Patrick J. McGeehan, vice president & general manager of the specialty metal products division, Ametek, Inc., Eighty Four, Pennsylvania, was elected the 28^th president of the Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF), succeeding Richard Pfingstler, Atlas Pressed Metals, DuBois, Pennsylvania. His two-year term took effect at the conclusion of the federation’s annual meeting recently held in Austin, Texas.

Two of the federation’s six associations also installed new presidents during the annual meeting. Dean Howard, PMT, vice president, sales, North American Höganäs, Inc., Hollsopple, Pennsylvania, was elected president of the Metal Powder Producers Association (MPPA); and Thomas K. Houck, vice president, US MIM operation, ARCMIM, Longmont, Colorado, was elected president of the Metal Injection Molding Association (MIMA).

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Dora Schember

Metal Powder Industries Federation

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