Cataler`s History

1967

May

Established in Fukuroi City, Shizuoka Prefecture（within Dai-ichi Tanso Industries Co., Ltd., Fukuroi City）

May

Commenced R&D of hopcalite CO purification catalyst

1971

April

Headquarters moved to present location (Chihama, Kakegawa City), completed new plant and office

May

Commenced R&D of monolith catalysts using granular precious metals

1973

January

Consigned R&D of automotive catalysts by Toyota Motor Corporation

1977

June

Held party to commemorate 10th anniversary of foundation

October

Formed Cataler Corporation Workers Union

1979

May

First operation of monolith production line at No.1 Plant

1980

September

Commenced production of coal-derived activated carbon for canisters

1981

December

Merged with Dai-ichi Tanso Industries Co., Ltd.

1987

May

Held party to commemorate 20th anniversary of foundation

1989

April

Reached 15 million mark for the production of monolith catalysts

1991

May

Began technology transfer of US company TABC's catalyst division. Catalyst business spun off into CCP

October

Commenced in-house production of catalytic converters

1992

August

Held 1st annual summer night festival

1993

May

Completed Research Administration Wing

1995

May

Closed Fukuroi Plant

1996

March

Completed Welfare Wing

August

Established Cataler (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (CTC)

1997

May

Held party to commemorate 30th anniversary of foundation

September

Acquired ISO9001, QS-9000※ISO9001 is only applicable to CATALER JAPAN(as of 2016)

1998

June

Changed company name to Cataler Corporation

December

Opened Detroit Office in Michigan, US

1999

October

Acquired ISO14001

2001

January

Established Cataler South Africa (PTY.) LTD (CSA)

January

Established Cataler North America Corporation (CNA)

April

Established China Ning Xia Feng Yuan Activated Carbon Company Limited (CFA)

September

Opened Europe Office in Dusseldorf, German

2002

April

Completed Sakasato Dormitory

December

Established Cataler (Wuxi) Automotive Environment Technology Co., Ltd. (CCC)

2005

January

Held 1st annual Cataler New Year's Celebration

December

Acquired TS16949

2007

May

Held commemoration to mark 40th anniversary of foundation

2010

December

Transferred control of China Ning Xia Feng Yuan Activated Carbon Company Limited (CFA)

2011

October

Established PT. Cataler Indonesia (CIC)

2012

March

CCP liquidation

March

Signed tsunami evacuation facility usage agreement with Kakegawa City

2013

July

Introduced executive officer system and general manager system

2014

March

Established Cataler India Auto Parts PVT. LTD. (CIN)

April

Purchased first domestic piece of land in Shimonobe, Iwata City

October

Acquired ISO22301

2015

May

Achieved total 300 million pieces globally in production of monolith catalyst for the automobile.

October

Received the Deming Prize.

2016

March

In-house convenience store “Yamazaki Y-shop” open

August

New R&D center ground breaking ceremony (Shimonobe, Iwata-city) Named “ARK Creation Centre”

2017

March

S-Hall construction completed

May

Cataler 50th anniversary celebration

May

Agreement of inclusive cooperation arrangement between Kakegawa-city for the city promotion

October

ARK Creation Centre completion ceremony

November

Cataler 50th anniversary event “Family Day”
(Invited employees’ family to our company)

2018

May

ARK Creation Centre opening ceremony

June

Established Cataler Europe Czech in Czech Republic

October

Awarded Deming Grand Prize

October

Signed a sponsorship agreement with Alpine snowboarder “Tsubaki Miki”

2020

January

Purchased of land in Shimonobe Industrial Park, Iwata City