Joint Development and Mass Production of FLAD Substrate for Exhaust Gas Purification Catalysts

「In response to tighter exhaust-emissions regulations, the company jointly developed FLAD, a new substrate design and the world's first to integrally mold cells with different cross-sectional areas in the central and peripheral sections of an exhaust-gas purification catalyst, with TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION. FLAD substrates have been adopted for Toyota's new exhaust-gas purification catalysts and are scheduled to be installed successively in new vehicles to be launched around spring 2017. They reduce precious-metal usage by approximately 20% and enable the catalyst volume to be reduced by approximately 20%.」