were about 180 presentations and

The new activity scheduled in 2022

about 400 participants at the autumn meeting. Many members

The Autumn Meeting, 2022 will be held at Doshisha University,

gathered on the web. They were run smoothly, but nothing beats a

Kanbaikan in Kyoto, from November 15 (Tue) to November

real event!

17 (Thu). Initially, JSPM planned to hold JSPMIC2022 before
the Autumn Meeting, 2022, but the organizing committee of
JSPMIC2022 has decided to postpone the meeting to 2023,
considering carefully the spread of COVID-19 infection.
JSPMIC2023 will be held at Doshisha University, Kanbaikan as
the same venue, from October 16 (Mon) to October 18 (Wed),

Presentation at Zoom webinar

2023. Call for papers for JSPMIC2023 will resume in early
December 2022. We look forward to applying your presentationin JSPMIC2023.

Korean Powder Metallurgy & Materials Institute (KPMI) is a
professional academic society consisted of over 2,100 specialists
in universities, research institutes and companies on powder
metallurgy technology leading the key and future advanced
industries.

2022 Activites
The 2022 Spring Conference of Korean Powder Metallurgy & Materials
Institute2021 Activites
The 2021 Spring Conference of Korean Powder Metallurgy &Materials Institute
Period : Yeosu Expo Convention Center, Yeosu, Korea
Venue : 1-2 April, 2021
The 2021 Spring Conference of the Korean Powder Metallurgy &Materials Institute was held at the Yeosu Expo Convention Center(offline) and zoom (online). It is a choice that takes into accountthe diversity of academic exchange needs of members under the
COVID-19 environment.
Based on traditional programs such as oral, poster presentation,and exhibition, this academic conference has opened a number of
symposiums to respond to the rapidly increasing demand for the
powder industry.

Period : 31 March - 1 April, 2022
Venue : Gyeongju Hwabaek International
Convention Center (HICO), Gyeongju, Korea
17th International Symposium on Innovation in Materials Processing
Incorporating the Fall Conference of Korean Powder Metallurgy &Materials Institute

Period : Phoenix Jeju, Korea
Venue : 14-18 November 2022

3rd International Symposium on Innovation in Materials Processing
Incorporating the Fall Conference of Korean Powder Metallurgy &Materials Institute
Period : SONO CALM Jeju, Korea
A scene from the Award Ceremony

Venue : 26-29 October, 2021

Website of the Autumn Meeting, 2022

The third International Symposium on Innovation in Materials
Processing (ISIMP-2021) was held at the the SONO CALM Jeju in
Jeju, Korea from 26-29 October 2021.
ISIMP 2021 brings together leading scientists, researchers,
engineers, practitioners, technology developers and policy makers
in materials processing to exchange information on their latest
research progress and innovation.
It provided an opportunity to exchange knowledge and experienceswith experts and experts from various fields of academia andindustry.

A scene from the Meeting Party: introduction and interview ofparticipating students

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c/o Research Institute for Production
Development, 15 Morimoto-cho, Shimogamo,
Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-0805, Japan
E-mail: inoue@jspm.or.jp
info@jspm.or.jp
TEL: +81-75-721-3650 FAX: +81-75-721-3653
www.jspm.or.jp

Unit 706, (635-4, Yeoksam-Dong) 22, 7-gil,
Teheran-roGangnam-gu, 06130, Seoul,
Republic of Korea
E-mail: khj@kitech.re.kr
kpmi@kpmi.or.kr
TEL: +82-2-539-4603
FAX: +82-0303-0947-4603
www.kpmi.or.kr

