Nauta^®

Nauta^® is a registered trademark of Hosokawa Micron B.V.

The Nauta name stems from Johannes Ewardus Nauta (1890–1957), who founded Nautamix in Haarlem (NL). In 1939, he introduced the first conical screw mixer—a conical vessel with an orbiting screw travelling along the vessel wall—thereby creating the Nauta mixer. The design rapidly gained global adoption; Nautamix grew to around 150 employees with locations in Haarlem and Assen.

In 1982, Nautamix was acquired by the Hosokawa Micron Group. Since then, Hosokawa has further developed the original Nauta design and expanded the portfolio to include conical screw mixers and dryers used across industries such as food, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, minerals and plastics. Today, Nauta^® is recognised as the benchmark for gentle, low-shear batch mixing with predictable scale-up and excellent cleanability.

Trademark notice

Nauta^® is registered to Hosokawa Micron B.V. for classes related to process-technology equipment in multiple jurisdictions (including the EU, UK, USA, Canada, China and others). The original Nauta conical screw mixer and dryer are engineered and supplied worldwide by Hosokawa Micron.