Kato Engineering Inc., a subsidiary of Emerson Electric (NYSE EMR), offers a complete line of precision-engineered, top quality AC generators, motor-generator sets and controls for prime, standby, and peak shaving power generation. We are proud of our 77-year tradition of design and manufacturing excellence and innovations:

• Kato was an early user of vacuum-pressure impregnation for coil protection.
• Kato was a pioneer in the use of split bearings on rotor shafts.
• Kato was an early user of permanent magnet excitation.
• Kato was one of the first generator manufacturers to use brushless excitation.
• Kato is a preferred supplier to the US Navy.

Kato Engineering employs about 325 people in its 300,000 sq-foot facility in North Mankato, Minnesota. It has an in-house research & development, design engineering, purchasing and sales staff. Our product is also represented by many domestic and international sales agencies around the world.

Demand for electrical power is being created by deregulation of utilities, co-generation and the growth of developing countries, and Kato is a major supplier to this rapidly expanding global market. Oil, gas, coal, uranium, copper, iron ore, lumber...Kato generators supply power to tap the world's resources. Tankers, freighters, locomotives, aircraft, mass transit...Kato furnishes the power to keep all of them moving. Hospitals, communication industries, remote areas of the country, any place where dependable controllable electrical power is needed...that's where you will find Kato generators.

The ruggedly constructed Kato generators have survived the harshest environments, and our commitment to meeting customer needs has made the Kato name synonymous with dependable power generation worldwide.