This special collection by results of the 10th International Latin American Conference on Powder Technology (PTECH 2015, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 8th to 11th November 2015) focuses on the powder technology of metals, ceramics and composites. The topics cover wide range over of powder production, ceramics processing, properties characterization and applied materials applications, powder compaction and sintering, injection moulding and mechanical alloying, nanomaterials, fuel cells, storage energy materials, biomaterials, sintering processes.