PARTICLE AND POWDER PROCESSING – News   Three exhibitions in one week April 22nd - 24th, 2008 HOSOKAWA ALPINE Expo08 April 21, 2008 Hosokawa Alpine inaugurates its new assembly hangar November 6, 2007 K 2007 Recycling & Granulators Division June 1, 2007 Cutting The Sod March 30, 2007 Innovation-Award March 19, 2007 POWTECH 2007 March 11, 2007 The menue item Machine Range was augmented January 10, 2007 HOSOKAWA ALPINE INVESTS IN THE AUGSBURG PRODUCTION FACILITIES Dec. 1, 2006 HANDBOOK POWDER AND PARTICLE PROCESSING Now Available Dec. 5, 2006 ALPINE POWER BEADS Ceramic grinding beads in Alpine quality Oct. 25, 2006 FAKUMA 2006 June 21, 2006 Change in the Management of the HOSKAWA ALPINE Aktiengesellschaft May 20, 2006 ACHEMA May 15 - 19, 2006 February 1, 2006 Emblem "Made in Germany" Feb. 01, 2005 Modified Company Name July 5, 2004 The new LGM in the application testing centre July 5, 2004 The new TTG in the Alpine application testing centre April 1, 2004 Brochures download Three exhibitions in one week April 22nd - 24th, 2008 HOSOKAWA ALPINE Expo08 Hosokawa Alpine used the opening of the newly built assembly hall as an opportunity to organise the three-day in-house exhibition ALPINE Expo08. From 22nd to 24th April, over 800 customers came to Peter-Dörfler-Strasse in Augsburg. These guests came from all over Europe and some from further afield; for instance from Egypt, China, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Columbia, Korea, Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia and Vietnam. The scheduled presentation programme was a point of central interest for the visitors, during which more than 30 highly interesting presentations were held. Top speakers from industry and research came to give their presentations at Hosokawa Alpine. The speakers were from renowned companies such as AstraZeneca, Borealis, Clariant, D&B Pharma, DrySo Tec, ExxonMobile, the Pörner Group and Organon, as well as acclaimed institutes and universities such as the Fraunhofer Institute of Ceramic Technology, the PTS Papiertechnische Stiftung, the Ecole des Mines d'Albi, France, and the Institute of Particle Science and Engineering of Leeds University, UK, and together with the experts from Alpine, made sure that the ALPINE Expo08 was able to position itself both on the FILM EXTRUSION and POWDER PROCESSING sectors as a new forum and know-how exchange for insiders. On the first day, the Blown Film Extrusion Technology business segment presented itself to over 200 customers and showed its varied range of machines and systems. Two 3-layer systems and one 9-layer system as well as a film orientation line were on display in the film extrusion testing centre. During the entire day, these machines and systems were employed to demonstrate the production of multi-layer film for a variety of different applications. The presentations were held by three external experts from the raw materials industry, from research and development as well as from user support services. The 23rd and 24th April was reserved for the Powder and Particle Processing Technology business segment. On 23rd April, more than 300 customers of the two Alpine divisions Pharma & Food and Chemicals visited the ALPINE Expo08, and several of these had also registered themselves for the following day as well. The Pharma Division presented grinding, classifying and mixing systems for manufacturing powdery products for tablets, capsules, granules, infusion or injection solutions. Hosokawa Alpine is the leading supplier in this field worldwide. The Chemicals Division showed machines and plants for processing base materials, fine-grade chemicals and special chemicals as well as toners, dyes, pigments, cosmetics, wax, resin, adhesives, etc. On Thursday, 24th April, the focus was on the Minerals & Metals Division. Here again, over 300 guests from all over the world were present. This division supplies complete dry and wet micronising systems with state-of-the-art mills and classifiers for the dry and wet processing of minerals, which are then used as fillers in plastic products and in the paint and paper industries. Machines and systems for producing powders for the ceramics industry, for metal compounds and for aluminium are also supplied. The spectrum of the ALPINE Expo08 included more than 50 exhibits from the fields of size reduction, drying, agglomeration, compaction, mixing and classification. A special exhibition was dedicated to the manufacture of nano-materials and to particle design. Among other things, the Minerals & Metals Division presented