Katun Corporation — 38:E2:CA (MA-L)

Katun Corporation holds a single IEEE MA-L block, 38:E2:CA, registered to "Katun Corporation" at 7760 France Ave S Suite 340, Bloomington, MN, US. For most of its history Katun shipped no network hardware: founded in 1979 in the Minneapolis area, it built its business as a global supplier of OEM-compatible imaging consumables — toner, photoreceptors, fuser rollers, and service parts for copiers, MFPs, printers, and fax machines — selling through dealers and distributors rather than making connected devices of its own. That changed in September 2024, when Katun launched the Arivia A3 line, its first branded multifunction printer (MFP) hardware, with Fujifilm Business Innovation reported as the underlying OEM platform. A single MA-L allocation is consistent with that history: one 24-bit block (about 16 million addresses) is ample to cover the Ethernet and optional Wi-Fi interfaces of a newly introduced MFP series. For asset-classification purposes this OUI should be read as a networked office MFP/copier vendor, not infrastructure, IoT, or consumer electronics. Katun was acquired by General Plastic Industrial Co., Ltd. (GPI) of Taiwan in January 2018, so the registrant sits under a publicly traded parent. As with every IEEE OUI, no registration date is published; any "date registered" shown by third-party MAC-lookup tools is a database artifact, not an IEEE-sourced fact.

IEEE assignment

38:E2:CA → Katun Corporation [Confirmed] — IEEE MA-L (enrichment/registries/oui.csv line 14; raw row MA-L,38E2CA,Katun Corporation,7760 France Ave S Suite 340 Bloomington MN US 55438)

Registry / block size

MA-L (24-bit OUI / OUI-24; ~16M addresses); single block, not found in MA-M (mam.csv) or MA-S (oui36.csv) [Confirmed] — IEEE MA-L local cache

HQ / country

7760 France Ave S Suite 340, Bloomington, MN 55438, US (registry address) [Confirmed] — IEEE MA-L

Company status

active [Confirmed] — katun.com

Industry / profile

global supplier of OEM-compatible imaging consumables (toner, photoreceptors, fuser rollers, service parts) for copiers/MFPs/printers/fax; founded 1979, Minneapolis/Bloomington MN [Confirmed] — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katun_Corporation, https://katun.com/

Device types

network-connected Multifunction Printer / Copier (MFP). Block covers Katun-branded Arivia A3 MFP devices (print/copy/scan, optional fax); standard connectivity Ethernet + USB, optional Wi-Fi [Confirmed assignment to Katun; device-type attribution to Arivia is single-angle but well-sourced] — https://katun.com/hardware/arivia

Notable products

Arivia A3 MFP series — Katun's first branded hardware, launched September 2024; Fujifilm Business Innovation reported as the OEM platform [Likely — single web angle; trade-press + vendor pages, no second independent registry-class confirmation] — https://katun.com/hardware/arivia, https://www.action-intell.com/2024/09/20/katun-enters-a3-mfp-market-with-fujifilm-sourced-arivia-line/

Parent company

General Plastic Industrial Co., Ltd. (GPI), Taiwan — publicly traded toner-cartridge manufacturer; acquired Katun January 2018 [Confirmed] — https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180108006869/en/Monomoy-Capital-Partners-Sells-Katun-Corporation-to-General-Plastic-Industrial-Co.-Ltd.

Registration date

none published. IEEE public OUI data (oui.csv columns: Registry, Assignment, Organization Name, Organization Address) contains NO assignment/registration date; any "date registered" from third-party lookup tools is a database artifact, not an IEEE fact [Confirmed — both registry and web angles concur] — IEEE MA-L

Security context

MFPs are a documented enterprise attack surface (stored documents, network pivoting, scan-to-email credential harvesting). Katun documents Arivia mitigations including TPM 2.0, SSD/HDD encryption, IP-address filtering, secure (PIN-release) print, and RFID user authentication. No CVEs or public advisories specific to Katun Arivia devices found as of June 2026; Fujifilm Business Innovation platform CVEs may be applicable given the reported OEM source [Likely — vendor whitepaper + trade press; CVE-absence is "none found," not a guarantee] — https://media.katun.com/KBS_Arivia_Security_Whitepaper_EMEA_01658bef04.pdf, https://therecycler.com/posts/katun-now-offers-rfid-user-authentication-for-arivia-mfps/

Website

https://katun.com (hardware/Arivia: https://katun.com/hardware/arivia) [Confirmed] — katun.com

Analyst note

a 38:E2:CA OUI on a globally-administered address indicates genuine Katun (Arivia) MFP hardware. Single MA-L footprint, so no consolidation of many prefixes is needed; treat as a networked office-imaging device for inventory/classification.