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Main activities of 2021 of KPMAKPMA was gathered for the first time in 2000 for supporting of
2006
World PM Congress and have remained,currently having 30
member firms including PM manufacturing , Powder supplier,
Equipment company.
Looking into who are the members, PM sector include Korea
Sintered Metal, Halla Stackpole, Sinteron, Korea Powder
Metallurgy plus 13 more members that cover up more than 95%
of entire PM Market share.
Powder production companies are with Chang Sung
Corp, PoongSan Holdings, Hoganas Korea+Powder sales
representatives followed by Metek(QMP), Woolim(Kobe steel)etc.
Equipment company include Dae Hwa Press, Jung Wha
Press, Korea Tamakawa. + Equipment sales office Naewai
Commercial(Yoshisuga), Yangwoo(Fluidtherm).
KPMA gathering is annually scheduled to be held 4 times and oneof them is Annual General Meeting.
KPMA president and directors served 2 years and possibly
renewed.
KPMA have been a center that help exchange market information,
introduce new technology and keep a mutual relationship among
members, also help members to obtain a reliable statistical data
about industry by continuing to collect the data such as Korean
Iron powder shipments which provide the best barometer for thehealth of PM industry.

Mr. Kun Jin Lee

President of KPMA.
Korea Sintered Metal Co., Ltd.
I have been serving aspresident of KPMA since
March 2017.
Also I am a president of
Korea Sintered Metal
Co.,ltd and SamhanCo.,ltd. those Companies
are powder metallurgy
company that represents
Korea in the powder
metallurgy market.
I hope to continue all of us
growth and development
through close cooperation
and assistance with whoserve powder metallurgy.

Mr. Winfred OH

Secretary General
Korea Sintered Metal Co., Ltd.
My name is Winfred OH.
I am doing a generalsecretary work at KPMA since
July 2022.
I am administering sales
promotion company inbehalf of foreign famousmachine builders and material
producer whose products
are involved with powder
metallurgy and chemical,
automotive, steel millindustries that is requiring
sintering furnace and powder
compacting press and ferrous& non-ferrous powder andchemicals in their productionlines from European contries,
Australia, USA, India since 24
years in Korea.

Mr. Chun-Chung(Kevin) Shaw

Dr. Ching-Shuan Liu

I have been serving as the President of TPMA since October 2021.
Previously, I served as the vice President of TPMA from 2018 to 2021. In
addition, I am the President of Super Electronics CO.,LTD.. This company
is specializing in the production and development of magnetic materials
which is one of the most representative companies in the magnets market
in Taiwan.

Dr. Ching-Shuan Liu is a Director in the
President office of Super Electronics CO.,LTD. He also serves as the general secretaryof Taiwan Powder Metallurgy Association(TPMA). Dr. Liu earned his PhD degree inMaterials Science and Engineering in National
Tsing Hua University in 1996. Dr. Liu previously
worked as a researcher at Industrial Materials
Labs of Industrial Technology ResearchInstitute (ITRI) from 1988 to 1997 before
joining Super Electronics CO., LTD.

President

Secretary General

Super Electronics CO.,LTD. was founded in 1971. The head quarter islocated in Taipei City. There are also several manufacturing sites andbusiness bases located in Taiwan, China and Malaysia. The Super
Electronics CO.,LTD. mainly consists of two systems which are Superrite
Electronics CO.,LTD., and Supermax CO.,LTD. Superrite Electronics
CO.,LTD. mainly focuses on the production of ferrite magnets and SrTiO3
variable resistor for DC micro motor. The target market of these products
is the traditional industry. However, Supermax CO.,LTD. specializes inprocessing Neodymium magnet. Both of Superrite Electronics CO.,LTD.
and Supermax CO.,LTD. specialize in the development and manufactureof magnet-related products. The target market of the group is alsotransferred smoothly from motor and electrical machinery factories thathave a long life cycle to information and electronics industries that have ashort life cycle.

