| About: | NGK Insulators, Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells electric power related equipment in Japan, North America, Europe, Asia, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Environment Business, Digital Society Business, and Energy & Industry Business. It 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 comprising bushing; 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 NOx concentration in motor vehicle exhaust gas. The company also provides metals and mold products, such as beryllium copper products, copper-nickel-tin products, beryllium, molds, and related parts; electronic components, such as 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, it 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, the company is also developing capacitance sensors and micro heater. NGK Insulators, Ltd. was incorporated in 1919 and is headquartered in Nagoya, Japan. |