an almost eight-metre-high classifier, which together with a ball mill, is capable of producing nine tonnes of powder per hour at a particle size of 10 µm. The visitors also had the opportunity to have a look at exhibits from other companies belonging to the Hosokawa Micron Group and to talk to their experts. The following were present: Allgaier Werke, Uhingen; Hosokawa Bepex GmbH, Leingarten; Hosokawa Micron B.V.,Doetinchem/The Netherlands; and Hosokawa Micron Powders GmbH, Cologne. Besides the exhibition and the comprehensive programme of presentations, the guests had ample time for an extensive exchange of ideas with the Alpine process technicians and process engineers as well as with the speakers, colleagues and other visitors. An evaluation of the questionnaires completed by the exhibition visitors showed that their expectations were fulfilled to a high degree and that the majority would welcome a repeat of the event every 2 to 3 years. April 21, 2008 Hosokawa Alpine inaugurates its new assembly hangar In less than a year, a new assembly hangar has been built on the company grounds to replace the previous building dating from the 1920s. Measuring 7,100 square metres, there is space for five assembly teams from the pharmaceutical & food, recycling & cutting mill, minerals & metals, chemical, and blown film processing divisions. The area encompasses a further 1,200 square metres’ office space for administration and finance. Around 100 guests, including numerous celebrities, were in attendance on 21st April 2008 to celebrate the official opening. Chief executive Peter Krieg paid tribute to Georg Ringmayr, who took charge of the construction process. He also expressed his gratitude to Achim Vogel, who fought for years in Japan to gain this investment. but he first thanked the president of the Hosokawa Micron Group, Masuo Hosokawa, for the confidence he places in the Alpine staff and management. November 6, 2007 K 2007 Recycling & Granulators Division The Recycling and Granulators division showed in Hall 9, booth B41 a selection of Alpine granulators designed for special applications. - ALPINE Compact-Line Granulator 80/200 CL with film intake device - ALPINE PVC Profile Granulator 45/71 PM - ALPINE Fine Cutting Mill 800 AFS - ALPINE Rotoplex-Granulator 50/80 Ro (revised 8. Generation) - ALPINE Compact-Line Granulator 45/71 CL (3. Generation) June 1, 2007 Cutting The Sod The first sod was cut jointly on 16 May 2007 by Dr Paul Wengert, Augsburg's lord mayor, Achim Vogel, chairman of the supervisory board, Peter Krieg, chief executive officer, the executive board members Georg Ringmayr and Bertram Brenner as well as the architect Michael Feigs, and marked the start of the construction work for the first building phase in Depot Street on Alpine's grounds. In a short speech, the lord mayor of Augsburg explained how pleased he was to see a local company investing in the future of Augsburg as a business location by expanding its capacities, thus setting a positive trend in the region as a result. It is exactly this kind of signal to suppliers and customers that cannot be rated highly enough, and in his eyes, the investment of 20 million euros channelled into enlarging the production facilities is a firm commitment to Augsburg as a business location. Peter Krieg, Alpine's chief executive officer, voiced his pleasure at the investment decision made by the group management in Hirakata, Japan: "This is not just a mark of confidence in the Augsburg company within the Hosokawa group, but also a very positive assessment of Bavaria as a production location." The reasons for enlarging the production facilities are the economic success of the past years, the excellent orders situation and the consistent orientation of the company to its customers and their typical applications. This new orientation was begun as part of a reengineering project and will be completed with the new production hall. In view of the fact that the new-build project will create the prerequisites for manufacturing the machines and systems in an optimised way and thus more cost-effectively, the investment makes an extremely positive contribution to securing the 540 jobs in Augsburg. March 30, 2007 Innovation-Award Prize-winning technology at the POWTECH 2007 For the first time ever, the trade journal PROCESS awarded the Innovation Award at the POWTECH/TechnoPharm 2007. More than 50 candidates were in the running with their newest products. Of the 25 companies who were short-listed, there were 12 finalists and 5 companies who ultimately