His research fields are both magnetic materials
and fine ceramics. In these two fields, hemainly specializes in three topics:(1) Soft ferrites (magnetic)(2) Hard ferrites (magnetic)(3) SrTiO3 variable Resistor

KPMA would also need to speak with a single voice when it
comes to saying its demand to the States ministry.
It, however, is still an young organization and Technical activities
has something to be better, though, it begun to have organized
own technical session at the Joint technical symposium withKPMI and to take a part of Technical education program to beheld twice a year.
Over the years, the industry has increasingly grown in parallelwith the growth of the industry where it serves by welcoming
and embracing new metal powder based technologies andsolution.
In the future, KPMA need to work together to continue toencourage the members to participate in the development of
new PM part and its technologies by promoting and sharing theindustry’s success stories.

Opening speech presented by TPMA President Dr. Sea-Fue Wang
in the 2021 TPMA annual general convention

TPMA 40th Anniversary (26, Aug, 2022)

TPMA 2022 Members of the Assembly

TPMA 2022 Members of the Assembly

Annual General meeting I was held on May 25, 2022
and elected new president. In September, 2022,
Members meeting will be scheduled.

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Sinkwan 908-ho, 22, Teheran-ro 7-gil,Gangnam-gu, Seoul,
Republic of Korea
E-mail: kunlee1224@hanmail.net
joonhkl@hanmail.net
winfred@yangwoocorp.com
TEL: +82-2-539-4603
FAX: +82-0505-115-4603
www.kpmi.or.kr

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Events of Taiwan Powder Metallurgy Association (TPMA) in 2021
The TPMA annual general convention was held at National Taipei
University of Technology in Taipei on 15th October 2021. Several
awards including outstanding paper award, excellent staff award,
innovative award, and association scholarship were awarded
during the annual convention. The keynote speech “Sustainability
and Life Cycle Analysis” was presented by Dr. Lionel Aboussouan ,the chief executive of EPMA .
In addition, the board meeting was also held in the same
university on 27th October 2021. Mr. Kevin Shaw, the new TPMA
President, was elected during the meeting. At the same time,some of the board members had been reelected. Furthermore,
TPMA cooperated with Industrial Technology Research Institute tohold and organize several seminars in 2021, including “Workshop
on Intelligent Platform for Powder Metallurgy Technology” and“Workshop on Smart technology of medical materials andcommercial opportunity”.

Activities of owder Metallurgy Associationof India (PMAI) during the year 2021-22

aw
dar
Dr. Lin presented outstanding paper award

Aniket Gore

President of PMAI

K.S. Samant
Director of PMAI

It is a pleasure and honor for me to submit a report on theactivities of our association, Powder Metallurgy Association ofIndia, PMAI.
After the Annual General Meeting which was held on 18
February 2020, the whole world has gone through an
unprecedented situation of Covid-19 pandemic, and it took alittle more than two years, situation has not come back to oldnormal.
In those tough and testing times, PMAI activities weres e v e r e l y a ff e c t e d , h o w e v e r, w i t h u n t i r i n g e ff o r t s o f o u r
members, we kept active contact and conducted events.
Dr. Wang presented association scholarship

Governing Council Meetings:
In order to discuss and deliberate on various activities,
the Governing Council has adapted to meeting online. The
Governing Council meetings were held on 26 January 2021,
27 March 2021, 5 June 2021, 8 August 2021, 14 November
2021 and 14 April 2022 in virtual mode.

TPMA Vice President Mr. Kevin Shaw presented the innovative award.

Speech presented by
APMA President
Mr. Chiu-Lung Chu inthe 2021 TPMA annual
general convention

International Conference PM22:

Workshop on PM Product Tool Design Process:This conference was conducted in Virtual Mode between 18
and 20 April 2022. It was very well received, with 118 paper
submissions.

This 2 day online workshop was very well attended andconducted on 9 and 10 March 2021.

PMAI is accredited with both Elsevier and Taylor and Francis, andthis will encourage presentation of quality work.

Powder Metallurgy Short Course:

New Activities scheduled for 2022-23:

Keynote speech “Sustainability
at EPMA” was presented
by Dr. Lionel Aboussouan(chief executive of EPMA).

