2022 Volume 65 Pages 107-113
The relationship between Kyoto University and Hosokawa Micron Corporation & Hosokawa Powder Technology Foundation through the Powder Technology started near the end of the Second World War, when Mr. Masuo Hosokawa, the second president of Hosokawa Micron Corp., studied at Kyoto University and had close relationship with the academic people there. On the occasion of receiving the decoration of his father for the contribution by the invention of excellent machines, the Hosokawa Powder Technology Research Institute was established in 1958 with the assistance of the eminent professors including Prof. Saburo Kamei of Kyoto University. Mr. M. Hosokawa not only made the Hosokawa Group the top leading company worldwide in the field of powder technology by a number of managemental measures including the M&A but also contributed to the promotion of powder technology by publishing technical journals like the “KONA Powder and Particle Journal” & books and then established the Hosokawa Powder Technology Foundation in 1991 in order to support the academic researchers by funding their research and education and present awards. The Hosokawa Powder Technology Symposium has been organized by the Council of Powder Technology, Japan (CPT), which was founded also by Mr. M. Hosokawa in 1968, collaborating with the Hosokawa Powder Technology Foundation with the assistance of researchers from various universities and institutes.
