About Us
Company development
| 1946 | The previous officer, Hikokazu Kato, founded Kato Metalworks where machines were produced and repaired. |
| 1951 | Converted from coal to fuel oil as the heat source in barley-drying equipment, and continued with the development of oil burners. |
| 1955 | Changed the company name to Kato Burner. The engineering, production and installation of burners and their heat control systems were the central operations. |
| 1963 | Re-organized as a stock corporation, establishing Kato Burner Co., Ltd. |
| 1965 | Began production of gun burners. Also began supplying boilers and dryers to other makers. |
| 1972 | Bought up the adjacent industrial site and began operating Facility No. 2. |
| 1976 | Embarked on the development of the gas burner, as well as its production and sales. |
| 1977 | Began exporting to Taiwan, Korea, Thailand, and other southeast Asian destinations. Sole Distributor in Taiwan: TAI SHUNG ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. |
| 1986 | Reached the 40th anniversary of its founding, and completed construction of an experiment room. |
| 1989 | Developed the low-NOX gas burner, and began its production and sales. |
| 1992 | Commenced development of a submersed-pipe gas burner with that uses a flouron/ethane-replacement cleansing fluid. Also development of an industrial-use low-NOX gas burner for small-scale boilers. |
| 2000 | Attained certification in the international quality control program ISO 9001. |
| 2006 | Reached the 60th anniversary of its founding and mounted a special in-house show and exhibit of new products. |
| 2008 | Held a new products presentation for: the air/fuel ratio proportional control gas burner FK-P Series the self-actuated heat-recovery gas burner PRB |
