Awards history

The awards history of Cataler. Cataler has been working on solving environmental problems on a global scale for more than half a century. We have received high acclaim in a wide range of fields, including R&D of various products such as exhaust gas purification catalysts for automobiles, quality control that realizes a stable supply of non-defective products, and improvement activities for issues regarding products, services, and work.

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Year / month	Title of award	Award group / name of organization	Winner
Year / month	Title of award / Award group / name of organization

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Year / month		Title of award	Award group / name of organization	Winner
2024	June	Technology Award / Development of PGM solution for exhaust gas catalysts	Catalyst Manufacturers Association JAPAN
2023	October	Symposium on Practical Surface Analysis 2023 (PSA-23) Powell Award	Surface Analysis Society of Japan	Basic Technology Development Division Analysis Department
	June	Technology Development Award / PGM Reduction By High Heat Resistance Pyrochlore Type CeO2-ZrO2 Oxygen Storage Material	Catalyst Manufacturers Association JAPAN	Takuya Okuda,Motoya Abe,Akiya Chiba
	June	Special Achievement Award	Catalyst Manufacturers Association JAPAN	Hiroki Ichinose
	February	Technolgy Development Award (for the development of the "Catalyst of '23")	Toyota Motor Company
2022	May	"Outstanding Technical Paper Award" at the 72nd JSAE Award ceremony.	JSAE (The Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, Inc.)	Takuya Okuda
2021	October	Cho-MONOZUKURI Parts Award / Fuel Cell Electrode Catalyst for Electric Vehicles	Nikkan Kogyo Shinbun / MONOZUKURI Nippon Conference
2021	June	2021 Catalyst Manufacturers Association JAPAN Technology Award / Electrocatalyst for fuel cell electric vehicle	Catalyst Manufacturers Association JAPAN
2020	March	Technology Development Award / Improvement of Ag-based catalysts	Hino Motors
2020	February	Technology Development Award / 3-way catalyst that achieved a significant reduction in precious metals	Toyota Motor Company
2019	March	Technology Development Award / Development of coated GPF catalyst with reduced capacity and pressure loss	Toyota Motor Company
2018	October	Cho-MONOZUKURI Parts Award / Environment · Resources · Energy-Related Parts Award / HC Selective Reduction Catalyst for Diesel Trucks	Nikkan Kogyo Shinbun / MONOZUKURI Nippon Conference
	June	Technology Award / Development of a new HC-SCR catalyst that complied with the 2016 emission regulations for heavy diesel vehicles	Catalyst Manufacturers Association JAPAN
	March	Technology Development Award Excellence Award / Development of a DPR 2 system, world's first urea-free HC-SCR catalyst using silver	Hino Motors
2017	July	New Camry Technology Department Project Award / Development of 3-way catalyst which achieved PGM reduction and low catalyst size	Toyota Motor Company
2016	June	Technology Award / Development and production of highly heat-resistant pyrochlore-type oxygen storage material for the automobile catalysts	Ceramic Society of Japan
2015	October	Nikkan Kogyo Shinbun 100th Anniversary Award / Development of high-performance electrocatalyst for fuel cell electric vehicles	Nikkan Kogyo Shinbun
	June	Technology Award / Development of high-performance electrocatalyst for fuel cell electric vehicles	Catalyst Manufacturers Association JAPAN
	March	Chemical Technology Award / Development of high-performance 3-way catalyst by high heat resistance technology for pyrochlore type oxygen storage material	The Chemical Society of Japan
	February	Technology Development Award / Development of electrocatalyst for MIRAI	Toyota Motor Company
2014	December	New Fuel Cell Vehicle MIRAI Technology Department Project Award / Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Electrocatalyst	Toyota Motor Company
	August	Lexus NX200t Technology Department Project Award / Development of catalyst that halves precious metal usage	Toyota Motor Company
	June	Special Achievement Award	Catalyst Manufacturers Association JAPAN	Hironobu Ono (former president)
	March	Technology Cooperation Award / Precious metal reduction technology for oxidation catalysts for heavy-duty trucks	Hino Motors
	February	TNGA (TOYOTA New Global Architecture) Promotion Excellence Award	Toyota Motor Company
2013	June	Technology Award / Zone-Coated Low Precious Metal 3-way Catalyst Technology	Catalyst Manufacturers Association JAPAN
2012	May	Technical Development Award / Low precious metal 3-way catalyst technology	Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, Inc.
	March	Technology Development Excellence Award / Development of new DPF catalyst (Development of the first technology in the world that did not use urea water)	Hino Motors
	February	Technology Development Award / Technology development that significantly reduced catalyst precious metals and rare earths	Toyota Motor Company
2011	June	Technology Award / Development of catalytic deodorizing activated carbon	Catalyst Manufacturers Association JAPAN
2011	April	Technology Development Award / Precious metal reduction technology for catalysts	Daihatsu Motor
2009	March	Chemical Technology Award / Knowledge of 3-way catalyst PGM loaded powder technology	The Chemical Society of Japan
2007	May	Special Technology Award / Mass production of super intelligent catalyst with short delivery time	Daihatsu Motor
2006	October	The Japan Society on Adsorption Technology Award / Development of activated carbon for canisters	The Japan Society on Adsorption
2006	June	Technology Development Award	Daihatsu Motor
2005	June	Technology Award / MT motorcycle catalyst	Catalyst Manufacturers Association JAPAN
	May	Technology Contribution Award	Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, Inc.	Satoshi Nakagawa (former chairman)
	March	Technology Development Award / Intelligent Catalyst	Toyota Motor Company
2004	June	Technology Excellence Award / Alumina Intelligent Catalyst	Toyota Motor Company
	June	Technology Excellence Award / Alumina Intelligent Catalyst	Daihatsu Motor
	March	Technology Development Award / Catalyst for DPNR	Toyota Motor Company
	January	Society Award / Intelligent Catalyst	Catalysis Society of Japan	Mareo Kimura (former R&D Headquarters Chief)
2003	June	Technology Award / Intelligent Catalyst	Catalyst Manufacturers Association JAPAN
2003	May	Technology Development Award / Intelligent Catalyst	Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, Inc.
2002	June	Technology Award	Daihatsu Motor
2001	April	Nikkei BP Award	Nikkei Business Publications
2000	September	R&D100 Awards / NOx storage-reduction 3-way catalyst	WTWH Media, LLC
1995	December	Chairman's Award / NOx Storage-Reduction 3-way Catalyst (System)	Japan Society for the Promotion of Machine Industry
	May	Technology Development Award / NOx Storage-Reduction 3-way catalyst	Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, Inc.
	April	Technology Development Award / NOx Storage-Reduction 3-way Catalyst (System)	The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
	March	Chemical Technology Award / NOx Storage-Reduction 3-way catalyst	The Chemical Society of Japan
	February	Technology Development Award / NOx Storage-Reduction 3-way catalyst	Toyota Motor Company
1994	January	Society Award / Pd-only 3-way catalyst	Catalysis Society of Japan
1993	January	Society Award / Pd-only 3-way catalyst	Catalysis Society of Japan