made "primus inter pares". That is the result of the Innovation Awards, awarded for the first time by PROCESS and its affiliated journal "Schüttgut" on the occasion of the POWTECH/TechnoPharm 2007 in Nuremberg. ((f.l.t.r.): Gerd Kielburger (Chief editor of PROCESS), Sylvia Bräunlein, Reiner Grochowski (publisher of the trade journal "Schüttgut")) ((f.l.t.r.): Gerd Kielburger (Chief editor of PROCESS), Sylvia Bräunlein (Divisional Manager Pharma & Food, Hosokawa Alpine), Reiner Grochowski (publisher of the trade journal "Schüttgut")) Innovations in the categories "Basic processes", "Apparatus engineering and process components", "Material analysis and characterisation" as well as "Pharma technology" competed for the new award. The prize for the category "Pharma technology" went to Hosokawa Alpine, represented by Sylvia Bräunlein, manager of the Pharma & Food Division. The prizes were awarded at the end of the first trade fair day in the Nuremberg Congress Centre. Whereas the jury was unable to select a prize-winner in the category "Basic processes" because of the award requirements, two additional special prizes were awarded in the categories "Apparatus engineering and process components" and "Pharma technology". All-important for the award was naturally the degree of innovation and the associated economic efficiency for the user. Besides this, the development was not to be older than one year and the product was to be exhibited at trade fairs and be available for delivery at short notice. March 19, 2007 POWTECH 2007 POWTECH 27 – 29, March 2007 The stand of the Hosokawa Micron Group in Hall 7 attracted the interest of the visitors at Powtech 2007. HOSOKAWA ALPINE Aktiengesellschaft showed - A multiprocessing mill integrated in an isolator for the production of active pharmaceutical ingredients. - A fluidised bed opposed jet mill 400 AFG designed for the fine grinding of chemical elements for example. - A table roller mill 960 AWM with 315/3 ATP Turboplex Classifier for the production of quicklime for example. - The Mikro ACM 15 EC – an air classifier mill in "easy-clean" design for the fine grinding of chemicals, pigments or food stuffs and classifying with a sharp top size limitation. - The Leviplex fine impact mill with digital magnetic bearing system developed especially for the pharmaceutical industry. - The 132 AHM wet mill for the mechanical production of submicron and nano particles by wet grinding. - A Collection of Alpine’s PowerBeads – the new ceramic grinding beads in Alpine quality. - An air jet sieve 200 LS-N. - And last but not least a selection of application examples for the particle design technology. - The Alpine handbook was available at the booth. More than 270 pages of Alpine’s know-how at a price of 25,- Euro. Hosokawa Micron Limited showed - The flexible FCI isolator that proves that containment solutions do not need to be expensive. Also suitable for ultra-high containment < 10 ng/m³. Hosokawa Bepex GmbH displayed - A compacting/ granulating unit which fulfils the increased requirements of the pharmaceutical industry regarding universal parameters and the associated instrumentation. - The Bexmill BM 80 for the production of micro batches in the laboratory. - A Bextruder BX 150 for the gentle densification of products. - The KOMPAKTOR® MS 60 – A high-compression roller mill for titanium dioxide clinker with armoured roller surfaces which reduce the grinding costs by a factor of 4. Hosokawa Micron B.V. displayed - A Cyclomix 1 liter - A high shear intensive labmixer enabling efficient mixing of many powders, pastes and liquids with different characteristics. - The Intensomix 500 liter – A completely new ultra compact mid intensity mixer for fast and intense mixing - The Vitomix 800 liter – a new compact mid intensity mixer for fast mixing. Cleaning can be performed much more quickly and easily thanks to the smart construction of the access door - The Vrieco Nauta Vacuum dryer – A 120 liter universal batch dryer which is very easy to clean because of the configuration of the vessel - The Modulomix, a continuous mixer which especially suited for the pharmaceutical industry. Several Modulomix units can simply be connected in parallel fulfilling the increased requirements of this industry Hosokawa Micron Powders GmbH offered their services for - A large range of service for powder and particle processing and handling for customers in the chemical industry and food industry in all European countries. To the machinery was recently added a new jet mill. March 11, 2007 The