Happy International Women's Day! 🎉 We're proud of our team's 50% gender divide. 🤗 Today, we're celebrating the women behind Powder Metallurgy Review and our sister publications @PIM International magazine and Metal Additive Manufacturing magazine! 📚
Top left âž¡ Emily-Jo Hopson-VandenBos (she/her), Features Editor
This week, Emily-Jo celebrated her five-year anniversary with us, having joined in 2017 as Assistant Editor. She has since edited hundreds and authored several articles for the company and, as of 2020, holds the role of Features Editor for PM Review. She is a passionate advocate for social equity and diversity in manufacturing. She lives in a cottage with her wife, Charlie, and their three rescue cats, Agatha, Bosie and Herbert.
Top right âž¡ Kim Hayes (she/her), Deputy News Editor
Kim joined us in 2019 from a digital marketing background. Since then, she has been passionate about the metal powder industries and is fascinated by how the processes we cover can turn metal powder into parts. During work hours, you’ll find her in the newsroom fuelled by cups of tea. Outside of work hours she loves reading, gardening and her grumpy cat Bilbo.
Bottom left âž¡ Charlie Hopson-VandenBos (she/her), Assistant Editor
Charlie became a part of our team in 2021 after a period of freelancing for the company. An American expat, she was introduced to metal powder-based manufacturing and our three magazines upon her arrival in the UK and leveraged her passion for the written word into a career involving the technology. Between editing news, she enjoys making the most of her National Trust membership, writing, creating art, cooking and tending her and her wife’s small flock of pets.
Bottom right âž¡ Swetha Aksh*ta (she/her), Digital Marketer
Swetha is the newest to join the team. She comes from a journalism and marketing background and loves all things social media. Since discovering the magical world of metal powders, she has been passionate about findin