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Viet Nam Prime Minister's Visit to Nidec Head Office Featured on YouTube Channel of Prime Minister's Office of Japan
On June 8, 2017, Nidec's Head Office in Kyoto, Japan was graced with a visit from his excellency Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc, prime minister of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam. During his visit, prime minister Phuc inspected one of the Nidec group’s factories, equipped with state-of-the-art automation technology developed in-house, after meeting with Nidec’s chairman, president & CEO Shigenobu Nagamori at the company’s administrative head office.
On the day of the visit, Nidec announced plans to invest approximately 500 million US dollars in Viet Nam over the coming years in an ongoing effort to respond to the increasing demand for energy efficient high-performance brushless DC motors and other motors for use in high-tech devices such as robots.
The video featuring prime minister Phuc’s visit can be viewed by clicking the link below.
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Nidec was established in Kyoto, Japan in 1973 by its Chairman, President and CEO Shigenobu Nagamori. In 1979, Nidec became the first company in the world to successfully commercialize a direct drive spindle motor for HDDs based on a brushless DC motor. Since then, the company has grown into a world-leading comprehensive motor manufacturer encompassing approximately 300 subsidiaries employing over 100,000 people throughout the world and with annual sales exceeding $10B. Nidec's motors, drives, generators and related products are found in a diverse range of applications including computers, smartphones, home appliances, automobiles, manufacturing plants, robots and more.