TPMA President Dr. Sea-Fue Wang presented the excellent staff

This comprehensive introductory course briefing the basics
of powder metallurgy was conducted online between 25 - 28
September 2021. The course also received very good response.

Rm. 404, Bldg 52, No. 195, Sec. 4, Zhongxing
Road,
Zhudong Township, Hsinchu County, Taiwan
E-mail: kevin@superrite.com
james@superrite.com
pmaroc.mail@msa.hinet.net
TEL: +886-3-582-7091 FAX: +886-3-582-2336
www.pmaroc.com.tw

6102, Anandi, 1st Floor, M.B. Raut Road,
Shivaji Park, Dadar, Mumbai - 400028, India
E-mail: president@pmai.in
director@pmai.in
TEL: +91-2224-441052
www.pmai.in

Powder Metallurgy Short Course - 21 to 24 September 2022.
Physical Course held at College of Engineering Pune.
Powder Metallurgy Tool Design Workshop -8 to 10 November
2022. Physical Course held at College of Engineering Pune.
New Course: Heat Treatment of Powder Metal Parts - 9 and 10
December 2022. Physical Course held at College of Engineering
Pune.
International Conference on Powder Metallurgy PM 23 - Date
to be announced - Q1 2023.
New Course: PM Plant Safety and Quality Assurance - Date to
be announced - Q1 2023.
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Powder Metallurgy Short Course-21 (PMSC21)
25-28 September 2021

CPMS

In Virtual Mode: Platform used: Microsoft TeamsA four-day short-term course on powder metallurgy “Powder
Metallurgy Short Course-21 (PMSC21)” took place from
25-28 September 2021 in the virtual mode and governed
through Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science,
College of Engineering Pune Campus. The program wasorganized by PMAI in collaboration with Department ofMetallurgy & Materials Science College of Engineering
Pune. Dr. S.P.Butee, Convener and HoD MetallurgicalEngineering COEP welcomed the participants and briefed
about workshop. He also introduced various activities andhappenings of the department to the people present in theinauguration. Mr Aniket Gore, President, Powder Metallurgy

Association of India gave introduction about PMAI andt h e a c t i v i t i e s h o u s e d u n d e r t h e f l a g s h i p . D r. Va i s h a l i
Poddar, Co-Convener gave instructions for online modeof communication during PMSC21 and later Dr. S.P.Butee
proposed the vote of thanks. Invited talks covered various
aspects of powder metallurgical technology. This time theevent went to an international level with few of the speakers
and participants from various parts of the world. The
multiple invited talks were delivered by eminent speakers
and covered various powder metallurgy and its application
related topics as tabulated in Table 1.

Table 1: Topics of the invited talks covered by various invited speakers at PMSC21.
Sr.
No.

Topic

Name of the Speaker

1

Overview of Powder Metallurgy and Particulate Materials Technology

Mr. N.L.Chandrachud, Consultant

2High Density, High Performance PM Materials Processing

Mr. N. L. Chandrachud, Consultant

3

Maintaining Quality in PM Manufacturing

Mr. Rajendra Sethiya, GKN

4

Mechanical and Solution Methods of Powder Production for PM

Dr. K. Murli Gopal, Novoken Innovations

5

Commercial Iron powder technology: manufacturing, characterization & applications

