PIM International, Vol. 19 No. 4 Winter 2025

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The 104-page Winter 2025 issue of PIM International (Vol. 19 No. 4) features over forty pages of industry news, plus the following articles and technical reviews:

Element 22: Mastering titanium component production with Metal Injection Moulding and Additive Manufacturing

Element 22 GmbH has built its reputation on developing efficient ways to manufacture complex titanium components for demanding applications in medicine, aerospace, luxury goods and emerging hydrogen technologies. By leveraging Metal Injection Moulding, sinter-based Additive Manufacturing and carefully controlled finishing processes, the company demonstrates how titanium parts can be produced reliably and at scale.

Dr Georg Schlieper recently visited the company for PIM International to explore its processes and ongoing developments

Advancing industrialisation: Binder Jetting at the forefront of a maturing sinter-based AM landscape

Binder Jetting’s accelerating progress toward industrial production set the tone at Fraunhofer IFAM’s 6^th Workshop on Sinter-based Additive Manufacturing, held on October 8-9, 2025, in Bremen, Germany. Alongside Binder Jetting, the programme highlighted advances across the wider family of sinter-based AM processes, with industry and research speakers presenting new applications, cleaner and more stable workflows, and expanding material options.

This report, by Fraunhofer IFAM’s Lea Reineke and Michael Norda, reviews the event’s key findings.

Tailored feedstocks for MIM, CIM and sinter-based AM: How Blesol Tech is responding to market requirements

Blesol Tech is emerging as a notable European supplier of metal and ceramic feedstocks for Metal Injection Moulding, Ceramic Injection Moulding, and sinter-based Additive Manufacturing. Based in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, and led by Dr Gemma Herranz and Dr Cristina Berges, the company brings together academic expertise and industrial-scale production.

As this article outlines, its close collaboration with MIM and CIM producers offers clear insight into shifting market requirements, informing the development of tailored materials and adaptable feedstock solutions.

Cleaner semiconductor etching: Bosch Advanced Ceramics’ two-part AM injector produced with Lithoz technology

Semiconductor manufacturers increasingly rely on components that can withstand extreme plasma environments while delivering tighter process control and near-zero contamination.

To meet these demands, Bosch Advanced Ceramics and Lithoz have transformed a previously two-part injector design into a fully integrated single ceramic component using ceramic Additive Manufacturing.

By pairing high-purity alumina with precision AM technology, complex internal geometries could be unlocked, enhancing reliability and performance for advanced wafer production.

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