A Pioneer in Carbon/Energy Reduction

Kaori is committed to product development and quality improvement and continues to create profitable growth with important goals: product R&D and innovation, ensuring patent R&D results, protecting trade secrets and legal compliance, product quality management, and assessing the market future of products. Short-, medium- and long-term metrics are as follows:




Kaori prides itself for being able to persistently innovate and support the industry's transition to net zero emissions.

Four core business units: Fulfill the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)


2023 Sustainable Highlights Performance

ISO 14067:2018 Carbon Footprint Verification

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Non-compliance with productlabeling laws or patent regulations

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EU Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS)

The Company encountered zero instances of product recalls due to safety concerns or otherwise in 2023 and suffered no financial losses from lawsuits concerning product safety.

Pass the ISO 9001 Quality Management System certification every year

Kaori has developed its own quality management system in accordance with ISO 9001:2015 Quality
Management System and implemented a series of management procedures and operational guidelines to guide quality management practices throughout the Company.

Continue to develop low-carbon stainless steel in a diversified manner

To reduce carbon emissions by 95%.

Development of hydrogen production and carbon capture equipment from natural gas pyrolysis

Deepen the investment and research and development of energy-saving, carbon-reducing and green energy products, and become a key supplier of low-carbon technology and circular economy industry chain.

Our Focus Issues

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Innovative R&D
Brazed Plate Heat Exchangers

Featuring wave patterns stamped on 304 or 316 stainless steel materials, Kaori's brazed plate heat exchangers are made through multi-point brazing of stainless steel with copper or nickel in a vacuum furnace, thereby allowing them to operate under extreme pressure in a very small chassis while making them especially suitable for refrigeration and air conditioning systems. Meanwhile, the wave patterns stack on top of each other to form conduits that create a turbulent flow of the coolant even at low flow speeds. This enables the heat exchangers to achieve high thermal conduction efficiency in a small heat transfer area. In systems that require high efficiency, the use of brazed plate heat exchangers may further increase the coefficient of performance (COP) and reduce the overall space needed to install the modules, which in turns lessens the need for fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-GHG) and is a more efficient and environmentfriendly design.

Industry Applications
  • Air conditioning
  • Semiconductors and electronics
  • Refrigeration
  • Energy and utilities
  • Machinery
  • Transportation
  • Medical equipment
  • Data centers
Technological Highlights in Environmental Sustainability
  • The first heat exchanger manufacturer to pass ISO 14067 carbon footprint third-party inspection. 
  • Digitalization of product manuals.  
  • Continue to develop low-carbon stainless steel in a diversified manner, which can reduce carbon emissions by 95%.  
  • Assist overseas customers in obtaining local quality certification.
Gasket Plate Heat Exchangers

Offers better heat conduction in a smaller size compared to spiral type or shell and tube type heat exchangers. With proper design, gasket plate heat exchangers can be more efficient at transferring heat and easier to clean, maintain, disassemble, and install while retaining the potential for capacity expansion.

Industry Applications
  • Petrochemical plants
  • Oil refineries
  • Steel
  • Power generation
  • Freight
  • Semiconductors
  • Metal processing
  • Food
  • Refrigeration
Technological Highlights in Environmental Sustainability
  • Energy efficiency and conservation:
    The special pattern design enables a high level of turbulent flow even at low flow speeds, therefore delivering a number of advantages including efficient heat transfer, reusability, and a longer lifespan of at least 10 years.
  • Heat recycling:
    Data centers, for example, may use a combination of immersion liquid cooling and gasket plate heat exchangers to recycle heat and increase overall energy efficiency by more than 40%.
Critical SOFC Components
High-efficiency Fuel Cell Recuperators

Heat-resistant nickel-base superalloys are assembled using Kaori's proprietary brazing technology in conjunction with advanced TIG welding to allow heat transfer under high temperatures. The material achieves a thermal cycle efficiency of 60%. This demonstration of exceptional brazing and TIG welding techniques has gained recognition from green manufacturers worldwide and made Kaori a long-term strategic partner.

Industry Applications

A solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) is a form of distributed energy system which involves generating and supplying power directly to local users based on their requirements. Kaori's solutions offer a high degree of versatility that make them suitable for medium- and small-size energy conversion systems of various purposes. Ships, for example, may install fuel cell power systems to replace diesel power.

Technological Highlights in Environmental Sustainability
  • Advantages such as high performance, stability, low emissions, zero pollution, waterless, and long lifespan have been validated through commercial operation by reputable customers for more than 10 years.
  • Thermal reactors for high capacity SOFCs increase power generation efficiency to 65% from the previous generation.
  • Thermal reactors have been developed for hydrogen generation and energy storage.
  • Application in vessels helps the shipping industry achieve energy and carbon reduction goals.
Reformed Methanol/Hydrogen PSA System

The hydrogen generator takes in a methanol solution and applies a process called pressure swing absorption (PSA) to purify and generate high-purity hydrogen (99.999%). It is widely used in industrial processes that make use of the gases generated, such as hydrogen reduction furnaces, heat treatment furnaces, semiconductors, and optoelectronics.

