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  • Nidec Control Techniques’ Commander S has gone on to win the Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Achievement Silver Award

    MULTI-AWARD-WINNING DRIVE TRIUMPHS AGAIN INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY AND MANUFACTURING EXCELLENCE
    Launched in April 2022, Commander S has gone on to win multiple awards in its short lifespan, and we are pleased to announce that our reliable, easy-to-use and cost-effective electric drive has triumphed again. Breaking away from the traditional method of drive interaction, Commander S is the world’s fir

  • Nidec Powertrain Systems Develops New Clutch Control Module for HEVs

    Nidec Powertrain Systems Corporation (“Nidec Powertrain Systems” or the “Company”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Nidec Corporation, announced today that it has developed a new clutch control module for hybrid electric vehicles (“HEVs”).
    Nidec Powertrain Systems’ Latest Clutch Control Module
    While the demand for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) is increasing amid the growingly strict environm

  • Nidec Instruments Launches New Semiconductor Wafer Transfer Robot

    Nidec Instruments Corporation (“Nidec Instruments”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Nidec corporation, today announced the release of its latest semiconductor wafer transfer robot.
    Nidec Instruments’ Latest Semiconductor Wafer Transfer Robot, SR7163 series
    Despite a temporary slowdown in 2023, the global semiconductor market is expected to expand from 2024 after demand recovers in a wide varie

  • Nidec Power Train Systems Develops New Electric Oil Pump for CVT

    Nidec Power Train Systems Corporation (the “Company”) announced today that it has successfully developed a new electric oil pump for automotive CVT (continuously variable transmission) systems.
    Nidec Power Train Systems’ New Electric Oil Pump
    This latest product is used to supply oil pressure to the CVT system of a vehicle in the idling-stop mode, and support a car’s engine-driven mechanical

  • Nidec Completes Acquisition of Automatic Feed Company and Related 2 Companies, US-based Press Machine Equipment Manufacturers

    Nidec Corporation (TSE: 6594; OTC US: NJDCY) (the “Company” or “Nidec”) today announced that the Company has acquired full ownership of Automatic Feed Company, Lasercoil Technologies LLC, and Automatic Leasing Company, privately- owned US companies (collectively the “Target”), from its founding family on August 1, 2023 (the “Transaction”). As a result of the Transaction, the Target became a consol

  • Powerdrive MD Smart: the connected variable speed drive solution for high power process applications

    Thanks to a strong experience resulting from close partnerships with end-users and OEMs, Nidec Leroy-Somer is offering Powerdrive MD Smart, an all-inclusive ready-to-use drive in line with the expectations of the major players in the process market segment. Compact and robust, this 100%-connected new generation drive includes all equipment needed for protecting, controlling, interfacing and runnin

  • Nidec Announces Financial Results for Fiscal First Quarter Ended June 30, 2023

    KYOTO, Japan--Nidec Corporation (TOKYO: 6594) (OTC US: NJDCY) today announced its consolidated results under the International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) for the three-month period ended June 30, 2023.
    The highlights are as follows:
    Net sales increased 4.8% Y/Y to ¥566.1 billion. Operating profit increased 34.7% Y/Y to ¥60.2 billion, marking a record high on a quarterly basis. P

  • The 250kW and 180kW Models of Nidec’s E-Axle Traction Motor System are Officially Adopted for the Car to Commemorate GAC New Energy Automobile’s Production of 20 Millionth Vehicle

    Nidec Corporation (TSE: 6594) (OTC US: NJDCY) (“Nidec” or the “Company”) announced today that AION Hyper GT, each unit equipped with a Nidec-produced E-Axle model, has been selected as the vehicle for AION, the GAC Group’s EV-dedicated brand, to commemorate the production of its 20 millionth new-energy vehicle. AION made this announcement during the ceremony to mark the occasion at its factory in

  • Nidec Completes Acquisition of Houma Armature Works, a US-based Motor and Generator Service Provider

    Nidec Corporation (TSE: 6594; OTC US: NJDCY) (the “Company” or “Nidec”) today announced that it has acquired full ownership of TAR, LLC d/b/a Houma Armature Works, a privately- owned US company (“Houma”), from its founding family, through the Company’s subsidiary, Nidec Motor Corporation (“NMC”), on July 3, 2023 (US time) (the “Transaction”). As a result of the Transaction, Houma became a consolid

  • SoftBank Corp. and Nidec Jointly Develop Light-weight, High-efficiency and High-reliability Motor for High Altitude Platform Stations

    Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan – June 27, 2023 – SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434) (“SoftBank”) today announced that it and Nidec Corporation (TOKYO: 6594; OTC US: NJDCY) (“Nidec” or the “Company”) have jointly developed a light-weight, high-efficiency, and high-reliability axial flux-type motor for High Altitude Platform Stations (“HAPS”). This newly developed motor also meets the specifications required for

  • Nidec Machine Tool to Launch New Cutting Tool Factory in India to Meet Growing Demand for Automotive and Related Components by Increasing Production Capacity by 1.5 Times

    Nidec Machine Tool Corporation (“Nidec Machine Tool” or the “Company”), a group company of Nidec Corporation, today announced that it will construct a new factory for Nidec India Precision Tools Ltd. (“NMTI”), the Company’s cutting tool manufacturer and seller in Ranipet of India’s Tamil Nadu State, to start production on Saturday, July 01. The new factory, with its production capacity 1.5 times

  • Nidec Develops Proof of Concept (PoC) for Digital Twin-type Intelligent Motor®

    Nidec Corporation (TSE: 6594; OTC US: NJDCY) (“Nidec” or the “Company”) today announced that it has developed a proof of concept (PoC)*3 to realize an “Intelligent Motor® solution,” a system that the Company defined to adapt (i) Intelligent Motors®*1, which are equipped with microcomputers and data coupling and time synchronization functions, and (ii) products with an Intelligent Motor®, to digita

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