4 ADVANCED MATERIALS & PROCESSES | MARCH 2026 ASM International 9639 Kinsman Road, Materials Park, OH 44073 Tel: 440.338.5151 • Fax: 440.338.4634 Joanne Miller, Editor joanne.miller@asminternational.org Victoria Burt, Managing Editor vicki.burt@asminternational.org Frances Richards and Corinne Richards Contributing Editors Anne Vidmar, Layout and Design Allison Freeman, Production Manager allie.freeman@asminternational.org EDITORIAL COMMITTEE John Shingledecker, Chair, EPRI Beth Armstrong, Vice Chair, Oak Ridge National Lab Adam Farrow, Past Chair, Los Alamos National Lab Yun Bai, Ford Carl Boehlert, Michigan State University Punnathat Bordeenithikasem, Machina Labs Daniel Grice, Materials Evaluation & Engineering Surojit Gupta, University of North Dakota Hideyuki Kanematsu, Suzuka National College of Technology Ibrahim Karaman, Texas A&M University Ricardo Komai, Tesla Krassimir Marchev, Northeastern University Bhargavi Mummareddy, Dimensional Energy Scott Olig, U.S. Naval Research Lab Christian Paglia, SUPSI Institute of Materials and Construction Ryan Paul, GrafTech International Satyam Sahay, John Deere Technology Center India Abhijit Sengupta, USA Federal Government Kumar Sridharan, University of Wisconsin Vasisht Venkatesh, Howmet Aerospace ASM BOARD OF TRUSTEES Elizabeth Ho man, President and Chair Daniel P. 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ADDITIVE IN ‘LA BELLE PROVINCE’ At ASM’s annual meeting last year, IMAT 2025, no less than 10 sessions were held on additive manufacturing (AM), making it one of the most attended topical areas at the conference. The symposia covered various aspects including innovations in design, materials, processes, and applications; sustainability; and microstructure in AM (a joint session with the International Metallographic Society). Plans are now underway for IMAT 2026, and the Call for Papers is currently open with AM again as a prominent focus. In addition to last year’s topics, organizers are also looking for abstracts on AM process structure and properties, applications, and powder-based surface engineering, which will be a joint session with the Thermal Spray Society. We invite you to submit an abstract or encourage a colleague to do so. If you need more incentive to attend, the event will be held in picturesque Quebec City, Canada, September 28 – October 1. The charming locale, steeped in European culture, is known as “la belle province” or “the beautiful province.” Beyond its quaint cobblestone lanes, Quebec houses a wealth of high-tech companies, with AM capabilities among them. Quebec is home to one of the largest manufacturers of metal powder for AM in the world: AP&C, a Colibrium Additive company, which is also part of GE Aerospace. AP&C specializes in titanium and nickel-base powders often used in medical and aerospace applications. They employ an advanced plasma atomization process to produce powders that can deliver maximum performance. Another authority on AM technology is PRIMA, the Advanced Materials Research and Innovation Hub in Quebec. It is an incubator for research clusters that fund, support, and publish collaborative studies. In a joint effort with the National Research Council of Canada and Polytechnique Montreal, PRIMA developed innovative thermoplastic composites for 3D printing that utilize recycling and reuse through fused filament fabrication (FFF). This novel FFF process led to the development of nine cutting-edge technologies, which hold promise for use in higher-performance applications going forward. Explore more AM ecological efforts by reading “State of the Art in Material Upcycling for Additive Manufacturing” in this issue of AM&P. Through case studies, the author from Tennessee shows how repurposed machining chips and recycled feedstocks can greatly lower costs and lessen the environmental impact of AM production. The key is to integrate upcycling into existing manufacturing workflows. Whether stateside, in Quebec, or across the globe, additive manufacturing continues to be a technology driver in materials applications, and a popular programming focus at IMAT. Submit an abstract and join us in “la belle province” this fall to explore avant-garde manufacturing technologies and advanced materials. joanne.miller@asminternational.org AM powder production at AP&C.
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