3rd International Hosokawa Powder Technology Symposium Held in China

As the special event aiming at the globalization in Asia of the Hosokawa Powder Technology Foundation, the 3rd International Hosokawa Powder Technology Symposium took place on Tuesday, November 19, 2019, at the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (SICCAS) in China. This International Hosokawa Powder Technology Symposium was held abroad for the third time after the first one (2014, at Hosokawa Alpine AG in Augsburg, Germany) and the second (2017, at Hosokawa Micron Powder Systems Div. in New Jersey, U.S.A.) organized by the Hosokawa Powder Technology Foundation (HPTF). It was co-organized by the SICCAS and the Society of Powder Technology, Japan (SPTJ) and supported by the Hosokawa Micron Corporation (HMC) and Hosokawa Micron (Shanghai) Powder Machinery Co., Ltd. (HMS). At the symposium, five lectures were given on the theme of “Powder and Particle Technology for Advanced Materials” after the opening remarks of President Yoshio Hosokawa. In the first lecture, high-purity, ultra-fine powder production and processing technologies for advanced materials such as ultra-high temperature heat-resistant rocket members, reflectors, and transparent materials were presented. Then the new nanoparticle size measuring devices, and the in-situ and real-time nanoparticle measurement using this device was introduced. The third lecture was concerning the functional materials based on the form of natural organisms to create new innovative functionalities. After the lectures by the Chinese professors, two presentations were given from the Hosokawa Group on the application of powder processing technology to various industrial product fields, and the devel opment and commercialization of cosmetics and pharmaceuticals using PLGA nanoparticles. Finally, Mr. Uchida of HMS closed the conference with the closing remarks. The symposium