| 1916-04 |
Eichi Hosokawa founded Osaka Turbine Waterwheel Manufacturing Plant |
| 1916-04 |
Eichi Hosokawa founded Osaka Turbine Waterwheel Manufacturing Plant (Osaka City) |
| 1916-04-18 |
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| 1930-03 |
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| 1930-03 |
Invention of the micron mill, a fine grinding machine |
| 1949-08 |
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| 1949-08 |
Reorganized into Hosokawa Iron Works Co., Ltd. |
| 1949-08-13 |
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| 1951-03 |
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| 1951-03 |
Invention of the super fine grinding machine, 'Super Micron Mill' |
| 1955-09 |
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| 1955-09 |
Invention of the classifying machine 'Micron Separator' |
| 1957-10 |
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| 1957-10 |
Founded the powder grinding journal 'Powder Grinding' |
| 1958-09 |
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| 1958-09 |
Established Hosokawa Powder Engineering Laboratory |
| 1959-08 |
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| 1959-08 |
Invention of the dryer 'Micro Dryer' |
| 1960-02 |
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| 1960-02 |
Established Hosokawa Micron International Ltd. (UK) |
| 1961-02 |
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| 1961-02 |
Established Hosokawa Powder Industry Co., Ltd. |
| 1962-01 |
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| 1962-01 |
Signed cross-licensing agreements with Parvellerizing Machinery (USA) and introduced the dry filtration dust collector 'Micro Pulse Air' |
| 1963-05 |
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| 1963-05 |
Signed cross-licensing agreements with Nauta Mix (Netherlands) and introduced the mixer 'Nauta Mixer' |
| 1969 |
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| 1969 |
Invention of the comprehensive powder evaluation device 'Powder Tester' |
| 1980-10 |
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| 1980-10 |
Renamed to Hosokawa Micron Corporation |
| 1982-08 |
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| 1982-08 |
Acquired Nauta Mix (Netherlands) |
| 1983-10 |
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| 1983-10 |
Founded the English-language powder engineering journal 'KONA' |
| 1985-03 |
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| 1985-03 |
Acquired US Filter Systems (USA) |
| 1986-03 |
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| 1986-03 |
Completed the technology development center at Osaka Plant |
| 1986-10 |
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| 1986-10 |
Established Hosokawa Micron International Inc. (USA) |
| 1987-08 |
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| 1987-08 |
Invented the particle composite new material creation technology 'Mechanofusion' |
| 1987-11 |
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| 1987-11 |
Acquired Alpina (Germany) and introduced the ultra-fine mill 'Counter Jet Mill' |
| 1989-06 |
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| 1989-06 |
Listed on the Osaka Securities Exchange |
| 1991-12 |
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| 1991-12 |
Established the Hosokawa Powder Engineering Promotion Foundation |
| 1992-01 |
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| 1992-01 |
Acquired Bepex Group (USA) |
| 1992-06 |
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| 1992-06 |
Completed Nara Factory |
| 1992-08 |
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| 1992-08 |
Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| 1993-04 |
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| 1993-04 |
Completed Tsukuba Technology Development Center |
| 1995-02 |
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| 1995-02 |
Established Hosokawa Micron Malaysia Sdn Bhd (Malaysia) |
| 1996-06 |
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| 1996-06 |
Established Hosokawa Micron Korea Ltd. (Korea) |
| 1998-09 |
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| 1998-09 |
Obtained ISO 9001 certification |
| 2000-10 |
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| 2000-10 |
Established a global headquarters organization in Japan (Osaka headquarters) to oversee the entire group |
| 2004-02 |
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| 2004-02 |
Started material business using PLGA nanoparticles |
| 2005-08 |
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| 2005-08 |
Established Hosokawa Micron Shanghai Co., Ltd. (China) |
| 2006-04 |
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| 2006-04 |
Launched sales of hair growth agent 'Nano Impact' using PLGA nanoparticles |
| 2007-04 |
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| 2007-04 |
Established Hosokawa Alpine India Pvt. Ltd. (India) |
| 2008-04 |
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| 2008-04 |
Enhanced production facilities at Hosokawa Alpine (Germany) |
| 2011-08 |
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| 2011-08 |
Invention of the high-cooling type mechanical fine grinding machine 'Grasis' |
| 2012-04 |
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| 2012-04 |
Established OOO Hosokawa Micron Saint Petersburg (Russia) |
| 2012-07 |
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| 2012-07 |
Opened a representative office in Amman (Jordan) |
| 2013-02 |
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| 2013-02 |
Developed high-temperature airflow dryer 'Dry Master H Series' |
| 2013-04 |
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| 2013-04 |
Integrated the Tokyo branch into the new Tokyo business office (Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture) |
| 2014-09 |
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| 2014-09 |
Made a subsidiary for cosmetics and hair growth product sales (later renamed Hosokawa Micron Cosmetics Co., Ltd.) |
| 2015-01 |
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| 2015-01 |
Acquired Anton Kolb GmbH (Germany) |
| 2015-09 |
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| 2015-09 |
Sold the confectionery-related business |
| 2016-04 |
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| 2016-04 |
Celebrated 100th anniversary |
| 2018-01 |
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| 2018-01 |
Established SAPS Ltd., a contract processing company through joint investment with DYNAMIC AIR Ltda. (Brazil) |
| 2019-10 |
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| 2019-11 |
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| 2019-11 |
Established Hosokawa Alpine Poland Sp. z o.o., a local subsidiary in Poland |
| 2020-01 |
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| 2020-01 |
Acquired the Solids Solutions Group through Hosokawa Alpine |
| 2020-10 |
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| 2020-10 |
Established Hosokawa Contract Processing Co., Ltd. |
| 2021-01 |
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| 2021-01 |
Completed the new Osaka factory |
| 2021-10 |
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| 2021-10 |
Established Hosokawa Solids Mexico S.A. de C.V., a local subsidiary in Mexico |
| 2021-11 |
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| 2021-11 |
Established Hosokawa Solids Chile SpA, a local subsidiary in Chile |
| 2022-04 |
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| 2022-04 |
Moved to the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| 2022-05 |
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| 2022-05 |
Established Hosokawa Alpine Switzerland GmbH, a local subsidiary in Switzerland |
| 2023-10 |
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| 2023-10 |
Established Hosokawa Custom Processing Services LLC, a local subsidiary in the USA |
| 2024-03 |
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| 2024-03 |
Launched sales of 'Nano Ral', a medicated toothpaste using PLGA nanoparticles |
| 2025-11 |
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| 2025-11 |
Completed the cosmetics center (within Osaka office) |
