Company:Nidec
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Short description: Japanese electric motor company
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 Company headquarters and Central Technical Laboratory | |
Native name | ニデック株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Nidec kabushiki gaisha |
| Type | Public KK |
| TYO: 6594 TOPIX 100 Component | |
| Industry | Electronic components |
| Founded | July 23, 1973 |
| Headquarters | 338 Kuzetonoshiro-cho, Minami-ku, Kyoto 601-8205, Japan |
Key people | Shigenobu Nagamori (CEO) |
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| Revenue |  US$11.15 billion (FY 2017)
(JPY 1199.3 billion) (FY 2017) |
| US$1.04 billion (FY 2017)
(JPY 111.7 billion) (FY 2017) | |
Number of employees | Nidec Corporation: 2,392 (as of March 31, 2017) Consolidated: 107,062 (as of March 31, 2017) |
| Footnotes / references [1] | |
Nidec Corporation (ニデック株式会社 Nidekku Kabushiki gaisha), formerly known as Nippon Densan Corporation (日本電産株式会社 Nihon Densan Kabushiki gaisha), is a Japanese manufacturer and distributor of electric motors. Their products are found in hard-disk drives, electric appliances, automobiles and commercial and manufacturing equipment. The company has the largest global market share for the tiny spindle motors that power hard-disk drives.[2][3]
The two product groups with the largest sales are hard-disk drive motors and automotive products with 16% and 22% of sales, respectively.[1]
As of 2017, the company has 296 subsidiaries companies located across Japan, Asia, Europe and the Americas.[4] Nidec is listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange[5] and is a constituent of the TOPIX 100 stock market index.
The company was number 42 on the 2005 edition of the Businessweek Infotech 100 list.[6] Also Nidec was featured on the Forbes list.[7]
History
| Year | Month | Major Events |
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| 1973 | July | Shigenobu Nagamori, current chairman of the board, president and CEO, established Nippon Densan Corporation (now Nidec Corporation) in Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto with a capital of 20 million yen. |
| 1974 | October | Opened a sales agent in the U.S. Relocated its head office to Omiya, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto. |
| 1975 | April | Launched full-scale production of brushless DC motors. |
| 1976 | April | Established Nidec America Corp, a locally incorporated company. |
| 1979 | October | Started production of spindle motors for 8-inch hard disk device. |
| 1984 | February | Acquired the axial-flow fan business from American company Torin Corporation, and established the locally incorporated company Nidec Torin Corporation in America. Started production of spindle motors for 3.5-inch hard disk device. |
| 1988 | October | The company listed its stock on the second section of the Osaka Stock Exchange, and the Kyoto Stock Exchange. |
| 1990 | August | Established Nidec Electronics (Thailand) Co., Ltd., a locally incorporated company. |
| 1992 | February | Established Nidec (Dalian) Ltd., a locally incorporated company in China. |
| 1993 | April | Established Nidec Electronics GmbH, a locally incorporated company in Germany. |
| 1995 | December | Established Nidec Philippines Corp., a locally incorporated company. |
| 1997 | December | Established Nidec Tosok (Vietnam) Co., Ltd. through a joint investment with Tosok Corp. |
| 1998 | February | Established P.T. Nidec Indonesia, a locally incorporated company.[Sep]Listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Listed on the first section of the Osaka Stock Exchange. |
| 1999 | December | Established Nidec Korea Corp., a locally incorporated company. |
| 2001 | September | Listed on the New York Stock Exchange. |
| 2003 | March | The building for the Head Office and Central Technical Laboratory was completed in Minami-ku, Kyoto |
| 2006 | December | Established Nidec Motors & Actuators by acquiring the motor and actuator business of Valeo S.A., a French company. |
