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Metal Injection Moulding in Asia: Scale, supply chains, and growing overlap with metal Additive Manufacturing

Asia’s Metal Injection Moulding industry – led overwhelmingly by Greater China – has evolved into a vast, highly integrated manufacturing ecosystem underpinning global production of small, complex metal components. Driven by consumer electronics, expanding powder supply chains, and growing overlap with metal Additive Manufacturing, the region is reshaping precision manufacturing at industrial scale.

Dr Yau-Hung, Chiou (Dr Q), Dr Yu-Deh, Chao (Dr James) of You Need Technology Consulting Co, Ltd, and Emma Lawn and Nick Williams of PIM International examine these developments.

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Chanel’s J12: How Ceramic Injection Moulding became part of the luxury narrative

Chanel’s J12 has long been one of luxury watchmaking’s most recognisable ceramic watches. Now, through a series of videos shared across its social media channels, Chanel is giving rare visibility to the Ceramic Injection Moulding (CIM) process behind the collection. By presenting powder processing, moulding, sintering and finishing as integral to the J12’s identity, the brand is framing CIM as a source of luxury value in itself.

Emma Lawn explores how Chanel is integrating advanced ceramic manufacturing into the language of luxury.

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  • Metal Injection Moulding in Asia: Scale, supply chains, and growing overlap with metal Additive Manufacturing
  • Chanel’s J12: How Ceramic Injection Moulding became part of the luxury narrative
  • Ceramic AM enables 500 mm dual-channel gas distribution ring for high-speed PEALD and ALE in the same chamber
  • From hypersonics to EVs: Sintering non-oxide ceramics for next-generation technologies
  • ColdMetalFusion: A new approach to metal Additive Manufacturing

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