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History

Summary Timeline of Our Company

The 100-Year History of NGK INSULATORS

1994-2019

1994
  • Masaharu Shibata is appointed as president (the company’s ninth).
  • NGK Printer Ceramics Co., Ltd. is established.
  • NGK-LOCKE POLYMER INSULATORS, INC. (USA) is established.
1996
  • NGK FINE MOLDS, LTD. is established through a merger of NGK Molds and NGK Bealon, Ltd.
  • P.T. NGK CERAMICS INDONESIA is established.
  • NGK INSULATORS TANGSHAN CO., LTD. (China) is established.
1997
  • “EXCEL-01,” NGK’s medium-term management plan, is established.
  • SIAM NGK TECHNOCERA CO., LTD. (Thailand) is established.
1998
  • Construction of NGK Printer Ceramics Yamanashi Plant (present-day NGK CERAMIC DEVICE Yamanashi Plant) is completed.
2000
  • NGK CERAMICS SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD. is established.
2001
  • NGK CERAMICS SUZHOU CO., LTD. (ACC, China) is established.
  • NGK TECHNOCERA SUZHOU CO., LTD. (China) is established.
2002
  • Shun Matsushita is appointed as president (the company’s tenth).
  • Management rights to FM INDUSTRIES, INC. (USA) are acquired.
2003
  • NGK CERAMICS POLSKA SP. Z O.O. (ACP) is established.
  • Birla NGK Insulators Private Limited is established.
2005
  • The board of directors is reformed, and a corporate officer system is introduced.
2006
  • NGK INSULATORS SUZHOU CO., LTD. (China) is established.
  • NGK-LOCKE POLYMER INSULATORS, INC. (1994)
  • P.T. NGK CERAMICS INDONESIA (1996)
  • NGK INSULATORS TANGSHAN CO., LTD. (1996)
  • SIAM NGK TECHNOCERA CO., LTD. (1997)
  • NGK CERAMICS SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD. (2000)
  • NGK CERAMICS SUZHOU CO., LTD. (2001)
  • NGK TECHNOCERA SUZHOU CO., LTD. (2001)
  • FM INDUSTRIES, INC. (2002)
2007
  • NGK obtains the naming rights to Nagoya Civic General Gymnasium.
  • The Toba General Training Center is completed.
  • NGK Water Environment Systems, Ltd. is established.
  • NGK AUTOMOTIVE CERAMICS KOREA CO., LTD. is established.
  • A system of outside directors is introduced.
  • NGK Insulators UK, Ltd is established.
2008
  • NGK CERAMICS MEXICO, S. DE R. L. DE C. V. is established.
  • The water environmental business is made into a subsidiary company with the establishment of METAWATER Co., Ltd.
  • NGK decides to construct a new facility for HONEYCERAM production in Nomi, Ishikawa.
2009
  • Reform of manufacturing structures begins.
2010
  • A representative office opens in New Delhi.
2011
  • Taro Kato is appointed as president (the company’s eleventh).
  • NAS battery fire incident occurs.
  • NGK Group Guidelines for Corporate Behavior is revised.
2012
  • NGK is recognized as a “Company that Promotes the Participation and Career Advancement of Women.”
  • NGK purchases a business involved in semiconductor manufacturing equipment from a US manufacturer.
  • NGK decides to build a new large-size HONEYCERAM plant at ACP.
  • Nagoya Civic General Gymnasium after obtaining naming rights (2007)
  • NGK CERAMICS MEXICO, S. DE R. L. DE C. V. (2008)
  • Ishikawa Plant (2008)
  • Next Generation Certification "Kurumin" logo (2012)
2013
  • The Competition Law Compliance Handbook is published.
2014
  • NGK decides to dissolve NGK INSULATORS SUZHOU.
  • NGK decides to carry out mass production of gasoline particulate filters (GPFs) at ACP.
  • Taku Oshima is appointed as president (the company’s twelfth).
2015
  • NGK ELECTRONICS DEVICES, INC. becomes a group company.
  • NGK decides to build a new facility, the second ACP plant.
  • NGK increases production capacity of NOx sensor elements and decides to build a new element plant at the Ishikawa Plant.
  • NGK TECHNOLOGIES INDIA PVT. LTD. is established.
  • NGK CERAMICS (THAILAND) CO., LTD. is established.
  • NGK makes a plea bargain agreement with the US Department of Justice regarding antitrust violations related to its automotive catalyst substrate business.
2016
  • The start of gasoline particulate filter (GPF) production at ACC is announced.
2017
  • FM INDUSTRIES, INC. establishes a new plant.
  • The human resource system for general office workers is revised for the first time in 25 years.
  • A retirement age of 65 is adopted.
  • NGK decides to build NGK CERAMICS DEVICE Tajimi Plant (tentative name) as a new plant facility for ceramic products for semiconductor manufacturing equipment in Tajimi, Gifu Prefecture.
  • NGK decides to dissolve LOCKE INSULATORS, INC. (USA).
  • NGK decides to build the second ACC plant.
2018
  • The Process Technology Business Group is established, as the company changes to a four business group system.
  • An announcement is made regarding inconsistencies concerning delivery inspections of insulators and other products from the Power Business Group.
  • Sensory training begins at the Sensory Hazard Prediction Training Center.
  • The Competition Law Handbook (2013)
  • NGK CERAMICS (THAILAND) CO., LTD. (2015)
  • The revised Human Resource System for General Office Workers Handbook (2017)
  • Conceptual plans for NGK CERAMICS DEVICE Tajimi Plant (tentative name) (2017)
  • Conceptual plans for the second ACC plant (2017)
  • Sensory Hazard Prediction Training Center (2018)
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