Categories: iotdevices

7 February 2024 07:00

NGK and Ambient Form Strategic Technology Partnership to Develop Sustainable Power Solutions for Maintenance-Free Electronics

NGK INSULATORS, LTD. and Ambient Photonics are partnering to co-develop sustainable energy solutions for maintenance-free connected devices that reduce reliance on disposable batteries.
Complementing Ambient’s solar cells, which generate 3x more power than conventional indoor solar cells, NGK’s lithium-ion rechargeable battery “EnerCera pouch” offers the benefit of a low self-discharge current

15 January 2024 02:33

NGK's Ultra-Thin EnerCera Batteries Featured on Japanese Television

On December 21st, Japanese television, Nikkei Channel Local Business Satellite showcased NGK's EnerCera batteries as the future of batteries.
Iwao Owada, Vice President in charge of Global Business Creation, Corporate NV Creation, shared insightful comments about EnerCera during the program.
The spotlight of the program was on a demonstration experiment employing EnerCera for temperature man

3 March 2023 08:00

NGK to Begin a Logistics Demonstration Using Its Lithium-Ion Rechargeable Batteries EnerCera at Nagoya Central Wholesale Market Main Office ~ Visualize Flow Lines of People and Items With the Market through Indoor/Outdoor Position Trackers

NGK INSULATORS, LTD. (hereinafter, “NGK”) announces that it will begin a logistics demonstration using its lithium-ion rechargeable batteries EnerCera®at Nagoya Central Wholesale Market Main Office on February 6. This demonstration will be conducted with the goal of creating a new, highly efficient in-market logistics model. The flow of goods and personnel will be monitored and visualized with ind

19 May 2022 07:00

Innolux Japan, ENJI, Cold storage Japan, and NGK start Development of Temperature and Humidity Control Service Using Sensor Tags for Transporting Wine ~ Temperature and Humidity Control and Quality Visualization from Winery to Sales

Innolux Japan Co., Ltd. (“Innolux”), ENJI Corporation(“ENJI”), Cold storage Japan Inc. (“Cold storage Japan”) and NGK INSULATORS, LTD. (“NGK”) announced today that they have started development of a temperature and humidity control service using sensor tags to visualize the environment while transporting and storing wine. The service will enable visualization of quality by controlling temperat

23 December 2021 07:00

NGK Insulators exhibits at CES2022, the world's largest consumer electronics trade show, which will be held from January 5 to 8, 2022.

This year's CES will be held both on-site and virtually. NGK will showcase the EnerCera battery, an ideal energy storage device for IoT devices that contributes to the realization of Society5.0 , a concept which is defined as "a human-centered society that balances economic advancement with the resolution of social problems by a system that highly integrates cyberspace and physical space" .
　

17 November 2021 17:00

NGK, TOREX, Ossia Start Collaboration to Spread Use of Wireless Power Transmission/Transfer Systems

NGK INSULATORS, LTD. (hereinafter, “NGK”), TOREX SEMICONDUCTOR LTD. (hereinafter, "TOREX") and Ossia Inc. (hereinafter "Ossia") have started working together to spread the use of wireless power transmission/transfer (WPT) systems. The companies have developed a WPT power receiver development kit using a combination of NGK’s lithium-ion rechargeable batteries EnerCera®, TOREX’s low-current-consumpt

25 October 2021 07:00

NGK REPORT 2021

We are pleased to announce release of "NGK REPORT 2021" and “NGK Sustainability Data Book 2021.”

NGK REPORT 2021
NGK Sustainability Data book 2021



Message from the President
An era of transformation has arrived for the NGK Group. The needs and expectations of society are
changing fast. As a corporate group built on pursuing solutions to social issues, we must change

22 June 2021 07:00

Nagoya Institute of Technology and NGK Establish “NGK Environment Innovation Laboratory”

Nagoya Institute of Technology (hereinafter, “NITech”) and NGK INSULATORS, LTD. (hereinafter, “NGK”), both based in Nagoya, Japan, have established the NGK Environment Innovation Laboratory on the NITech campus. This collaboration between the private sector and academia will work on creating innovative next-generation products that contribute to a significant reduction of greenhouse gases, such as

4 June 2021 07:00

Chip-type Ceramic Rechargeable "EnerCera" Battery Receive Japan Fine Ceramics Association Award for Technical Advancement

NGK INSULATORS, LTD. (hereinafter “NGK”), based in Nagoya, Japan, received the 2020 Award for Technical Advancement from the Japan Fine Ceramics Association on May 25 for the development of the chip-type ceramic rechargeable EnerCera battery series, which has been commended highly.

This award is granted to those who have made significant achievements in the development of new products and t

11 March 2021 07:00

Chip-type Ceramic Rechargeable Battery “EnerCera” Battery Series NGK Commences Collaboration with Renesas on Promoting Widespread Adoption of Maintenance-Free IoT Devices

NGK INSULATORS, LTD. (hereinafter “NGK”) based in Nagoya, Japan, announced that it has commenced collaboration with Renesas Electronics Corporation (hereinafter “Renesas”), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, on promoting the widespread adoption of maintenance-free IoT devices. As the first phase of collaboration, NGK and Renesas jointly-developed a reference design for a wireless air quality sensing s

29 January 2021 07:00

CES 2021 Report: The future of IoT is maintenance-free

At CES 2021, NGK Insulators, Ltd. (NGK) exhibited maintenance-free solutions for IoT devices utilizing its flagship EnerCera® battery series together with various wireless power transfer (WPT) and energy harvesting technologies to break the bottleneck of power sources.
EnerCera battery is a series of Li-ion rechargeable battery products that are defined by its crystal oriented ceramic positive

7 January 2021 08:00

NGK launches a dedicated website showing detailed features, product updates and application examples for its EnerCera battery

NGK INSULATORS, LTD. ("NGK") launches a dedicated website to showcase the potential applications of EnerCera’s lineup.
On the website, both EnerCera Pouch and Coin are introduced in detail, including product features and specifications. Furthermore, numerous examples of applications are introduced, allowing engineers and researchers to get inspired by the potential solutions that EnerCera can r

16 March 2020 21:30

EnerCera – a new Li-ion battery solution to eliminate bottlenecks in IoT power supply

NGK INSULATORS, LTD. (President Taku Oshima; Headquarters: Nagoya, Japan; "NGK") has developed the small, thin and high-energy-density ceramic secondary battery “EnerCera®” series successfully.