  • 30-4.5 m3/hour
  • Generates hydrogen at low pressure (<5 kg/cm2)  with rigorous safety protection
  • Uses methanol (<59%) as the raw material; the hydrogen produced can be used immediately and does not require a hydrogen storage tank
  • Replaces pressurized hydrogen canisters; equipment investments can be recovered in as little as six months
Industry Applications
  • Supports hydrogen-based production procedures or by-product hydrogen: for example, hydrogen reduction furnaces, heat treatment furnaces, semiconductors, optoelectronics, powder metallurgy, metal wires, and steel industries.
  • Organic solvent waste fluids of the electronics industry (semiconductors, circuitry, LCD panel, etc.) can be preprocessed and cracked at high temperature to separate hydrogen for power or heat.
Technological Highlights in Environmental Sustainability
  • Ammonia cracking and hydro power
    Clean energy research involving the use of ammonia as hydrogen fuel carrier has gained popularity around the world in recent years due to the ease of storage, ease of transportation, and better economic viability of ammonia compared to hydrogen.
Immersion Liquid Cooling System

Kaori's Thermal Energy Business has come up with an immersion liquid cooling system to cool the increasing number of cloud data center servers worldwide. When used in data center servers, immersion liquid cooling system is able to quickly disseminate heat buildup from high performance computing, and when used in conjunction with Kaori's plate heat exchanger, power usage effectiveness (PUE) can be kept below 1.1.

Industry Applications
  • Cloud services/5G communication
  • Edge computing
  • Data centers
  • Semiconductor EDA
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Blockchain
  • Cryptocurrency
    (mining)
  • Electric vehicle battery cooling
Technological Highlights in Environmental Sustainability

Power usage effectiveness (PUE) is an internationally accepted measurement for the power efficiency of data centers. PUE is calculated by dividing the “total data center power draw” by the “total IT equipment power draw”. A low PUE indicates that the data center requires less power for cooling, which suggests lower power consumption and greater environmental friendliness.

  • China's first data center with 5A green rating uses single-phase immersion cooling technology with insulated coolant to achieve high-efficiency cooling without the need for fans, air conditioners, or chillers. The solution reduces power used in cooling by 70% and lowers the PUE to 1.09.
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Patent Achievements

2023 R&D Program Development Status

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Customer Data Confidentiality

Kaori received no complaints concerning violations of customers' privacy or secrets in 2023. 

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Quality Management

Kaori has developed its own quality management system in accordance with ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System and implemented a series of management procedures and operational guidelines to guide quality management practices throughout the Company. Furthermore, Kaori has open communication channels in place to gather customers' opinions, quality feedback, audit findings, etc., for ongoing improvements. The Company will continue listening to customers' voices and adopting total quality management to satisfy customers' needs.

All product business departments of the Company are committed to obtaining and maintaining certification for international quality management systems for all products developed and produced. The Fuel Cell Business passed certification for AS9100:D, the latest quality management system standards for the aerospace industry, in February 2022, whereas other business departments have all passed certification for ISO 9001:2015, the latest international quality management system standards, in 2020. At Kaori, we make persistent improvements to provide customers with the best quality and most trusted products and services. Kaori remains committed to its customer-centric service philosophy and refrains from all actions that compromise product quality or endanger customers' safety. By making quality a part of our corporate culture and employees' conviction, we strive to become customers' trusted partner and work with customers and suppliers toward sustainability. The Company encountered zero instances of product recalls due to safety concerns or otherwise in 2023 and suffered no financial losses from lawsuits concerning product safety.

Quality Policy

Quality Assurance

To bring traceability into the products manufactured, Kaori has adopted an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system and a manufacturing execution system (MES) that digitally integrate all processes from material purchase, storage, production, and quality management to financial management. These systems record the details of every production stage and ensure that accurate data can be generated quickly to support Kaori's commitment to quality assurance.

Site Management

  • Safety management

    1.Zero hazard activities: safety rules, safety education, and safety inspection standards have been outlined.

    2.5S management:

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A Pioneer in Carbon/Energy Reduction ESG Report

In recent years, there has been a stronger commitment to collaborating with international giants to develop and produce various energy-saving, hydrogen energy, and green energy products. Actively entering the green energy market, the company is progressing towards becoming a green energy company. Throughout its product development journey, Kaori has consistently innovated and transformed, promoting the industry's transition towards sustainable development and achieving net-zero carbon emissions.