1. JPMA reports 2011 production data.
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POWDER metallurgy , *INDUSTRIAL productivity , *EARTHQUAKE damage , *TSUNAMI damage , *SENDAI Earthquake, Japan, 2011 , *SOCIETIES - Abstract
The article focuses on the annual report of the Japan Powder Metallurgy Association (JPMA) on production activity in 2011. It says that the overall productivity in powder metallurgy has decreased by 5% after a strong recovery in 2009 and 2010 due to damage from earthquake and tsunami in northeast area in March 2011. Meanwhile, all countries in Asia except Japan and Malaysia have experienced growth in volumes of iron based production while copper based production has shown slow growth of 1.3%.
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- 2012
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