menue item Machine Range was augmented The isolator manufacturers may be experts for product handling and transfer, but the special process-technological know-how needed for complex grinding systems calls for a more detailed knowledge of things such as the gas-air supply to the grinding process, feed metering, product collection, safety concept and protection against pressure loss. Because logically, a manufacturer who masters both processes should assume responsibility for the entire process, HOSOKAWA decided in 1998 to develop and manufacture integrated containment systems for its customers. And this strategy has proven to be a good one, one which brings significant advantages for the customers, who receive a complete solution from one single source. Another bonus is the lack of interface problems between the isolator manufacturer and the manufacturer of the grinding system, and this serves to speed up the whole procedure and reduce costs. Hosokawa Alpine has sold and installed more than a dozen integrated containment systems over the last three years. See examples January 10, 2007 HOSOKAWA ALPINE INVESTS IN THE AUGSBURG PRODUCTION FACILITIES The economic success of the past years and the good orders situation have strengthened the company's resolve to continue investing in Augsburg as a business location. The current focus concentrates on the construction of new production and assembly facilities which will better equip the company to meet the demands of the market today and in the future. Investments to the tune of 20 million € are planned. From spring 2007 onwards, a new production hall measuring 6,500 m² effective area will be constructed during the first building stage with a project volume of 9.5 million €. Completion is scheduled for spring 2008 – an ambitious objective, if one considers that production will continue without interruption. Dec. 1, 2006 HANDBOOK POWDER AND PARTICLE PROCESSING Now Available ALPINE HANDBOOK POWDER AND PARTICLE PROCESSING is now available. Buy it now using PAYPAL for payment. At a price of 25 € (incl. VAT and forwarding expenses within Europe). For countries outside Europe we additionally charge 12 € forwarding expenses. Duties and Taxes There may be duties and taxes imposed on your order that aren't reflected in our prices. Check with your local Customs office for those charges. In addition, some countries may charge an additional handling fee for delivery within that country. Dec. 5, 2006 ALPINE POWER BEADS Ceramic grinding beads in Alpine quality In accordance with our principle of being a single-source partner, we have extended our range with immediate effect to include grinding beads. The ALPINE POWER BEADS are available in the variants YSZ (zirconia, partly stabilised with yttrium oxide) and SZS (zirconium silicate, sintered), in sizes from 0.1 mm to 2.5 mm ex Augsburg warehouse. The grinding beads increase the electric power introduced into the grinding process due to their high material density, are characterised by a minimum degree of wear and high degree of roundness, and are convincing in their extremely favourable price-performance ratio. The performance of the Power Beads is at its maximum when used with the Alpine agitated bead mills AHM, ANR and DPP. Because these grinding beads are also destined for use in Alpine's testing centre, our consulting service will in future also include definition of the size and construction material of the grinding beads. More information…. . Oct. 25, 2006 FAKUMA 2006 Hosokawa Alpine presented the new 45/71 PM Profile Granulator, which was specially developed for the manufacturers of PVC window profiles for in-house recycling, on Stand No. 2305 in Hall A2 at the FAKUMA 2006. The new granulator is the heart of a complete system designed to comminute mitre sections, small parts and reject profiles up to a length of 7 m. The machine is driven by a 55-kW motor. It is equipped with 8 rows of rotor knives of 450 mm in diameter and 710 mm in width arranged in a V-formation and 3 rows of stator knives. The size and shape of the screen perforations are selected to suit the problem specification in hand. June 21, 2006 Change in the Management of the HOSKAWA ALPINE Aktiengesellschaft The Supervisory Board of the HOSOKAWA ALPINE Aktiengesellschaft appointed Mr. Peter Krieg, Dipl.-Ing., as President effective May 1, 2006. Mr. Peter Krieg is the successor of Mr. Achim Vogel, Dipl.-Ing., who will retire as per September 30, 2006. The new Management Board of Hosokawa Alpine consists of four members: Mr. Peter Krieg, Dipl.