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  • Nidec Mobility Develops the World’s First E-clutch ECU  for Two-wheelers

    Nidec Mobility Develops the World’s First E-clutch ECU for Two-wheelers

    Nidec Mobility Corporation (“Nidec Mobility” or “we”), a Nidec Group company, today announced that it has developed the world-first electric clutch ECU for two-wheel vehicles that enables the rider to shift gears without using the clutch lever when the vehicle’s drive force changes as it starts moving, changes speed, stops, etc.
    Nidec Mobility’s electric clutch ECU for two-wheel vehicles
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  • Nidec Instruments Develops Hydrophilic Coat for Automotive Lenses

    Nidec Instruments Develops Hydrophilic Coat for Automotive Lenses

    Nidec Instruments Corporation (“Nidec Instruments”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Nidec Corporation, announced today that it has developed hydrophilic coat that improves car drivers’ vision in rainy weather and other environments where automotive cameras’ lenses get wet.


    The unique features of Nidec Instruments’ latest coat include:
    - Newly developed hydrophilic coating on the surfac

  • Nidec and Embraer receive approval for joint venture to develop Electric Propulsion System for aerospace sector

    Nidec and Embraer receive approval for joint venture to develop Electric Propulsion System for aerospace sector

    Kyoto, Japan, October 6th, 2023 - Japan’s Nidec Corporation (TSE: 6594; OTC US: NJDCY) and Brazil’s Embraer (B3: EMBR3, NYSE: ERJ) welcome the unconditional approval from all necessary regulatory authorities for the establishment of their joint venture, Nidec Aerospace LLC. The transaction combines the complementary synergies and distinct areas of expertise of two world-class engineering conglomer

  • Nidec Power Train Systems Develops New EOP to Cool EV Traction Motor System E-Axle

    Nidec Power Train Systems Develops New EOP to Cool EV Traction Motor System E-Axle

    Nidec Power Train Systems Corporation (“Nidec Power Train Systems” or the “Company”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Nidec Corporation, announced today that it has developed a new electric oil pump (“EOP”) to cool E-Axle, the traction motor system for EVs.
    Nidec Power Train System’s EOP for the Traction Motor System, E-Axle
    As demands grow for, among others, a smaller and lighter traction moto

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

    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 mechan

  • 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

    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

  • Opening Ceremony for New Factories in Serbia

    Opening Ceremony for New Factories in Serbia

    Nidec Corporation (hereinafter referred to as “the Company”) has held an opening ceremony for new factories in Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia (hereinaft referred to as“Serbia”).


    1.Opening ceremony overview
    【Date】: Thursday, May 18, 2023, 10:00-12:00(local time)
    【Venue】: Novi Sad city, Serbia 
    【Main Attendees】: Aleksandar Vučić, President of the Republic of Serbia
    Tetsuya Tsub

  • Nidec Develops Technology to Achieve the World’s Highest Space Factor for Round Winding Wires

    Nidec Develops Technology to Achieve the World’s Highest Space Factor for Round Winding Wires

    Nidec Corporation (TSE: 6594) (OTC US: NJDCY) (“Nidec” or the “Company”) announced today that it has achieved the world’s highest-level pace factor for round winding wires used for its traction motors, and has launched the mass production of motors by using the technology.


    Nidec’s latest stator


    E-Axle Gen.2



    Weight saving is one of the critical elements in impro

  • Announcement of Grand Opening Ceremony for Bulgaria Development Center

    Announcement of Grand Opening Ceremony for Bulgaria Development Center

    NIDEC ELESYS CORPORATION (hereafter, "NIDEC ELESYS") will open a R&D center in Sofia, Republic of Bulgaria (hereafter, "Bulgaria"). The opening ceremony was held with the presence of President Rumen Radev.
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    1. About Our R&D center
     In response to the growing demand for our in-vehicle inverters and ECUs due to the tightening of environmental

  • Nidec Control Techniques Expands Into Mexico

    Nidec Control Techniques Expands Into Mexico

    THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA OF DRIVES PRODUCTION

    Control Techniques and Nidec entered the next exciting phase of its expansion plans for global manufacturing on Wednesday 12th October when they opened a brand-new manufacturing facility in Monterrey, Mexico.
    This bold development signifies the beginning of a new era of drives production and allows them to support their strategic objectives

  • Nidec Launches Mass Production of Its Second-generation EV Traction Motor System

    Nidec Launches Mass Production of Its Second-generation EV Traction Motor System

    Nidec Corporation (TSE: 6594) (OTC US: NJDCY) (“Nidec” or the “Company”) announced today that is has started the mass production of the second-generation model (“Gen.2”) of its EV traction motor system, E-Axle.




    In April 2019, Nidec became the first tier-1 company in the world to launch the mass-production of E-Axle, the

  • Construction of New Factory in Serbia Completed

    Construction of New Factory in Serbia Completed

    Nidec Corporation (hereafter, "the Company") has completed the construction of a new factory in Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia (hereafter, "Serbia").
    1.About the new factory in Serbia
    Due to the tightening of environmental regulations in Europe as well as stricter CO2 emission regulations for automobiles in major countries the demand for our in-vehicle motors is expanding. The Company is there

  • Nidec Tosok Develops a New Next-generation Electric Oil Pump for Automobiles

    Nidec Tosok Develops a New Next-generation Electric Oil Pump for Automobiles

    Nidec Tosok Corporation (the “Company” or “we”) has announced today that it has developed a second-generation electric oil pump (“EOP”) as explained below.

