EPMA announces Euro PM2026 keynote paper winners

August 5, 2026

Keynote Paper Award winners will be presented in extended 30-minute slots at Euro PM2026 (Courtesy EPMA)

The European Powder Metallurgy Association (EPMA) has announced the Keynote Paper Award winners ahead of Euro PM2026, taking place October 11-14, 2026, in Budapest, Hungary. The awardees have been selected by the event’s Technical Programme Committee.

The winning papers are:

Design of Fe-Based Cemented Carbides with Enhanced Toughness
- Dr Andrei Chychko, Sandvik Coromant AB (Sweden)
  Session 7 – Hardmetals: Alternative Binders & Microstructural Design
Comparison of the Sintering Behavior of Different WC-10 Wt.%Co Recycled Powders: Zinc Reclaim (ZR) vs. Oxidation-Reduction-Carburization (ORC) Processes
- Dr Tomás Soria Biurrun, CEIT (Spain)
- Session 30 – Hardmetals: Processing of Recycled Powders
Alloy Development of Sinter-Based Iron-Cobalt Electrical Steel Sheets
- Merlin Thamm, Fraunhofer IFAM (Germany)
- Session 44 – Soft Magnetic Materials
The 2-Powder Method for Producing Resource-Saving and More Sustainable NdFeB Magnets
- Dr-Ing Konrad Opelt, Fraunhofer IWKS (Germany)
- Session 52 – Hard Magnetic Materials
Processing of Plasma Facing Components for Fusion Power Plants by Field Assisted Sintering Technologies
- Ms Aparna Binu Varghese, Forschungszentrum Jülich (Germany)
- Session 18 – Field Assisted Sintering Technologies
Low-Temperature Deposition of Magnetite Fe₃O₄ Passivation Layers as an Alternative to Steam Treatment to Prevent Stress Corrosion Cracking
- Dr-Ing Markus Schneider, GKN Powder Metallurgy (Germany)
- Session 48 – Durability & Reliability

Each Keynote Paper will be presented in an extended thirty-minute slot, allowing the authors to provide more detail than is possible within standard presentations.