-Ing., President and responsible for the Divisions Film Extrusion, Marketing and Manufacturing, Mr. Georg Ringmayr, Master of Business Administration, Member of the Management Board responsible for the Divisions Finance, Controlling and Personnel, Mr. Bertram Brenner, Dipl.-Ing., Member of the Management Board responsible for all Divisions of the Powder & Particle Processing Business Segment. Mr. Achim Vogel, Dipl.-Ing., Member of the Management Board responsible for affiliated companies. Messrs Peter Krieg and Bertram Brenner belong to the Management Board of Hosokawa Alpine Aktiengesellschaft since October 1, 2005. Besides the changes in the Management Board there are the following personnel changes in the management: Mr. Dietmar Alber, Dipl.-Ing., is the successor of Mr. Peter Krieg as Divisional Manager Minerals & Metals and Mrs. Sylvia Bräunlein, Dipl.-Ing., is the successor of Mr. Bertram Brenner as Divisional Manager Pharma & Food. The appointments have been made early in a conscious move to ensure a smooth transition of responsibilities and to maintain the continuity in the management of HOSOKAWA ALPINE upon which our customers rely. May 20, 2006 ACHEMA May 15 - 19, 2006 The motto of the stand D38-E41 in Hall 5.0 at ACHEMA 2006 was: "Consulting service, engineering and machines – everything from one single source" and was personified by gummi bears, the manufacturing process of which served as an example for our versatility and competence. We had the following exhibits on our stand this year: Hosokawa Alpine AG - NEW - Alpine's prototype 100 UPZ with special bearing unit. - NEW – The 400 AHM horizontal agitated ball mill on a pilot-plant scale for the manufacture of ultrafine or nanosize powders down to 10 nanometers. - NEW – The 500/4 ATP-NG classifier in streamlined and particularly compact design, with the same bearing unit type for all classifying wheel variants. Smooth running; the possibility of removing the classifying wheel by means of articulated arms makes the machine quick and easy to clean and maintain. - Alpine air jet sieve 200 LS-N, reproducible particle size analysis, quick and reliable. Hosokawa Micron - ACM 15 EC PSR 11 pharma classifier mill – Adapted for the pharmaceutical industry, steep particle size distributions, fineness values d99< 10 µm, easy to clean, low-noise, suitable for CIP. Hosokawa Bepex GmbH - NEW – Pharmapaktor® C 250 – this new generation fulfils the increased requirements of the pharmaceutical industry regarding universal parameters and the associated instrumentation. - KOMPAKTOR® MS 60 – A high-compression roller mill for titanium dioxide clinker with armoured roller surfaces which reduce the grinding costs by a factor of 4. - Bexmill BM 80 – Laboratory design for deglomeration. Space-saving rotor support from below, gap rinsing, sterilisation and speed adjustment are just a few details. Hosokawa Micron B.V. - NEW – Mixing sensor for on-line monitoring when mixing powders. Reduction of the mixing time because one can identify exactly when the mixing process is complete and can thus establish the optimal mixing time. - NEW – Vrieco-Nauta vacuum dryer for 5 litres, conical dryer for laboratory tests. This compact, low-noise and energy-saving design makes this "mini dryer" the ideal partner for laboratory and pilot plants. - Flexomix 335, a continuous mixer for the homogeneous mixing or agglomeration of powders with perfect dispersion of liquids on powders. - Vrieco-Nauta twin-screw mixer for 1,000 litres . conical mixer with a low/medium mixing intensity. Specially designed for pasty materials which segregate and have good flow properties. The MSC design was developed for fast product mixing. Hosokawa Micron Ltd. - The flexible FCI isolator proves that containment solutions do not need to be expensive. Also suitable for ultra-high containment < 10 ng/m³. Hosokawa Micron Powder Systems, Japan - Particle design with the Nobilta powder processor includes coating, dispersion and mixing in the micro to nano range. February 1, 2006 Emblem "Made in Germany" Throughout its over 100-year history, the name ALPINE has always stood for high quality and reliable machines and systems as well as for corporate innovation in the development of new technologies and processes. A high-quality product calls for competence in development, engineering, manufacture and assembly. And this competence in turn stems from the training, know-how, experience and motivation of the company staff. The environment of the company headquarters in Augsburg has always fulfilled these