Real-time lossless compression by CATANA CORPORATION [InnoTrans 2026]
CATANA CORPORATION presented its real-time high-speed lossless compression technology at InnoTrans 2026. Positioned as a data-compression solution for demanding transport environments, the company is based in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, and develops software and hardware-related services centered on its high-speed lossless compression library, the CVC Series.
At the booth, the company emphasized that it can compress data at very high speed while preserving the data itself, saying it is usually about 100 times faster than JPEG or PNG compression. In the demonstration, it showed that raw data can generally be reduced to about half its original size, and explained that the technology also supports images and other raw data formats. It also said the compression ratio is at a practical level.
According to the company, the technology is already used in Japanese railway applications, including Shinkansen-related systems, and it is now looking for European partners. Through its product lineup of CVC Image, CVC Wave, CVC Codec, CVC Accelerator, and CVC for LiDAR, the company is seeking opportunities to expand use in the railway sector and hopes to turn the exhibit into business discussions.
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00:01 Good afternoon. I’m Osami Ogai from CATANA CORPORATION, Japan.
00:05 We are based in Hamamatsu, Japan.
00:08 We do data compression.
00:12 This is lossless compression.
00:14 I can show you something.
00:16 Our lossless compression is very, very fast.
00:21 Usually 100 times faster than JPEG and PNG compression.
00:27 Also, the compression ratio is quite good.
00:30 So I’ll show you something.
00:32 For this, this is raw data.
00:35 This is our compression.
00:37 As you can see, we can usually reduce the data by half.
00:42 Lossless.
00:43 And also, this is the speed of compression.
00:46 Compared to PNG, I can say this is about 100 times faster.
00:52 So wider data and images, and any raw data are fine.
00:58 We are now looking for a European partner to work with.
01:04 Our solution is widely used in Japanese railway applications, such as Shinkansen-related systems.
01:13 It could also help European railways.
01:18 So please contact us.
01:20 CATANA CORPORATION, Japan.
01:22 Thank you.
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CATANA CORPORATION
- Headquarters 1-2-11 Shintoda, Hamana-ku, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka-ken 431-2103, Japan
- Established 1999-03
- Employees -
- Official website https://www.catana.co.jp/
- Business areas It develops and sells the high-speed lossless compression library CVC Series, and provides FA system design, software development, device driver development for various OSs, firmware development for various CPUs, and image-processing system design software, centered on data-compression solutions.
- Main products and services CVC Image, CVC Wave, CVC Codec, CVC Accelerator, CVC for LiDAR