                               Nidec Tosok’s new EOP
    In addition to sending oil to cool drive motors, EOPs are used increasingly frequently to supply lubricant oil to CVT, A/T, and other transmission components when the car’s engine is st

  • 关于日本电产东测车载用新一代电动油泵的新产品开发

    关于日本电产东测车载用新一代电动油泵的新产品开发

    日本电产东测株式会社成功研制出了车载用电动油泵(以下简称“EOP”)的第二代产品。

                                                 日本电产东测的“电动油泵”
    EOP除了用于将驱动电机的冷却用油送出之外,在燃油车中,随着自带怠速启停功能车型的普及,也用于在发动机停止时向CVT及A/T等变速箱提供润滑油。日本电产东测的EOP也被搭载在集团销售的电驱系统——“E-Axle”上,并在市场上销售。
    日本电产东测新研发的第二代EOP,体积和重量均为日本电产集团的 “E-Axle”所搭载的第一代EOP的一半,在“轻量化” 方面取得了较大突破,推出了同级别产品中具有进步性的轻量级产品。第二代EOP可保证在-40℃~105℃的温度下工作,不受地域的限制。
    车载用EOP以中国市场为核心,不断呈现低价格态势,而日本电产东测运用较早开始量

  • Nidec India Holds a Groundbreaking Ceremony of Its Existing Factory’s New Building

    Nidec India Holds a Groundbreaking Ceremony of Its Existing Factory’s New Building

    Nidec Corporation (TSE: 6594; OTC US: NJDCY) (the “Company”) announced today that Nidec India Private Limited (“Nidec India”), one of its subsidiaries, has held a groundbreaking ceremony of the new building to Nidec India’s existing factory (the second-phase construction) in Neemrana, Rajasthan in the Republic of India (“India”).


    1.About the groundbreaking ceremony
    Time & date: 1

  • 电动油泵

    关于日本电产东测参展「杭州ATC汽车技术峰会」的通知

    日本电产东测(以下简称“本公司”)将首次在2022年于中国杭州举办的ATC新能源动力技术周之“2022国际汽车变速箱技术峰会”上进行参展(会议及参展期间:2022年7月12日~7月13日),ATC汽车技术平台是中国汽车技术会议领域的优质平台,也是极具影响力的品牌之一。
    此次峰会,ATC将旗下“混合动力”“电驱动”“变速箱”“电池安全”“管路”等5大技术峰会汇聚于技术周,设置12+技术分会场和130+技术主题分享,将吸引2000+技术专家莅临交流。
    在中国的“双碳”战略下,新能源汽车将带来更多的价值,也将迎来更大机会。汽车动力系统的低碳化、新能源化大势所趋。同时,传统车企的电动化转型和攻势力度也在持续加大,新产品及新技术层出不穷,从技术角度看,市场将真正进入动力多元化时代。
    对于日趋变化的各种需求,本公司也在加紧研发高端技术,以提供有效的产品群支撑。此次本公司将展出全新开发

  • 关于日本电产艾莱希斯举行塞尔维亚新厂奠基仪式的通知

    关于日本电产艾莱希斯举行塞尔维亚新厂奠基仪式的通知

    日本电产艾莱希斯株式会社(以下简称“本公司”)位于塞尔维亚共和国(以下简称“塞尔维亚”)诺维萨德市的新厂筹建项目,于7月4日11点(塞尔维亚当地时间)邀请了诺维萨德市的米洛什・武切维奇市长莅临新厂建设规划用地,举行了新厂奠基仪式。

                                           奠基仪式的场景
    1.关于新厂建设的构想
    随着欧洲环境监管的强化以及主要国家对汽车行业的CO2排放目标进一步收紧,本公司的车载逆变器及ECU产品的市场需求日益扩大,为了在欧洲构建起高效、快速的供应体制,我们在塞尔维亚建立了新厂。该项目符合日本政府在塞尔维亚等地区开展的“ 西巴尔干合作倡议”,得到了日本和塞尔维亚政府的大力支持。
    塞尔维亚有许多精通英语的理工科人才。作为未来肩负欧洲集团公司生产统括重任的候补人才,我们已开始了新厂干部及技术部门重要人员的招聘工

  • Nidec Control Techniques to aid industrial recovery

    Nidec Control Techniques to aid industrial recovery

    After the fatal floods experienced in Durban and surrounds in April, hard-hit businesses are scrambling to recover and minimise the damage to their bottom line. In the industrial and manufacturing sector specifically, the lost production time poses a prominent threat to business health. Considering this, Nidec Control Techniques has arranged a dedicated team to help businesses in the region get th

  • Rendering of the flagship E-Axle factory

    Nidec Holds a Signing Ceremony to Construct a Flagship E-Axle (Traction Motor System) Factory in Pinghu, Zhejiang Province in China

    Nidec Corporation (TSE: 6594; OTC US: NJDCY) (the “Company” or “Nidec”) announced today that it has decided to build a flagship factory to produce its traction motor system, E-Axle, in the city of Pinghu, Zhejiang Province in China, and held a signing ceremony with the city’s government.
    Time & date: 15:00 - 16:00 on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 (Japan time)
    Places:
    1) Building No. 3, the Pi

  • Nidec Receives 2021 Bosch Global Supplier Award from Bosch Group

    Nidec Receives 2021 Bosch Global Supplier Award from Bosch Group

    Nidec Corporation (TSE: 6594; OTC US: NJDCY) (the “Company” or “Nidec”) announced today that the Nidec Group has received a Bosch Global Supplier Award from Germany’s Robert Bosch GmbH, a global supplier of technology and services, in the “Purchasing of direct materials – Consumer Goods” category. This is the second time for our Group to receive this Award since 2017, when we were selected for the

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