NGK Insulators

Nippon Gaishi K. K. (Japanese日本 碍 子 株式会社, Nippon Gaishi Kabushiki - gaisha, abbreviated Latin letters as NGK, . engl NGK Insulators, Ltd.. ) is a Japanese supplier of ceramic products in various industrial sectors worldwide. The product line includes sodium-sulfur batteries, NGK is the world leader in these batteries, which are used in some battery - storage power plants for the storage of electrical energy.

Organization

NGK Insulators has claims to be the parent company around 3300 employees. Worldwide to NGK 19 sites and up to 55 subsidiaries have .. The main areas of activity Power Business, Ceramic Products Business and Electronics Business be specified.

History

Products

Among other things, NGK manufactures ceramic substrates for vehicle catalytic converters and diesel particulate filters for the automotive industry.

The NaS ( sodium sulfur ) batteries for electrical energy storage are used in various experimental among other things, or only present in the planning state systems, eg ::

  • 1 MW NaS test facility in addition to a 11 MW wind power plant in the U.S., sponsored by Xcel Energy

2010 NGK received together with Continental AG the Automotive News PACE Award for the joint development of the Smart NOx sensor for the detection of NOx emissions during vehicle operation for both passenger cars and commercial vehicles.

NGK 2013 wins the Technology Award of the Japan Ceramic Society for the Smart NOx sensor and its substantial involvement in the development of clean diesel vehicles.

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