Our brands

On November 11th 1936 NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd. was founded with a start-up capital of one million yen. Just one year later the young company was delivering its first spark plugs.
The corporation's worldwide expansion began early: In 1959 the first overseas expansion took place with a spark plug factory in Brazil; in 1966 NGK was established in the USA. In 1973 Malaysia was added, followed by Thailand in 1974, Indonesia in 1977, Australia in 1980 and Canada in 1982.
In 1975 NGK entered Europe and established its first European subsidiary in England. Offices in the most important European countries followed: In 1979 NGK Spark Plug Deutschland GmbH was founded in Ratingen. Ten years later the German subsidiary assumed responsibility for European business under the name NGK Spark Plug Europe GmbH.
Today NGK is the world's largest supplier of spark plugs and lambda sensors. More than 500 million spark plugs are produced each year under the NGK brand. The company is a leader in original equipment of new production vehicles and also plays an important role in the diesel segment.
IMNASA is the official distributor of NGK Spark Plug in Marine industry in Spain.