Mr. M. Nipanikar, Hoganas India

6

Powder Characterization

Prof.P.Ramakrishna, Emeritus Professor

7

Design and fabrication of Tooling for PM

Sanjay Rastogi, Consultant

8

Consolidation of Powders:Binders, Lubricants & Sintering Aids

Dr. Syam Babu, BARC

9

Fabrication / Shaping Methods for Advanced Ceramics and Composites

Dr. Deep Prakash, BARC

10Thermal Methods of Powder Production for PM

Dr. T . Mahata, BARC

11

Thermal Consolidation of Powders– Sintering Fundamentals

Dr. N.B. Dhokey, CoEP

12

Furnaces for sintering & heat treatment

Mr.V.Raghunathan, Fluidtherm

13

Sintering of Some Commercial Ceramics

Dr. S. P. Butee, CoEP

14

Surface Engineering of PM Components

Dr. Umesh Mhatre, SMT

15

PM parts Heat Treatment

Dr. N.B. Dhokey, CoEP

16

PM Porous Materials

Dr. K. Murli Gopal, Novoken Innovations

17

Bio-materials

Dr. Malobika Karanjai, ARCI

18

Bond Matrices in Diamond cutting tools

Dr. Vivek Singhal, Sharp Diamond

19

PM applications in cemented carbide cutting tool technology, defence andAerospace Industry

Mr. Bijoy Sarma, Consultant

20

Powder metallurgy of Bulk Metallic glass Composites

Dr.Bhaskar Majumdar, DMRL

21

Friction Materials

Dr. Malobika Karanjai, ARCI

22

Metal Injection Molding

Prof. Parag Bhargava, IITB

23

Additive Manufacturing

Dr. Suraj Jadhav, KU Leuven, Belgium

Each session comprised of dedicated discussions,challenges and opportunities in powder metallurgy
technology development. Overall there were about 21
participants attending this course which were drawn fromdiverse industries viz. TATA Motors, Innomet Advanced
Materials Pvt. Ltd., Shubhkarma Argentum Pvt. Ltd., Kumar
Process Consultants and Chemicals Pvt. Ltd, Harita NTILtd., Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, National
I n s t i t u t e o f Te c h n o l o g y, R o u r k e l a a n d C e n t r a l S o u t hUniversity. After completion of all the sessions, an online
exam was conducted and accordingly e-certificates were
given to the participants for completion of the course. During
the valedictory function (online snap shown in Fig. 1), each8

participant was encouraged to share his / her experience in
PMSC21 and to communicate the scope of improvement in
PMSC21 to further increase the usefulness of the course.
The course feedback was collected from all the participants
and the overall rating for the course came out to be 3.9 outof 5. Few suggestions were given by the participants tofurther improve the course effectiveness viz. details related
to PM in electrical contacts PM, elaborate information
on basic set up needs of PM related functioning, andintroduction of interactive sessions in between to have PM
discussions with the experts and speakers.

Prof. Baiyun Huang
President

Prof. Yong Liu
Secretary General

Introduction of the activities in 2021
The 2021 National Conference of Powder Metallurgy was held in Changsha, Hunan on 24th Dec. 2021 and the theme of the event
was “innovation, development and application”. The conference was taken place in the form of a combination of “conference +exhibition”, including activities such as opening ceremony, keynote talks, and science and technology achievements exhibitions.
The conference had a total of 9 sub-venues, and attracted more than 400 participants of academicians, experts and young scholars
from the powder metallurgy industry and research field in China and abroad. The purpose of the conference was to promote thedevelopment of fundamental and application research in the powder metallurgy industry in China, to build a high-level platform foracademic exchange, to promote exchanges and discussions among peers in powder metallurgy, and to support development ofChina’s high-tech, high-end manufacturing and essential engineering projects.

On July 10, 2021, the State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy of Central South University cooperated with KeAi to launch a newjournal Advanced Powder Materials, referred to as APM. It mainly publishes papers about innovative achievements in high-level
scientific theory, advanced technology, and application exploration in the field of powder material science. It covers topics on advanced
powder metallurgy materials, composite materials and coatings, advanced ceramics and cemented carbide, high-performance
structural and functional materials, micro-nano materials, new energy and catalytic materials, 3D printing and additive manufacturing,material computing and material design. The chief editors are Boyun Huang, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering,and Chain-Tsuan Liu, academician of the American Academy of Engineering.
In January 2022, The papers in Volume 1, Issue 1 were officially published. Up to now, APM has published four issues, and a totalof 45 papers have been officially launched, which have been downloaded nearly 90,000 times, and cited more than 770 times. The
submissions were from 18 countries and regions including China, UK, Germany, United States, New Zealand, Singapore, Denmark,Thailand, Sweden, and Hong Kong, China. The authors include 4 academicians and many well-known experts and scholars.
In August 2022, the journal was recorded in the DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) database.

