ATW Companies, a leading provider of custom manufactured metal components and services, announcesthat Greg Goto, senior project engineer of ATW'sParmatech Corporationsubsidiary, will be presenting "Process Re-Qualification of MIM-420 Stainless Steel from Changes in Powder Supply,"at MIM2012

WARWICK, RI-ATW Companies, a leading provider of custom manufactured metal components and services, announcesthat Greg Goto, senior project engineer of ATW'sParmatech Corporationsubsidiary, will be presenting "Process Re-Qualification of MIM-420 Stainless Steel from Changes in Powder Supply,"at MIM2012, the International Conference of Injection Molding of Metals, Ceramics, and Carbides, which will be held March 19-21, 2012 at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina, in San Diego, California. The presentation will be given on Tuesday, March 20th at 11:30 a.m.

Mr. Goto is a member of the first class of PMT recipients and has received three grand prizes in the Powder Metallurgy Design Excellence Awards given out by Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF)over the last ten years. His presentation will discuss the results of a material qualification studyon the effects on feedstock of replacing gas atomized powder with water atomized powder. It will examine processing characteristics, mechanical properties and microstructure comparisons.
Mr. Goto's presentation explains how the effects of powder properties on MIM processing must be considered when re-qualifying or changing material vendors. Critical variables in a typical material development will only provide part of the solution. Understanding the additional continuity requirements while trying to make this switch in a production environment will be discussed.
About Parmatech Corporation
Since 1972, Parmatech Corporation has been a leading provider of custom manufactured Metal Injection Molding (MIM) components and services. Through proprietary process and material technology, Parmatech provides a robust set of solutions to meet the challenges of their customers around the world. Developed from over thirty-five years of operational experience, Parmatech's unique set of tools provide solutions to even the most demanding MIM applications.
Parmatech Corporation is part of the ATW family of companies and is the recipient of seven Grand Prize Awards, seven Awards of Distinction and two Awards of Achievement, a total of sixteen awards from the Metal Powder Industry Federation (MPIF). For more information on Parmatech Corporation, visit www.parmatech.com , call 1-800-709-1555 orwrite dlauck@parmatech.com.
About ATW Companies
Headquartered in Warwick, RI, ATW Companies is a provider of highly engineered metal solutions to the metal component marketplace, servicing customers worldwide. The company runs state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities located in California, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island and offers global sales and support. ATW provides a wide range of fabrication technologies to meet the exacting requirements of industries and diverse technologies for the most critical applications. The company's motto is "Be the Best…Do it Right," and they strive to live by this commitment to quality, reliability, innovation, and integrity by continuously adding value to their products and services.