Matthew Bulger, president and general manager of NetShape Technologies-MIM in Solon, Ohio, was elected president of the Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF) and Bruce Dionne, general manager of Megamet Solid Metals, Inc., in Earth City, Missouri, was elected president of the Metal Injection Molding Association (MIMA).
Bulger succeeds Michael E. Lutheran of Royal Metal Powders, Inc. He joined Hawk Corporation in 2001 to run its metal injection molding (MIM) operation, which was sold in 2007 and became NetShape Technologies-MIM. Prior to this tenure he served as a materials engineer and quality manager for FloMet. Active in the powder metallurgy (PM) industry, he has presented numerous papers at MPIF conferences, is a member of MPIF’s technical board, and most recently served as president of MIMA. He has a bachelor’s degree in physics from Carnegie Mellon University and a master’s degree in materials science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Before joining Megamet in 2005, Dionne was a regional account manager with Texas Instrument, Inc. He has a bachelor’s degree in geological engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla and an MBA from Fontbonne University.
Comprising six trade associations, MPIF is the umbrella trade federation representing the international metal powder producing and consuming industries. Go online to www.mpif.org.
