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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