Vision/Mission
Company Philosophy
“NGK products and technologies must create new value and contribute to the quality of life.”
Under this philosophy NGK has constantly sought to develop and supply products that can contribute to a more steadfast social foundation and protect the natural environment. By fusing key materials such as porous ceramics, functional ceramics and ceramics for use as structural material together with our unique molding, firing, processing and evaluation technologies, we strive to create groundbreaking products that leverage the full potential of ceramics.
Business Description
Applying unique technologies to create a variety of up-to-the-moment solutions to the world’s needs.
Here at NGK Insulators, we seek to harness the strengths of our core ceramic technologies to pursue opportunities in the energy, ecology and electronics sectors.
In addition to our activities relating to power supply, ceramics and electronics, we also invest considerable effort in research and development with the aim of discovering new possibilities for ceramics.
Energy:
Development and manufacturing products that help sustain a stable energy supply.
Ecology:
Development and manufacturing products that contribute to environmental conservation.
Electronics:
Development and manufacturing products that provide momentum to electronic evolution.
Background
Electrification gradually began to gain traction at the end of the 19th century. At the time, Japan relied on imports for high-voltage insulators. Japanese high-voltage insulator R&D
and production began only with a desire to make a contribution to the country by producing insulators locally and a piece of an American insulator to study. Despite such humble beginnings, NGK Insulators has consistently succeeded in developing ultra-high-voltage, ultra-high-strength insulators to meet the massive demand for electricity of rapidly evolving lifestyles and developing industries. As a result, we have grown into the world’s foremost manufacturer of insulators underpinning power supplies the world over.
Here at NGK Insulators, our formidable technological strengths, honed by long years of experience in the production of ceramic insulators, have enabled us to further develop a range of new technologies which are now contributing to the development of the energy, ecology and electronics sectors.
These include the world’s first large-capacity storage batteries, which are paving the way for next-generation infrastructures; vehicle exhaust cleaning components that provide a major leap forward in the fight to overcome environmental issues; industrial machinery that provides momentum for chemical industries; and the precision machinery that underpins the evolution of electronics.
All of us at NGK Insulators are committed to leveraging our original ceramic technologies to advance the creation of things that meet the needs of all society and promote the betterment of the whole world.
Business Groups & Main Products
Power Business
We offer an array of products to ensure a stable supply of electricity (surely the bedrock on which our communities and livelihoods are based) and contribute to energy conservation and sustainability.
・NAS battery systems for electric energy storage.
・ Insulators and equipment for power transmission.
・ Insulators and equipment for substations.
・ Insulators and equipment for power distribution.
Ceramic Products Business
We offer a line-up of ceramic products, led by automotive exhaust gas purifiers, which serves a broad range of industries and provides smart solutions for modern requirements such as environment protection and energy conservation.
・ Substrates for automobile catalytic converters, HONEYCERAM.
・ Diesel particulate filters.
・ Gasoline particulate filters.
・ NOx sensors.
・ Industrial processing products.
– Heating devices, kilns and refractories
– Low-level radioactive waste treatment systems.
– Ceramic membranes and separators.
– Corrosion-resistant equipment and systems.
Electronics Business
We offer the latest in fine ceramic technologies to help drive the technical innovation that makes electronics smaller and lighter yet more advanced.
・ Ceramics for semiconductor
– Manufacturing equipment.
– Electrostatic chucks.
– Ceramic heaters.
・ Ceramics for electric and electronic machinery
– Bonded wafers.
– Translucent alumina ceramics HICERAM.
– Ceramic packages / Functional circuit boards.
– Electronic components for communication devices.
・ Beryllium copper
Markets
http://www.ngk.co.jp/english/about/group/index.html
Location
Headquarters: Nagoya
Main Office: Tokyo
Branch: Osaka
Sales Offices: Sapporo, Sendai, Toyama, Hiroshima, Takamatsu and Fukuoka
Plants & Laboratories: Nagoya, Chita, Komaki and Ishikawa
Overseas Branches: USA, Belgium, Poland, Australia, Indonesia, China, South Africa, etc.
Employees
Consolidated: 16,657 (as of March 31, 2016)
Nonconsolidated: 3,700 (as of March 31, 2016)
Highlights
The History of NGK Insulators’ Manufacturing:
1919 NGK Insulators Ltd. established by spinning of the insulator division of Nippon Toki (now known as Noritake Co., Limited).
1923 Bushing production operations begin.
1929 Testing facilities completed for 1,000kV- class high-voltage insulators.
1931 Manufacturing and marketing of sulfuric acid corrosion-resistant apparatuses for the chemical industry begins.
1935 NGK’s first exports: suspension insulators exported to India.
1958 Manufacturing and marketing of beryllium-copper products begins.
1963 Construction of High Voltage Laboratory completed.
1965 NGK’s first overseas distribution company: NGK INSULATORS OF AMERICA, LTD. (now known as NGK-LOCKE, INC.) incorporated.
1971 Manufacturing and marketing of translucent alumina ceramics HICERAM begins.
1973 NGK’s first overseas production base LOCKE INSULATORS, INC. (USA) incorporated.
1976 Manufacturing and marketing of ceramic catalyst carrier HONEYCERAM for vehicle exhaust gas purification commences.
1978 NGK delivers first low-level radioactive waste incineration system.
1986 Characters used in Japanese company name changed; English name remains the same.
1989 Production of diesel particulate filters begins.
1995 NGK delivers the world’s largest gas bushing for UHV transmission facility (11.5m).
1996 Mass production of ceramics for semiconductor production devices begins.
Production of vehicle exhaust gas NOx sensors begins.
1998 Production of piezoelectric microactuators for inkjet printers begins.
NGK Foundation for International Students established.
2002 Fine Ceramic water purifier C1 goes on sale.
2003 Mass production of NAS battery system begins.
2006 NGK Education Services, Ltd. incorporated to train and develop employees.
2007 NGK develops one of the largest nano-ceramic membranes in the world.
2011 Total HONEYCERAM production reaches one billion.
2014 Production of bounded wafers and gasoline particulate filters begin.
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