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Cataler Corporation

Cataler is a Japanese company that develops and manufactures exhaust gas purification catalysts for vehicles and engines, along with battery materials for next-generation vehicles.

Last updated September 15, 2026

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Overview

Cataler develops and manufactures a variety of exhaust gas purification catalysts for gasoline cars, diesel cars and motorcycles, and also produces metal catalysts for general-purpose engines such as bush cutters, lawnmowers and chainsaws. Its battery material business for next-generation vehicles offers electrode catalysts for fuel cells and carbon materials for batteries. The company has been working on solving environmental problems on a global scale for more than half a century, and its history includes the development, manufacture and sale of exhaust gas purification catalysts for automobiles and motorcycles.

History

Since its foundation, Cataler has been working to solve environmental problems on a global scale through the development, manufacture and sale of exhaust gas purification catalysts for automobiles and motorcycles. Its history goes back half a century. In the 2000s, total production of monolith catalysts reached the 50 million mark since the start of production in 1979, and Cataler began full-scale overseas expansion, establishing Cataler South Africa (CSA), Cataler North America (CNA), and Cataler China (CCC). In the 2010s, the ARK Creation Centre was completed and went into full operation in 2018; C-BCM (Cataler Business Continuity Management) and C-QIC (Cataler Quality Innovation Challenge) started after the Great East Japan Earthquake. In recognition of Total Quality Management (TQM), Cataler was awarded the Deming Prize (2015) and the Deming Grand Prize (2018).

Products and positioning

  • Exhaust gas purification catalysts for gasoline cars, diesel cars and motorcycles

  • Metal catalysts for general-purpose engines on bush cutters, lawnmowers, chainsaws

  • Electrode catalysts for fuel cells

  • Carbon materials for batteries

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