μ-MIM® Technical Newsletter

February 5, 2026

Latest Trends in Metal 3D Printing

At Formnext in Frankfurt in November 2025, the exhibition area expanded significantly, reflecting the rapid growth of additive manufacturing technologies.

Technical Newsletter Vol.57

December 17, 2025

【2025 Year in Review】TOP 3 Most Popular Technical Topics Among Our Readers!

As the year draws to a close, we hope this message finds you in good health and continued prosperity. We sincerely appreciate your generous support and patronage throughout the year.

Technical Newsletter Vol. 56

October 15, 2025

Overview of MIM Product Costs for Designers and Purchasers

This time, among the fundamental principles of manufacturing—QCD (Quality, Cost, Delivery)—I would like to delve a little deeper into Cost (C), particularly in relation to MIM.

Technical Newsletter Vol. 55

September 24, 2025

Talking About Powder — Even Now

In English, the word “powder” covers everything, but in Japanese there are several terms such as kona, funtai, and funmatsu. MIM is officially referred to in JIS standards as Metal Injection Molding (MIM), and here we use the term powder.

μ-MIM® Technical Newsletter Vol. 40

November 2, 2022

Announcement of the establishment of Micro MIM Europe GmbH

Announcement of the establishment of Micro MIM Europe GmbH.

μ-MIM® Technical Newsletter Vol. 39

September 22, 2022

Quality Assurance Technology in μ-MIM

μ-MIM technology is not only a MIM production technology but also includes quality assurance technology for small complex metal parts.

μ-MIM® Technical Newsletter Vol. 38

August 10, 2022

μ-MIM Measurement Technology

μ-MIM technology is characterised by its ability to mass produce less than 100 μm thin structure, 3D complex structure (curved and undercut hollow, free-form surface), and sharp edge structure with high precision in net-shape forming. Here are several applications that take full advantage of μ-MIM technology below.

μ-MIM® Technical Newsletter Vol. 37

July 12, 2022

Our Metal 3D Printing Technology

Our metal 3D printer goes into full scale operation as we have introduced in our technical newsletter and webinars. The printing system has been operated with a spot diameter of 35 µm, and the printing system with a special 15 µm spot is now available.

μ-MIM® Technical Newsletter Vol. 36

June 8, 2022

Basics of the Density Measurements of Sintered Components

It is never too late to learn anything! This time we would like to review the basics of the measurements of sintered density, a basic physical property of MIM components.

μ-MIM® Technical Newsletter Vol. 35

April 28, 2022

The renovated headquarter and MDM West in California

We have recently renovated our headquarters’ factory: at the beginning of this year, we started the renewed factory operation. Some of the measurement or evaluation equipment installation is not completed yet though we will introduce our new production line.