Work Plan in 2022
1. Further strengthening academic exchanges and international cooperation. 		
Continuing to organize academic salons on powder metallurgy, and invite well-		
known scholars from China and abroad to give lectures. It is guaranteed to 		carry out academic exchange activities at least every 2 months to create 		an active and united academic atmosphere.
2. Preparing for the important conferences in 2022. Continuing to communicate
and exchange with the Asian Powder Metallurgy Association and other societies.
3. To well running the “Advanced Powder Materials” journal, and to try to publish
4 issues with high-quality publications throughout the year.

State Key Laboratory Of Powder Metallurgy,
Centural South University,
No.932, Lushan South Road, Changsha
Hunan Province 410083, P.R. China
E-mail: yonliu@csu.edu.cn
sklpm@csu.edu.cn
TEL: +86-731-888-30417
www.sklpm.csu.edu.cn

9Main activities of 2021 of CPMA
Shaoming Zhang
President

Wei HanSecretary General

2021 10th International Forum of Powder Metallurgy Technology and Powder Injection Molding

Establishment of CPMA Committee on Standardization

2021 Symposium on Process and Technology of Metal Powder Manufacturing (Hefei)

New activity scheduled in 2022 of CPMA
1.		 The 15th Int’l Exhibition for Powder Metallurgy, Cemented
Carbides and Advanced Ceramics
2.		 4th South China International Summit on Technology and 					Application of Injection Molding and Additive Manufacturing
3.		Seminar on HIP
4.		2022 Formnext + PM South China(Shenzhen)
2021 Technology Roadshow of Powder Metallurgy
102021 National Powder Metallurgy Congress (Changsha)

No.76, Xueyuan South Road, Haidian
District, Beijing 100081, China
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11Overview of the status and trends in the Asian PM Industry(Posted in PM2022 Congress, Lyon, France)

2021 Activites 1 Aug 2022
Agenda• Update Situation• Activities 2021

C. L. Chu

President, APMA

Pramote Eiangkhunchorn
President

Boon Teeraprawatekul
Secretary General• Planned Activities 2022

Update Situation• Due to COVID-19, ThaiPMA decided to postpone thephysical event to 2021.

Powder Metallurgy Handbook:

It is a great honor to represent the Asian Powder
Metallurgy Association to attend PM2022 and takethis opportunity to introduce the current situation of
the powder metallurgy industry in Asia. The Asian

powder metallurgy industry has become more and morecourageous after two years of disruption from COVID-19.

• Members introduction
Association members• We had an online meeting in March 2021.
• There is a new member joining ThaiPMA in 2021.
• The TMETC conference has been postponed, so our
AM/PM session and AM/PM award has cancel in 2021.

1

Japan Powder Metallurgy Association

1956~

2

Japan Society of Powder and Powder Metallurgy

1958~

3

The Korean Powder Metallurgy Association

2000~

4

The Korean Powder Metallurgy & Materials Institute

1993~

5

The Taiwan Powder Metallurgy Association

1980~

6

China Powder Metallurgy Alliance

2013~

7

China Powder Metallurgy Society

2000~

8

The Powder Metallurgy Association of India

1973~

9

The Thailand Powder Metallurgy Association

2015~

Activities 2021-1
Online meeting in March 2021
• On 26 March 2021
• The first ThaiPMA online meeting.
• Agenda:• Introduced new member• Final decision on AM/PM award at TMETC 21.
• Special event.