| 2010 | January | Nidec Techno Motor Holdings Corporation acquired the home appliance motor business of Appliances Components, an Italian home appliance manufacturer. Started Nidec Sole Motor Corporation S.R.L.[Dec]Established Nidec India Private Limited as its sales subsidiary in India. |
| 2012 | March | Established SC Wado Component (Cambodia) Co., Ltd. as the first operating base in Cambodia. |
| 2023 | April | Company name changed to Nidec Kabushiki gaisha |
Nidec acquisitions
- Nidec ASI. In 2012 Nidec acquired Ansaldo Sistemi Industriali S.p.A. which became Nidec ASI.[8] Since 2012 Nidec ASI has been involved in comprehensive drive technology. As a part of the Nidec Group, the core business of Nidec ASI S.p.A. includes energy, marine, metals, oil & Gas and general industry (cement, water treatment, rubber and plastic, materials handling, glass, ceramics, paper and ropeway). Since 2014, Giovanni Barra has been CEO of Nidec ASI[9]
- Nidec Leroy-Somer. On January 31, 2017, Nidec acquired Leroy-Somer from Emerson Electric which became Nidec Leroy-Somer Holding.[10][11]
- Nidec Global Appliance Compressors GmbH. On July 31, 2017, Nidec acquired Secop GmbH, a German hermetic compressor manufacturer from Aurelius Equity Group, expanding further into the refrigeration market.[12] Since April 28, 2018, Nidec has entered into an agreement with Whirlpool Corporation to acquire the refrigeration compressor business of Embraco.[13] In response to antitrust concerns, in 2019 Nidec sold Secop.[14]
- In November 2018, Nidec became a shareholder of Nidec Chaun-Choung Technology Corporation, a long-established cooling company in Taiwan. In December 2019, it again announced that it would increase its shareholding from 49.01% to 53.48%, and reached 67% shareholding in December 2020.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Company Profile". Nidec. http://www.nidec.com/en-Global/corporate/about/outline/.
- ↑ "Nidec Corporation Company Profile". Hoovers. http://www.hoovers.com/company-information/cs/company-profile.Nidec_Corporation.5b92374d82d04d70.html.
- ↑ "Nidec Corporation Snapshot". Bloomberg Businessweek. https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ticker=NJ.
- ↑ "Nidec Corporation CSR Report (2017)". Nidec. http://az369030.vo.msecnd.net/pdffile/csr/CSR_Report2017_EN.pdf.
- ↑ "Nidec Corporation Stock Data". Japan Exchange Group. http://quote.tse.or.jp/tse_n/quote.cgi?F=listing/EDetail1&MKTN=T&QCODE=6594.
- ↑ "The Future of Technology: The Big Trends Ahead and Our Ranking of the Top 100 Info Tech Companies". Bloomberg Businessweek. 2005. http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/toc/05_25/B393805it100.htm.
- ↑ "The World's Most Innovative Companies". Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/innovative-companies/list/.
- ↑ Nidec ASI official web site
- ↑ "Nidec-Asi, il nuovo ad è Barra: Gemme vicepresidente". The Medi Telegraph. May 20, 2014. http://www.themeditelegraph.com/it/markets/2014/05/20/nidec-asi-nuovo-barba-gemme-vicepresidente-LK7qMWL66sjUdyUla48AUP/index.html.
- ↑ "Nidec Completes Acquisition of Leroy-Somer". Emerson Electric. February 1, 2017. http://www.emersonindustrial.com/en-EN/Electric-Power-Generation/news-events/news/Pages/Nidec-Completes-Acquisition-of-Control-Techniques-and-Leroy-Somer.aspx.
- ↑ Nidec Leroy-Somer Holding
- ↑ Corporation, Nidec. "Nidec Completes Acquisition of Secop Group (Secop Holding GmbH and Other 3 Entities), a German Compressor Manufacturer" (in en-US). GlobeNewswire News Room. https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/07/31/1065218/0/en/Nidec-Completes-Acquisition-of-Secop-Group-Secop-Holding-GmbH-and-Other-3-Entities-a-German-Compressor-Manufacturer.html.
- ↑ "Nidec to Acquire Whirlpool Corporation's Compressor Business - NASDAQ.com" (in en-us). NASDAQ.com. https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/nidec-to-acquire-whirlpool-corporations-compressor-business-20180424-00143.
- ↑ "Nidec to Sell Its Secop Compressor Business to ESSVP IV – Advised by Orlando Management AG | Secop" (in en). https://www.secop.com/updates/news-nidec-to-sell-its-secop-compressor-business-to-essvp-iv-advised-by-orlando-management-ag/.
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