Powder Metallurgy (PM), the result of over fifty years of research, has become a fundamental technology for improving the performance of steel alloys. Thanks to a fully integrated production process, Zapp, with its Z-PM series, achieves extraordinary levels of excellence. In conventional steels, it is often necessary to choose between contrasting properties: wear resistance and toughness, toughness and corrosion resistance, corrosion and hardness. Each characteristic tends to compromise the other. The comprehensive Powder Metallurgy process reduces these trade-offs, allowing over 40% of alloying elements to be incorporated into the composition. The result? A steel that combines toughness, wear resistance, and, when necessary, corrosion resistance, offering an advanced solution with the Zapp Z-PM series.