Membership Benefits

BENEFITS OF AMAM MEMBERSHIP:

Meetings and Conferences:

• Members actively participate at the annual AMPM conference that brings together the global metal additive manufacturing (AM) industry for technical exchange, networking, and a trade exhibition showcasing suppliers of powders, equipment, and products.
• Registration fees for annual conferences are discounted for members and exhibitors receive discounts for booth space.
• Members also meet each fall during the PM Management Summit where senior industry leaders gather to exchange ideas and discuss management issues relevant to all segments of the PM industry.

Management and Statistical Programs:

• Members receive the monthly MPIF Member Briefs summarizing industry manufacturing and management updates with pertinent information solely for PM management.  
• Members receive the “Monthly Economic Indicators & Industry Trends” report, tracking leading and lagging indicators and reporting on automotive sales & production, agricultural and lawn & garden, aerospace, oil & gas, semiconductors, firearms, powder shipments, and U.S., Japanese and European imports & exports.
• Members provide input to the PM Sentiment Survey and receive detailed results from the PM Confidence Index, an index that tracks 5 key metrics for our industry by current month and six months out.  It is presented by the whole industry, by each association, and by key executive role.
• Members also submit input and receive comprehensive results from the PM Industry Pulse, an annual survey of industry trends covering all segments and associations within MPIF.

Standards Development:

• AMAM actively supports and votes on industry standards including materials standards for parts and products and methods of testing used by customers when specifying components.  
   

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Publications and Training:

• MPIF conducts educational seminars and short courses open to your employees at member discounts.
• MPIF hosts the Guide to PM Microstructures website offering images of most MPIF material designations in a number of property influencing conditions.
• Members have direct access to the world’s most comprehensive library on PM. MPIF is the leading publisher of PM books, proceedings, standards, and electronic media. Members receive discounted pricing.
• Members enjoy discounted rates on individual technical manuscripts in the online Digital Library.

Marketing Opportunities:

• AMAM has a leading voice in driving industry marketing efforts to end users and customers of PM and AM parts and products through the MPIF Industry Development Program.  The program features promotional ads in trade media as well as a formidable online presence through engineering portals plus other industry development efforts, awards activities and public relations programs designed to grow the PM and AM market.  
• Members receive a discount when advertising in the FocusPM Newsletter.
• Members can participate in the annual PM Design Excellence Awards Competition showcasing exceptional PM part design with winners receiving wide media coverage and publicity.
• Members are listed on various MPIF websites in a fully searchable online database of industry parts, powder, and product manufacturers. 
• Members can provide data and be identified in the Global PM Property Database, the world’s only global online data resource directed by MPIF, EPMA and APMA.
• Members are listed in the annual Who's Who in PM Membership Directory published by APMI International.