ThaiPMA New Member

Activities 2021- 2
Special event - Logistic Turbulence
We invited Mr. Torsten Kielersztajn, the Freight
Manager of Hoganas AB, to share his view about
on the logistic turbulence occurring around theworld. The topics include:• The causes of logistic turbulence at the present.
• Rail route from Europe to Asia is the way to solve		 the delay problem from sea freight delivery.
• Suez canal situation.
• Container shortage situation.

Activities 2021-3
Distribution of PM School Handbook

Planned Activities 2022
• 2 - Public PM Schools• 1- Metallography School• 1 - End-user Seminar - PM for Green technology• ThaiPMA Award at TMETC 22• ThaiPMA Session at TMETC 22• Collaborate with the universities for PM class• There is further discussion over this issue of how we can• After publishing the handbook, in 2021, we
distribute the handbook to all the members.

collaborate with the university here. Finally, we should• Full Member: 50 pcs

PM Class in Thailand for their needs.

• Associate member: 25 pcs

interview and discuss with the faculty leader who has the

Room MP201 National Metal and Materials Technology Center
114, Thailand Science Park, Phahonyothin Road,
Khlong Nueng, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand
E-mail: pramote-eiangkhunchorn@gr.sei.co.jp
TEL: +66-38-469-555 FAX: +66-38-469-568
https://www.thaipma.org/

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Application Field Ratio of PM Production

38.0

Industrial

100.0

es

or
e
ap

Si
ng

Electrical

ia

65.0

47.7

sia
ay

an
iw
Ta

re
a
Ko

a
hi
n
C

n
pa
Ja

60.6

38.0

Transportation

10.0

3.7

80.0

53.0

15.0

48.3

on

92.0

Main Country Car Sales in Asia

10.0

2.4

M
al

92.8

36.7

• Market Trend for Automobile

In
d

37.0

0.3

nd

9.0

0.3

5.0
8.0
7.0

ai
la

17.0

Th

3.0
7.0

ia

100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%

1.0
2.0
5.0

In
d

0.5
1.7
5.0

Other

• MIM production in Asia

Country

2016

2019

2020

2021

2022

Australia

1,178,133

1,062,867

916,968

1,005,000

1,100,000

China

28,028,175

26,796,931

25,311,069

25,700,000

27,000,000

India

3,669,094

3,816,858

2,938,023

3,800,000

4,100,000

Indonisia

1,057,019

1,032,907

532,027880,000

920,000

Japan

4,970,258

5,195,216

4,598,615

4,550,000

5,100,000

Korea

1,825,433

1,780,088

1,878,104

1,700,000

1,650,000

Malaysia

580,085

604,281

529,434

500,000

590,000

Philippine

404,063416,628

248,171305,000

360,000

Taiwan439,585

439,835

457,453455,000

430,000

Thailand768,788

1,007,552

792,146

759,119820,000

Vietnam

273,310306,452

284,279

275,000

300,000

Total

42,920,633

42,153,163

38,486,289

39,929,119

42,370,000

2021 year MIM application%
Transportation Industrial Electrical OtherJapan
No data
No data No data No data
China
7
6
78
9
Korea
80
15
5
0
Taiwan
17
16
60
7
India
25
20
30
25
Thailand
0
60
20
20

Japan
2020

More than half of the global MIM production (about US$1.5 billion) comes from the contribution of China.

Unit sales proportion

Gasoline car

1,380,762

55.70%

HV

920,275

37.13%

PHV

14,7410.59%

EV14,6040.59%

Diesel Car

147,503

5.95%

FCV

761

0.03%

others

186

0.01%

Total

2,478,832

100%

1.In Japan, the policy is to “realize 100% electric vehicles by selling new passenger cars by 2035.“
2.However, the “electric vehicle” mentioned here also includes HVs and FCVs. Not all cars will be Evs.

Korea
Recent PM Development

76% of production items are for information appliance.

