Katolite Generators
The Katolight Company offers residential, agricultural, and industrial generators in various sizes and configurations and can custom
design and build generator sets to meet your specific needs. Located in Mankato, Minnesota, the Katolight Corporation
markets generator sets to the world via a national and international network of factory trained and certified distributors.
The company maintains a highly trained facility and an extensive research and development area to support Katolight’s customers.
Product Line Description
Katolight’s product line derives it roots from serving the farm and agricultural electrical needs, and branches to include home standby
and large industrial generators. They maintain a diverse line of stationary generators for agriculture and a highly configurable line of
power-take-off (PTO) generators. Their residential line are all capable of whole-house standby power (depending upon the size of the load)
there is a model large enough to power even the largest home in a cold midwest winter. Their industrial genset line delivers medium to
large generating capacity in their "stock" products, and Katolight is very capable of engineering and building custom gensets to almost
any output level that is desired.
Agricultural Generators
Katolight’s diesel powered generators range in size from 15kW to 2759kW and are offered in low and medium voltages. Our
gaseous powered generators range from 25kW to 800kW. Katolight provides power solutions for agricultural, commercial, industrial,
construction, healthcare, telecommunications and distributed generation applications. Our commitment to quality is enhanced by
years of experience and our ability to add flexibility to customized power solutions. Katolight partners with top quality engine
manufactures to provide the best answer for every power application.
Katolight Corporation also produces commercial engine-generator systems. This product line uses air and liquid cooled diesel,
natural gas and liquid petroleum gas engines in sets ranging in size from 5 kW to 2000 kW. Commercial systems feature standard
or special controls, as well as components and switchgear to meet specific user standards and requirements. Katolight generator
sets are designed to satisfy utility or special purpose applications.
Agricultural: Here are some examples of this line:
Katolight PTO Generator
Katolight Agricultural Generator
Industrial / Diesel Generators
Katolight’s diesel powered generators range in size from 15kW to 2759kW and are offered in low and medium voltages. Their
gaseous powered generators range from 25kW to 800kW. Katolight provides power solutions for agricultural, commercial, industrial,
construction, healthcare, telecommunications and distributed generation applications. Katolight’s commitment to quality is enhanced by
years of experience and their ability to add flexibility to customized power solutions. Katolight partners with top quality engine
manufactures to provide the best answer for every power application.
Katolight Corporation also produces commercial engine-generator systems. This product line uses air and liquid cooled diesel,
natural gas and liquid petroleum gas engines in sets ranging in size from 5 kW to 2000 kW. Commercial systems feature standard
or special controls, as well as components and switchgear to meet specific user standards and requirements. Katolight generator
sets are designed to satisfy utility or special purpose applications.
Industrial / Diesel Generators : Here are some examples of this line:
Katolight Industrial Powerpack
Katolight Mobile Genset
Home Generators
Katolight’s Home Generator line contains generators that are permanently installed into a home's electrical system and mounted on a footing pad outside the customer's home.
These generators require professional installation with a transfer switch (also available) and are capable of running on either Liquid Propane or Natural Gas as a fuel source.
The Home generator line consists of a 5 models ranging from 15,000 to 60,000 watts all powered by high quality engines. These generator also have automatic start
and the capability to be remotely monitored via a PC interface.
Home Generators: Here are some examples of this line:
Katolight Home 20 kW
Katolight Home 25 kW
Katolight Home 60 kW
Company Information ***
Since 1952 Katolight generator sets have been helping customers meet their need for reliable power for communications, hospitals,
government installations, and a myriad of other industrial applications.
Katolight began its dependable power story by serving agribusiness in the heart of the Midwest farm belt. Now Katolight generator
sets can be found in thousands of places around the world, such as the National Institute of Health in Washington, D.C., the Beijing
Newspaper in China, Telesat-Satellite Communications in Macau, Bonneville Power Authority of Oregon and Washington, and in
hospitals, factories and government installations across the United States.
The widespread acceptance of Katolight equipment reflects its reputation for quality and reliability in design, manufacturing and
service. Katolight Corporation places great value on the establishment of long-term relationships with its customers.
Katolight Corporation has a great deal of successful experience in projects involving the development of generator sets to meet
critical specifications. Much of this equipment has been produced to strict government performance and construction specifications.
Katolight can design, produce and test engine-generator sets to demanding quality and performance requirements.
In early 2007 Tognum Group (Friedrichshafen Tognum GmbH), headquartered in Friedrichshafen, Germany, acquired
Katolight Corp. Katolight posted sales revenues of approximately $135 million
(approx. €100 million) in 2006/07 (year ending March 31, 2007). The parties to the transaction have agreed not to disclose any
details of the price paid.
“With the acquisition of Katolight, we have passed another milestone on our track to become a globally leading provider of
decentralized power generators,” stated Volker Heuer, CEO of Tognum. “Katolight is a perfect element in our growth strategy,
because it is a well-positioned brand and an excellent supplement to our product range in the important and further growing
North American market. Another crucial factor is that Katolight gives us direct access to end-customers.”
Business relations had already existed between Tognum and Katolight for many years. As some of Katolight’s generator
sets are included diesel engines from the core Tognum company, MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH. Its subsidiary, MTU Detroit Diesel Inc.
(in Detroit, Michigan, USA), supplied more than 170 of its Series 60, Series 2000 and Series 4000 engines to Katolight in 2006.