requirements in the best possible way. And it is here that we find the dedicated and excellently trained staff who render a great service to the company, the products and the success of our customers. For this reason and in the tradition of our own self-imposed commitment to high quality, we will continue to lay store by Germany as a business location. The new emblem for our letterheaded company paper with the message ENGINEERED, MANUACTURED AND ASSEMBLED in GERMANY underlines this commitment. Feb. 01, 2005 Modified Company Name As part of corporate restructuring measures in Germany, our company name has changed through merger and consolidation processes to HOSOKAWA ALPINE Aktiengesellschaft This company assumes all the rights and duties of the former HOSOKAWA ALPINE Aktiengesellschaft & Co. OHG. The new VAT ID number is DE 152 10 6081 Alpine's application testing centre offers you more Spread across an area of 3000 m² over 4 storeys, Hosokawa Alpine's testing centre in Augsburg is one of the largest testing centres in Germany for the wet and dry processing of powdery materials. With over 60 state-of-the-art systems on a production- and laboratory/pilot-scale as well as a modern test laboratory, Alpine offers you the most comprehensive range of testing possibilities aimed at finding an optimal system layout and the determination of process-technological guarantee values. The testing centre team is 20 strong and comprises test engineers, laboratory assistants, system assistants and mechanics. Fully conversant with the different technical features of the systems, the team members all possess long years of experience in handling a great variety of different products. In keeping with our policy of upgrading or replacing the machines and systems on a regular basis, there have been 2 new systems available since the beginning of this year: July 5, 2004 The new LGM in the application testing centre Long Gap Mill Type LGM 3 Dependent on the problem specification, Hosokawa Alpine now offers you the possibility of grinding, drying, coating, classifying and of simultaneously deglomerating your products during tests with the long gap mill type LGM 3 equipped with state-of-the-art control technology. Either dry materials, slurry or wet cakes can be processed with this mill. The LGM is absolutely ideal for processing tough and fibrous products especially from the foodstuffs sector. For example, moist cellulose fibres can be processed much better with the LGM in a grinding process with subsequent drying than in a dry grinding process using a fine impact mill UPZ or a classifier mill ZPS. Over and above this, because of the longer grinding track in the LGM, the product is subjected to a higher degree of stressing than with the relatively short grinding tracks installed in the UPZ and ZPS. In the testing centre, the LGM is also used for drying and the subsequent deglomeration of slurries from the wet grinding sector. Alpine's range of LGMs includes 6 machine sizes for feed rates of between 90 kg/h and 14500 kg/h. July 5, 2004 The new TTG in the Alpine application testing centre Fluidised Bed Opposed Jet Mill Type 200/400 TTG From a process-technological point of view, the TTG is an improved variant of the fluidised bed opposed jet mill equipped with the new and patented Turbo Twin classifier wheel. The TFG was developed as an alternative to Alpine's AFG with multi-wheel Turboplex classifier head. The low pressure drop of the Turbo Twin classifier ensures a lower energy consumption compared with the Turboplex classifier. The classifying wheel is supported in bearings on both sides and permits extremely high speeds, i.e. peripheral speeds of up to 120 m/s can be realised. The patented classifying wheel geometry of the Turbo Twin allows higher throughput rates and loading factors than the AFG with Turboplex and delivers extremely high fineness values and extremely steep top cuts. The 200/400 TTG is employed for the manufacture of extremely fine products (d97 < 3 µm) with a steep particle size distribution and sharp top size limitation. Trials carried out on behalf of our customers on graphite, titanium oxide and mineral powders with a wide range of particle sizes delivered excellent results. The test unit is pressure-shock-proof to 10 bar overpressure and can be operated in hot-gas mode. Link to download the application form for customer trials April 1, 2004 Brochures download Please refer to Brochures where Alpine flyers and brochures are provided in a PDF format

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