| About: | NGK Insulators, Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells electric power related equipment in Japan, rest of Asia, North America, Europe, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Environment, Digital Society, and Energy & Industry. The company offers energy storage systems, including NAS batteries; suspension, long rod, station post, hollow, and pin post insulators, as well as hardware for insulator assemblies and power equipment, such as bushing; HONEYCERAM, a component for exhaust gas purification; diesel particulate filters that eliminate particulates in the exhaust gas emitted from diesel automobiles; and NOx sensors, which measure NOx concentration in motor vehicle exhaust gas. It also provides metals and mold products comprising beryllium copper products, copper-nickel-tin products, beryllium products, molds, and related parts; electronic components consisting of piezoelectric micro actuators, high frequency components, and mold-cast ceramics; EnerCera, a chip-type ceramic rechargeable battery; micro-lens for UV-LED; and DCB and AMB substrates for power modules. In addition, the company offers ceramics for semiconductor manufacturing equipment, including ceramic heaters, electrostatic chucks, and components; 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, gas analyzers, and water purifiers; and refractory products and sodium/sulfur batteries, as well as compound crystal search services. Further, it develops capacitance sensors and micro heaters. The company was incorporated in 1919 and is headquartered in Nagoya, Japan. |