There has been a long way for our company to the point where we are now. And the story is still ongoing and the growing and developing business just getting more exiting.
1919 NGK INSULATORS LTD. was established as a spin-off of Noritake’s Insulator Division
1976 Began manufacturing and marketing of HONEYCERAM, honeycomb catalyst substrates for controlling automobile emissions
1985 NGK EUROPE GmbH was established in Germany
1989 Production of Diesel Particulate Filters begins
1996 Production of vehicle exhaust gas NOx sensors begins
2012 Production of gasoline particulate filters begins
2014 Increased NOx sensor production capacity to 1.5-fold
2018 Total HONEYCERAM production reaches 1.5 billion
2019 NGK celebrates the 100th anniversary of NGK's foundation
2020 NGK Europe GmbH celebrates its 35th anniversary
