2003 Award of Distinction Recreational Tool category Cost-Saving Two-Piece Assembly Low Alloy Steel Lever & Screw Block An Award of Distinction in the Hardware/Appliance Category of the 2003 Powder Metallurgy Design Excellence Awards Competition was presented

2004 Grand Prize Automotive Ferrous category Cost-Saving fine pitch matching tooth geometry Soft Magnetic Phosphorous Iron A Powder Metallurgy Soft Magnetic clutch gear assembly, consisting of four parts – an armature, rotor blank, bearing and

2009 Grand Prize Lock Hardware Appliance Net-Shape Mirror Image eliminates assembly Copper Steel A Grand Prize in the Hardware/Appliance Category of the 2009 Powder Metallurgy Design Excellence Awards Competition was presented to ASCO Sintering Co. for a lockset retractor assembly. The

2010 Award of Distinction Lock Hardware Appliance Eliminated costly machining operation Sinter-Hardened Nickel Steel An Award of Distinction in the Hardware/Appliance Category of the 2010 Powder Metallurgy Design Excellence Awards Competition was presented to ASCO Sintering Co.

2011 Grand Prize Lock Hardware Appliance Cost-Saving U-Shaped Slot Geometry ASCO HI-IMPAC Heat Treated Copper Steel A Grand Prize in the Hardware/Appliance Category of the 2011 Powder Metallurgy Design Excellence Awards Competition was presented to ASCO

2012 Grand Prize Lock Hardware Appliance Cost-Saving Multi-Piece Assembly Fully Dense Copper Infiltrated Steel A Grand Prize in the Hardware/Appliance Category of the 2012 Powder Metallurgy Design Excellence Awards Competition was presented to ASCO Sintering Co. for