Tanaka Precious Metals Co., Ltd. is responsible for the manufacturing business of Tanaka Precious Metals Group, and has the largest share of the world in the electrode catalyst market for fuel cells. This will increase the total floor area in the development of the original FC catalyst in the Xiangnan plant adjacent to the Tanaka Precious Metals Industry. Approximately 3,000 square meters of manufacturing and shipping buildings and storage warehouse buildings will increase production capacity by about 7 times. This will meet the growing expectations of the hydrogen-energy society in recent years and the precious metal electrodes brought about by the expansion of the fuel cell market. The demand for catalysts has increased, and in order to achieve a stable supply of products.
In recent years, China has demonstrated its stance of cultivating hydrogen energy and fuel cell vehicles as a strategic industry. Shanghai has issued a financial subsidy policy related to the purchase of fuel cell vehicles, and has actively introduced measures to build research and development bases. In Europe, ' The trend of “departing from diesel” is also accelerating. In addition to automobiles, fuel cell trains using hydrogen will be expected to be commissioned in Germany, and it will become urgent to meet the global demand for electrode catalysts for fuel cells.
The FC Catalyst Development Center, established in 2013, is located in the Shonan Plant of Tanaka Precious Metals Industry Co., Ltd. to develop and manufacture electrode catalysts for solid polymer fuel cells (hereinafter referred to as PEFC). PEFC is used in fuel cell vehicles (hereinafter referred to as FCV) and household fuel cells. 'ENE-FARM', etc., and it is expected to expand its use in industrial equipment such as FC buses and other industrial vehicles such as FC forklifts. PEFC is compact and lightweight, and it can generate high power. It is environmentally friendly with chemical reactions of hydrogen and oxygen. New energy technology. Tanaka Precious Metals Industry has assembled long-term precious metal catalyst technology and electrochemical technology, developed high-activity platinum catalyst for cathode (air electrode) of PEFC, and poisoned by carbon monoxide (CO) for anode (fuel electrode). Excellent platinum alloy catalyst with characteristics.
In the "Amendment of the Constitution of the People's Republic of China" adopted at the 13th National People's Congress in China in March this year, the wording of "ecological civilization construction" was written into the Constitution. In the future, in the field of environmental protection, new energy, Japanese companies The opportunity to cooperate with China with its own technology and experience is extremely high, and it has received much attention in China and Japan.
In the global situation, Tanaka Precious Metals Co., Ltd. will continue to focus on research and development while achieving stable supply of electrode catalysts for fuel cells, and as the world's leading electrode catalyst catalyst for fuel cells, Popularize fuel cells and contribute to the realization of hydrogen energy society.
Since its establishment in 1885 (Meiji 18), Tanaka Precious Metals Group has established a wide range of business activities with its precious metals as its center. In Japan, Tanaka Precious Metals Group, which has the proud performance of the first precious metals trading volume, has been in business for many years. Manufacture and sales of industrial precious metals, decorative materials and precious metals as assets. The Group is owned by Tanaka Holdings Co., Ltd. (pure holding company), Tanaka Precious Metals Co., Ltd., Japan Electroplating Engineering Co., Ltd., Tanaka Electronics Co., Ltd. , Tanaka Precious Metal Jewelry Co., Ltd. These five companies are the main companies. At the same time, in order to further promote globalization, in 2016, Metalor Technologies International SA was ushered in as a group company member.
As a professional group related to precious metals, Tanaka Precious Metals Group brings together companies from home and abroad to cooperate in manufacturing, sales and technology to provide products and services.
In the future, we will continue to work as a specialist in the field of precious metals to contribute to a rich and rich life.