NSK Ltd.

NSK Ltd.
日本精工株式会社

Motion & Control
NSK headquarters in the Nissei Building in Tokyo
Type	Public KK
Traded as	TYO: 6471 Nikkei 225 Component
ISIN	JP3720800006
Industry	Machinery
Founded	Tokyo (November 8, 1916)
Founder	Takehiko Yamaguchi Takahashi Korekiyo
Headquarters	Ōsaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 141-8560, Japan
Key people	Norio Otsuka (Chairman) Toshihiro Uchiyama (President and CEO)
Products	Rolling bearings Automotive bearings Linear components Automotive steering systems
Revenue	JP¥ 974.9 billion (FY 2014) (US$ 8.12 billion) (FY 2014)
Operating income	JP¥ 97.3 billion (FY2014)
Net income	JP¥ 61.9 billion (FY 2014) (US$ 515.8 million) (FY 2014)
Total assets	¥1.1 trillion (FY2014)
Total equity	¥456 billion (FY2014)
Number of employees	31,088 (as of March 31, 2015)
Website	nsk.com
Footnotes / references [1][2][3][4]

NSK Ltd. (日本精工株式会社 Nippon Seikō Kabushiki-gaisha, Japanese Precision Company) is one of the most prominent manufacturers of bearings globally and the largest in Japan.

NSK produces a wide range of industrial bearings, linear motion products, automotive bearings & modules as well as automotive steering systems. NSK´s products and solutions are sold globally through NSK´s own sales network.

The company is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a component of the Nikkei 225 stock index^[5] and has over 130 overseas operations in 26 countries.^[6]

Company background & milestones

• 1916: NSK Ltd. is established in Tokyo, Japan
• 1960’s:
  • Opening of first NSK Sales Offices in Ann Arbor, Michigan USA and Düsseldorf, Germany
• 1970’s:
  • Opening of production plants in São Paulo, Brazil, North America, UK and Asia
• 1990’s:
  • Purchase of the UPI Group including RHP (UK) and Neuweg (Germany)
  • Further opening of Sales Offices & Production Plants in UK, Germany & Switzerland
• 2000’s:
  • Finalisation of Fujisawa Research & Development Centre in Japan
  • Opening of the Technology Centre in Germany
• 2010’s:
  • Further expansion of the Technology Centre in Germany
  • Opening of the Steering Test Centre in Germany and further expansion of European plants

Present day business

More than 31,000 employees form a worldwide technology network consisting of over 60 production plants. Approximately three million new bearings are manufactured per day (from miniature bearings with a one-millimetre bore to bearings with a diameter of five meters).

The company invested more than $89 million in research and development as per March 2015. The Group has its own research and development centres on every continent.

Industries: Automotive OEMs and first tier suppliers as well as manufacturers of: electric motors; domestic appliances; wind turbines; gear boxes; pumps and compressors; machine tools; injection moulding machines; and suppliers to steel, cellulose and paper industries; printing industry; food and drink industry; mining and extraction technology; semiconductors and medicine; handling and automation; energy supply industry.

NSK Europe Ltd.

NSK Europe Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary company of NSK Ltd. and is registered in England & Wales. It has over 3,500 employees in Europe and has a turnover of more than 1,000 million Euro.

• 1963 Establishment of the first European NSK Sales Office in Düsseldorf, Germany
• 1970s Opening of the NSK office in Guyancourt, France and of the Production Plant in Peterlee, UK
• 1990s
  • Acquisition of UPI group including production plants in England, Germany and Switzerland
  • Opening of first European Technology Centre (ETC) in Newark, UK
  • Foundation of NSK-RHP Europe and the establishment of NSK-RHP sales companies
• 2000s
  • Renaming of NSK-RHP to NSK
  • Establishment of a plant for Electric Power Steering System in Poland
  • Acquisition of a major bearing manufacturer in Poland
• 2010s
  • Further expansion of the Technology Centre & opening of the Steering Test Centre in Germany.
  • Further expansion of European plants.

Business units & products

Industrial Bearings & Linear Components

Ball Bearings, Cylindrical Roller Bearings, Tapered Roller Bearings, Spherical Roller Bearings, Thrust Bearings, Super Precision Bearings, Ball Screws, Linear Guides and other Linear Products, including a wide range of Mechatronic and Precision products.

Automotive bearings & modules

Wheel Hub Bearings, Taper and Needle Bearings for Transmission, Integral Shaft Bearings for Water Pump, Magnetic Clutch Bearings for A/C Compressor

Steering systems

Manual /Electrical Adjust Steering Columns with integrated Energy Absorption Systems, Manual/ Electric Rake and Reach Adjustment; Electrically Power Assisted Steering Systems (EPAS) with integrated Energy Absorption Systems; Steering Columns and Steering Gears with Electrical Power Assist; Mechanical Steering Gears with tie rods; Intermediate Shafts (Slidable/Collapsible with Energy Absorb Capability), Universal (Constant Velocity) Joints, Noise Isolating Steering Joints

Gallery

The first NSK plant in Japan in 1916  NSK Offices in Ratingen, Germany  NSK plant in Poland

References

1. "Corporate Profile". NSK. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
2. Martin C Timbrell; Diana L Tweedie (1998). Directory of Multinationals: K-Z. Waterlow. ISBN 978-0-333-67464-2.
3. "Company Snapshot". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
4. "Financials". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
5. "Components:Nikkei Stock Average". Nikkei Inc. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
6. "Company Profile". Hoover's. Retrieved September 10, 2015.

External links

• NSK Group Global Web Site (English)
• NSK European Web Site (English)
• NSK ASEAN Oceania Web Site (English)