Technology trends in sintered structural parts that account for 90% of all the powder metallurgical products produced by Hitachi Powdered Metals are introduced, focusing on materials and manufacturing technologies. The development of new sintered materials to meet the market's needs for higher strength, higher accuracy, cost reduction and manufacturing technologies such as warm compaction, die wall lubrication, multi-stepped compacting and sinter diffusion bonding that provide high density and complex shapes are outlined.