A composite material component for an injection molding assembly includes
a first portion formed of a precipitation hardened, high thermal
conductivity material and a second portion formed of a precipitation
hardened, high strength material, which are integrally joined together.
The thermal conductivity of the high thermal conductivity material is
greater than the thermal conductivity of the high strength material, and
at least one strength aspect of the high strength material has a value
greater than the corresponding value of the same strength aspect of the
high thermal conductivity material. The high thermal conductivity
material and the high strength material can be precipitation hardened
together under the same precipitation hardening conditions to achieve
increases in the value of at least one strength aspect of the high
thermal conductivity material and the value of at least one strength
aspect of the high strength material, relative to their respective
unhardened conditions.