K. Funatani, IMST Instrument, Aichi, Japan

Summary: Scientific and industrial technology is advancing year by year and already nearly ten year is passing away since the setting of VISION 2020. In spite of the steady efforts devoted into the improvement of industrial heat treatment technology and their performance should be evaluated to improve the state of industrial competitiveness of. Observation based on comparisons of advancement in heat treatment technologies, the recent state of competitiveness in heat treatment technology and industrial activities are evaluated to make some recommendation to activate industrial sensitiveness. The world collaborative activity on environmental problems such as worming climate, energy and natural resource management should be the more evaluated and national efforts should be accumulated