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PM part description

Application/Advantage

Electric Vacuum Pumps for Brake system

Sufficent Vaccum functioning

Electric Oil Pump

Cooling ,Lubricating for EV traction motors

Gears in reduction gearbox in EV

Switching to PM method

SMC Core in EV motor

Higher Torque15

IndiaThailand1. The trends towards Electromobility in India are mirroring the trends in Global Market.
2. The key drivers are Emission Reduction, Reduction of Pollution and Reducing Carbon Footprint.
3. Market Estimates for EV Penetration vary and are dependent on Several Factors.

1. Thailand has been a strategic production location for car maker around the world.
		 However, the R&D has not been done so much in the country.
2. There was a movement from FOXCONN and PTT Group to establish a fully integrated
		 electric vehicle production in Thailand.

4. There is consensus that EV Penetration will continue to see high growth rates through 2030,
with E2Wheelers and E3Wheelers continuing to see aggressive Growth.
5. Different Studies estimate India EV Market to reach 150 to 200 Billion USD by 2030
6. Total of 100 million electric vehicles could be on the Indian Roads by 2030
7. About 35 - 40 percent of all vehicles sold annually by 2030 could be electric
TYPE OF EV
E2W/ E3W
E 4W
TOTAL

2016
20,0002,000
22,000SALES FOR YEARS 2016 - 2021
2017
2018
2019
2020
22,00054,800126,000
152,000
3,000
1,200
3,600
3,400
25,00056,000129,600
155,400

2021
312,737
14,218326,955• Industry reflected by COVID-19
Japan
1. The Japanese economy in 2021 was a year that was at the mercy of Covid-19, following the previous year.
2. Under such an economic environment, domestic production of automobiles (including buses and trucks) decreased to		 7.84 million units, down 2.7% from the previous year.
3. In addition, since 2009, which was affected by global financial crisis, the number has dropped below 8 million units
		 for the first time in 12 years, and has decreased for the third consecutive year due to factors such as a shortage of		 semiconductors and parts supply.
4. In 2021, Japan’s PM production volume (JPMA statistics) totaled 83.6 kt for iron-based and copper-based products,
		 an increase of + 13.6% compared to 2020.
5. However, this is -9.2% compared to 2019, and the situation has not yet recovered to the level before Corona.

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4

-2.90%
2.00%-3.60%
4.60%

2021 Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP)Over 400 million people infected with new coronavirus disease in 2021

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Thailand
1. COVID 19 had a high effect on Thailand automotive production in 2020. The total car production was down to less		 than 1.5 million cars.
2. There is a great rebound on 2021, when the production amount increased around 18% to 1.68 million car.
3. However, as tourism is over 20% of Thailand GDP, the real purchasing power of Thai people is still not recover		 fully yet. We expected that the situation should be better in 2023.

• World PM2024 Yokohama
Japan(1) Organizer : JPMA (Japan Powder Metallurgy Industry Association) ,		

JSPM (Japan Society of Powder and Powder Metallurgy)(2) Date : October 13th (Sun) to 17th (Thursday), 2024
(3) Venue: Pacific Yokohama

Pacifico Yokohma

India
1. Car Sales in 2021 improved by approx. 30% to 3.8 million Units from nearly 3 million Units in 2020.
2. Demand for ICE 4 wheeler Vehicles for 2022 will mainly depend on following factors:(1) No new serious waves of COVID 19 causing lockdowns (hopefully this is no longer a major issue, although			 a milder COVID wave is expected later this year)		 (2) Normalization of inflation pressure - which will cause cost of all consumables to increase, and is expected to			 cause a reduction in discretionary spending.

Korea
PM production during 2019~2022F
2020/20192021/2020

2022F/2021

-10%

+7%

+5%

		(1) 2022F expects 2% higher than 2019 when no Covid exists
		18(2) More critical issue is a low supply of Semiconductor to Auto industry

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