Nidec Corporation

Nidec Corporation
日本電産株式会社

Company headquarters and Central Technical Laboratory
Type	Public KK
Traded as	: TOPIX 100 Component
Industry	Electronic components
Founded	July 23, 1973; 44 years ago (1973-07-23)
Headquarters	338 Kuzetonoshiro-cho, Minami-ku, Kyoto 601-8205, Japan
Key people	Shigenobu Nagamori (CEO)
Products	Small precision motors Automotive motors Home appliance motors Commercial and industrial motors Motors for machinery Electronic and optical components
Revenue	USD 8.49 billion (FY 2013) (JPY 875.1 billion) (FY 2013)
Net income	USD 546 million (FY 2013) (JPY 56.27 billion) (FY 2013)
Number of employees	100,394 (2014)
Website	Official website
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USD 8.49 billion (FY 2013)

USD 546 million (FY 2013)

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.

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.

As of 2015, the company has 230 subsidiaries companies located across Japan, Asia, Europe and the Americas. Nidec is listed on the first section of the and is a constituent of the TOPIX 100 .

The company was number 42 on the 2005 edition of the Businessweek Infotech 100 list. Also Nidec was featured on the 2014 Forbes World’s Most Innovative Companies list.