We combine NGK Insulators' strengths in high-reliability, high-durability, high-temperature materials, and ceramic technologies with startups' rapid verification capabilities, novel market hypotheses, and software/AI/new materials to create essential new solutions for the next decade.
Challenges we want to solve through co-creation:
Realizing industrial infrastructure for the next decade
① Energy Systems
・Grid stabilization through rapid expansion of renewable energy and energy storage
・Electrification and efficiency improvements in high-temperature process industries
② Digital Infrastructure
・Thermal runaway, power efficiency, and cooling challenges in AI data centers
③ Resilience of Industrial Infrastructure Against Climate Change
・Strengthening, monitoring, and reducing maintenance costs for water and air infrastructure
・Realizing sustainable food systems