The city of Toulouse, France was the backdrop for the 16th annual Euro PM Congress & Exhibition event (15-17 October 2007), organised and sponsored by the European Powder Metallurgy Association (EPMA). Toulouse, home of Airbus and the hub of France’s aviation industry provided an excellent stage for Europe’s key international powder metallurgy event. The Euro PM2007 Congress & Exhibition featured a packed technical programme that attracted in excess of 200 Oral and Poster presentations and over 600 participants. The exhibition area, featured more than 60 exhibiting companies from around the world. During the Congress plenary session new EPMA President Mr Ingo Cremer presented a “Review of the PM Industry from a European Perspective”. Additional plenary speakers were Dr Rainer Rauh from Airbus Toulouse, who spoke on “New Opportunities for Advances in Aircraft Structures” and Mr Alrik Danielson, President and CEO of Höganäs AB, who presented “The Challenge for the PM Industry: Create and Capture Value.” The EPMA Distinguished Service Awards for 2007 were presented to Dr Joan Antoni Bas, Ames SA and Dr Gian Filippo Bocchini, a PM consultant from Italy.
