MPIF PMPA Safety Award 2024

The Phoenix Sintered Metals plants in both Brockway and Galeton have been awarded the MPIF Safety Award.

Phoenix Sintered Metals was re-recognized with OSHA to certify that we meet the requirements of the Consultation Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program “SHARP” through July 2028. Phoenix has been recognized since July of 2019 and is currently 1 of only 48 facilities in the state of PA with this recognition.

MPIF President Mike Stucky (left) presents award to Blaine Stebick and Rob HayesBlaine Stebick, Chief Technology Officer, General Manager – Galeton, and Rob Hayes, Vice President Engineering, Phoenix Sintered Metals LLC, Brockway, Pennsylvania, accepted an Award of Distinction in the Automotive Chassis Category of the 2025 Powder Metallurgy Design Excellence Awards Competition. The award was given for an anti-rotational sleeve used in electronic braking applications

They accepted the award for their company at PowderMet2025: International Conference on Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials in Phoenix, Arizona.

Powder metallurgy (PM) is an automated metalworking process that forms metal powders into precision components used in applications such as auto engines and transmissions, hardware, outdoor power, industrial machinery, sporting goods, defense, and firearms. More than 800 million pounds of PM parts are made annually in North America.

The competition is sponsored annually by the Metal Powder Industries Federation, an international trade association for the metal powder producing and consuming industries.

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