Nidec
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Company headquarters and Central Technical Laboratory | |
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| Traded as |
TYO: 6594 NYSE: NJ TOPIX 100 Component |
| Industry | Electronic components |
| Founded | July 23, 1973 |
| Headquarters | 338 Kuzetonoshiro-cho, Minami-ku, Kyoto 601-8205, Japan |
Key people |
Shigenobu Nagamori (Chairman, President and CEO) |
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| Revenue | (JPY 875.1 billion) (FY 2013) |
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Number of employees | 100,394 (2014) |
| Website | Official website |
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Nidec Corporation (日本電産株式会社 Nihon Densan Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese manufacturer 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 electrical and optical components with 21.5% and 30% of sales, respectively.[1]
As of 2015, the company has 230 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 2014 Forbes World’s Most Innovative Companies list.[7]
The acquisitions of Nidec
- Nidec ASI. In 2012 Nidec acquired Ansaldo Sistemi Industriali S.p.A. which becomes Nidec ASI.[8] Since 2012 Nidec ASI is involved in comprehensive drive technology. As a part of Nidec Group, Nidec ASI S.p.A core business 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 is CEO of Nidec ASI[9]
References
- 1 2 "Company Profile". Nidec. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ↑ "Nidec Corporation Company Profile". Hoovers. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ↑ "Nidec Corporation Snapshot". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ↑ "Nidec Corporation CSR Report (2014)" (PDF). Nidec. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ↑ "Nidec Corporation Stock Data". Japan Exchange Group. Archived from the original on February 3, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ↑ "The Future of Technology: The Big Trends Ahead and Our Ranking of the Top 100 Info Tech Companies". Bloomberg Businessweek. 2005. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ↑ "The World’s Most Innovative Companies". Forbes. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ↑ Nidec ASI official web site
- ↑ "Nidec-Asi, il nuovo ad è Barra: Gemme vicepresidente". The Medi Telegraph. May 20, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
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