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Nidec
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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]
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Native name | ニデック株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Nidec kabushiki gaisha |
Company type | Public KK |
TYO: 6594 TOPIX 100 Component | |
Industry | Electronic components |
Founded | July 23, 1973; 51 years ago (1973-07-23) |
Headquarters | 338 Kuzetonoshiro-cho, Minami-ku, Kyoto 601-8205, Japan |
Key people | Shigenobu Nagamori (CEO) |
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Number of employees | Nidec Corporation: 2,392 (as of March 31, 2017) Consolidated: 107,062 (as of March 31, 2017) |
Website | Official website |
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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 2014 Forbes World's Most Innovative Companies list.[7]