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RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

In the fields of R&D and testing, the parent companies make great efforts to consolidate their leading market position in the relevant business segments. Thanks to the investments made in R&D, the producing companies of the Hosokawa Micron Group generate a high share of turnover with new products. And as a result of new developments, improvements to existing product lines and customer-specific refinements, the technologies of the Hosokawa Micron Group are able to hold their own on the market against the increasing global competition.

For our customers, major technical centers are located in US, Europe and Japan. They are equipped and operated for the dual purpose of conducting original research & development work and demonstrating various processing systems. The technical centers are utilized to develop and test formulations to meet your specific needs for Powder & particle processing, Blown film processing, and Confectionery & Bakery applications.


The Hosokawa Powder Technology Research Institute was established in 2002 in Hirakata and disposes of following facilities:

list Nano Particle Technology Centre
list Fuel Cell Development Centre
list Micromeritics Lab
list Micron Cosmetic Science Lab    

Activities
list Research & Development in Powder Processing
list Production of Nano Particles and
list Nano Composite Materials
list Consulting Services
list Toll Processing    


The Hosokawa Powder Technology Foundation is engaged in the following activities to foster fundamental research on powder engineering and support international exchange among powder engineering researchers to contribute to the development of scholarly research in Japan

Activities
list Support for promising research on powders.
list Presentation of the KONA Award for fruitful research on powder engineering.
list Support for scholarly international exchange, such as support for overseas travels for research presentations regarding powder engineering.
list Support for research presentation events, discussions, symposiums, etc., related to powder engineering.
list Provides research subsidies for students pursuing research in graduate school and elsewhere.
list Support for publication of excellent papers summarizing research results related to powder engineering.  

Holding of lectures and discussions among researchers and engineers on important themes related to powder engineering. Once every other year in Tokyo and Osaka. Authorized number of approx. 200 persons (some invitations, open to the public).

Publication of the English journal "KONA"
Published once a year in English as an international scholarly journal covering powder engineering (2,000 copies, 200 pages). Distributed free of charge to scholars, researchers, libraries and other parties throughout the world.


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Powder Technology Foundation dedicates and contributes to fundamental research on powder engineering and supports international exchange among powder engineering researchers to contribute to the development of scholarly research in Japan. It also supports KONA, a scientific journal.

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The Hosokawa Pharma Tech Center in NJ, USA.

(The Hosokawa Pharma Tech Center is an FDA registered cGMP compliant, full service test lab and contract dry powder processing center.
The lab consists of validated equipment and control systems, with fully documented procedures for all key operations.)

 
Test Centers for Powder & Particle Processing Technology
Japan
list Hosokawa Micron (Osaka & Tokyo)
U.S.A.
list Hosokawa Micron Powder Systems (New Jersey)
Germany
list Hosokawa Alpine AG (Augsburg)
list Hosokawa Bepex GmbH (Leingarten)
list Hosokawa Micron GmbH, A Division of Hosokawa Alpine AG (Cologne)
Netherlands
list Hosokawa Micron B.V. (Doetinchem)
U.K.
list Hosokawa Micron LTD. (Cheshire)


Nano Particle Technology Center
Japan
list Hosokawa Micron (Osaka & Tokyo)
U.S.A.
list Hosokawa Micron Powder Systems (New Jersey)


Test Centers for Blown Film Processing Technology
Japan
list Hosokawa Alpine (Osaka)
U.S.A.
list Hosokawa Alpine American (Massachusetts)
Germany
list Hosokawa Alpine AG (Augsburg)



Test Centers for Confectionery & Bakery Technology
U.S.A.
list HOSOKAWA Confectionery & Bakery Technology and Systems ( Memphis)
Germany
list Hosokawa Bepex GmbH (Leingarten)
Netherlands
list Hosokawa TerBraak (Rotterdam)


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