NGK Insulators
Mr. Shigeru Kobayashi (Pres & Director)
Mr. Chiaki Niwa (Exec. VP & Director)
Kazushi Tada (VP & Grp. Exe. of Sales & Mark. Div., Energy & Industry Bus. Group and GM of Insulator Div.)
Summary
NGK Insulators, Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells electric power related equipment in Japan, North America, Europe, and Asia. The company operates through Environment Business, Digital Society Business, and Energy & Industry Business segments. It offers energy storage systems, including NAS batteries; suspension, long rod, station post, hollow, and pin post insulators; HONEYCERAM, a component for exhaust gas purification; diesel particulate filters that eliminates particulates in the exhaust gas emitted from diesel automobiles; and NOx sensors, which measures nitrogen oxide concentration in motor vehicle exhaust gas. The company also provides metal-related products, such as beryllium copper products, copper-nickel-tin alloy products, molds, and related parts; and various electronic components, such as piezoelectric micro actuators, high frequency components, and mold-cast ceramics, as well as EnerCera, a chip-type ceramic rechargeable battery. In addition, it offers ceramics for semiconductor manufacturing equipment, including ceramic heaters, electrostatic chucks, and components; and industrial process products, such as heating systems, kiln furniture and refractories, ceramic membranes and separators, glass-lining products, high temperature dust collectors, ceramic and vacuum pumps, radioactive waste treatment equipment, and gas analyzers, as well as C1 home-use water Purifiers. The company was incorporated in 1919 and is headquartered in Nagoya, Japan.
History
NGK Insulators was founded in 1919 and is today a leading manufacturer of ceramic and glass products. It began as Niwa Glass Works, but was merged into NGK Insulators Company, Ltd. in 1949. The company grew quickly over the years and now has more than 10,000 employees in factories and research centers located around the world.
Mission
To be a global leader in technical ceramics and glass products with the newest and most advanced technologies.
Vision
To create innovative solutions to meet the needs of our customers and society as a whole.
Key Team
Mr. Ryohei Iwasaki (Exec. VP & Director)
Mr. Shuhei Ishikawa (Sr. VP and Group Exec. of Energy & Industry Bus. Group)
Mr. Hiroshi Kurachi (Sr. VP and GM of Sensor Division & Environment Bus. Group)
Mr. Hiroto Matsuda (Sr. VP, Group Exec. of Digital Society Bus. Group & GM of High Performance Ceramics Div.)
Mr. Tadaaki Yamada (Sr. VP & Director)
Mr. Tsutomu Nanataki (Sr. VP & Group Exec. of Corp. R&D)
Mr. Masanobu Inoue (Sr. VP)
Recognition and Awards
NGK Insulators has won numerous awards and accolades throughout its history, including being listed as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Forbes in 2020. The company also won the World Economic Forum’s Global Innovator of the Year Award in 2019.
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Mr. Shigeru Kobayashi (Pres & Director)
Mr. Chiaki Niwa (Exec. VP & Director)
Kazushi Tada (VP & Grp. Exe. of Sales & Mark. Div., Energy & Industry Bus. Group and GM of Insulator Div.)