KATO ELECTRIC MFG. CO., LTD.


Company Profile

With in excess of 80 years in filtration & separation technologies, the extensive range of high quality KATO products & system are process application throughout the world.


KATO' s filter and filtration systems service three core areas:

Oil Filtration

Clarification systems designed to protect critical equipment, including diesel engines, gas turbines, gearbox, steam turbines, pumps and compressors as utilised by power generation, marine and locomotive industries.

Oil Dehydration and Degassing

Regeneration systems for electrical insulating oils that are utilised to protect and cool transformers, switchgear and of cable by the power generation and transmission industries.

Vacuum evacuation and Air drying

Vacuum systems for evacuating transformer and Air drying for assembling transformer that are utilised to assemble and dry transformer by the power generation and transmission industries.

KATO is committed to supply, on time, high quality products fit for purpose.
To this end KATO Technical Services Team capable of providing Technical Support, Laboratory Services, as well as bespoke Research and Development for end users.

The place of Nagaizumi Honziku is a self contained site in rural Mishima close to Shizuoka city in Japan.
It is the centre for research, manufacture of KATO products and systems with dedicated research and development, laboratory and cleanroom facilities.
The selling KATO products and systems are conducted by Tokyo Head Office.


A Brief History of KATO

Dec. 1923 Tokyo Electric Sales Co. founded by K. Kato for manufacturing and selling.

Sep. 1936

Company name was changed to KATO ELECTRIC MFG. CO., LTD.

Oct. 1951

H. Kato assumed the president.

May 1958

High Vacuum Oil Purifier was developed.

Nov. 1982

The share capital was increased to JPY 45,000,000.-

Sep. 1984

The factory was moved to Nagaizumi Hatitanda from Kamogawa

Oct. 1986

Technologies for High Vacuum Oil Purifier were exported to India

Oct. 1990

Technologies for High Vacuum Oil Purifier were exported to China

Mar. 1993

The factory moved to Nagaizumi Honziku from Nagaizumi Hatitanda.

Jan. 2003

KATO ELECTRIC MFG. CO., LTD. at Nagaizumi Honziku foucuses it's business on servicing the power generation, marine and locomotive industries with :
- Oil Filtration Systems
- Insulating Oil Treatment Systems
- Vacuum evacuation and Air drying

KATO ELECTRIC MFG. CO., LTD.