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Nidec ACIM inaugurates its new industrial campus in Qingdao

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Nidec Appliance, Commercial and Industrial Motors (ACIM) Business Unit has officially inaugurated its new Nidec Qingdao Industrial Park, located near the eastern coast of China, approximately 500 km south-east of Beijing city.

Located in Jiaozhou, it spans the equivalent of 15 football fields and is capable of delivering 18 million motors and over 20 million electronic inverters per year.

Equipped with 75 production lines, the site is a result of the integration of two long-standing facilities and consolidates more than twenty years of presence that the company has in Qingdao. [Read more…] about Nidec ACIM inaugurates its new industrial campus in Qingdao

Honda integrates Nidec’s omnidirectional wheels into personal mobility machine

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Honda has integrated Nidec’s jointly developed omnidirectional drive unit into its latest personal mobility robot, Uni-One, now available for test rides at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Kansai, Japan.

Uni-One – a hands‑free, seated mobility device – allows users to steer simply by shifting body weight, while keeping both hands free for other tasks.

It features a dynamic height adjustment: a low position for safe boarding and a higher posture while moving to bring the rider closer to eye‑level with standing individuals, supporting more natural social interaction. [Read more…] about Honda integrates Nidec’s omnidirectional wheels into personal mobility machine

Nidec inaugurates new manufacturing hub in India

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Nidec, the world’s leading manufacturer of electric motors, generators, renewable energy solutions, and industrial machinery, has inaugurated its cutting-edge manufacturing campus, Orchard Hub, located in the Kotur-Belur Industrial Area of Hubli-Dharwad, Karnataka.

The inauguration marks the launch of plant machinery and equipment installation across the six campus plants, paving the way for production to commence later this year.

The inauguration ceremony was attended by Mr. M. B. Patil, Honourable Cabinet Minister for Large & Medium Industries and Infrastructure Development, Government of Karnataka, along with Mr. Michael Briggs, president of Nidec Motion & Energy. [Read more…] about Nidec inaugurates new manufacturing hub in India

Nidec opens new new factory in China

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Nidec Machine Tool has completed the construction of a new factory that its subsidiary Nidec Machine Tool (Zhejiang) had been building in the city of Pinghu, Zhejiang Province, China.

The factory is already at full-scale operation and was constructed to establish a prompt machine tool supply system to meet China’s domestic needs for autos, robots, and industrial machines among others, this new, three-floor factory, whose first-phase construction started in March 2023, covers an area of approximately 66,000 sq m, including an approximately 18,000 sq m first floor.

The new factory houses, among others, a machine tool assembly area, a component machining area, and an office, in addition to a 600 sq m internal showroom, the first of its kind for the Company to have in China, to exhibit products made in the new factory and those produced by the Nidec Group’s machine tool companies in Japan and elsewhere. [Read more…] about Nidec opens new new factory in China

Nidec develops vacuum-resistant liquid crystal substrate transfer robots

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Nidec Instruments, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nidec Corporation, has developed liquid crystal substrate transfer robots that can move their joints in a vacuum environment “as freely as in the air”.

In a process to manufacture liquid crystal, organic electroluminescent (EL), and other displays, mother glass substrates are constantly required to be made larger, and their processing speed faster, as their production cost must be reduced and screen sizes must be made larger at the same time.

In recent years, display manufacturers are required to handle large, 3m x 3m products because the larger glasses robots can transfer, the better transfer efficiency they can achieve. [Read more…] about Nidec develops vacuum-resistant liquid crystal substrate transfer robots

Industrial components giant Nidec opens new factory in India

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Nidec Machine Tool Corporation has built a new factory for Nidec India Precision Tools, the company’s cutting tool manufacturer and seller in Ranipet of India’s Tamil Nadu State, and started production in early July.

The new factory, with its production capacity 1.5 times the company’s current manufacturing capability, will produce hob cutters, pinion cutters, and other cutting tools.

After its launch, the factory will be able to quickly supply the company’s customers in India with its products and meet their needs in response to the growing demand for autos, and construction and farming machinery. [Read more…] about Industrial components giant Nidec opens new factory in India

Nidec Leroy-Somer selected by Airbus to develop electric motors for its future hydrogen powered zero-emission engine

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Nidec Leroy-Somer has signed an agreement with Airbus, the worlds largest airplane manufacturer, to develop an electric motor for its hydrogen-powered fuel cell engine prototype, as part of Airbus’ ambition to bring the first zero-emission commercial aircraft to market by 2035.

The long-standing expertise and extensive know-how of the French electric motor manufacturer, who already provides proven advanced technologies to many demanding industries, such as navy, nuclear, railway, automotive and robotics is now collaborating on aviation decarbonization.

Leroy-Somer, part of the Japanese Nidec Group since 2017, is entrusted to design and develop a series of electric motor prototypes which meet very high requirements in terms of safety, reliability, energy-efficiency and lowest weight for the targeted power. [Read more…] about Nidec Leroy-Somer selected by Airbus to develop electric motors for its future hydrogen powered zero-emission engine

Nidec launches two new robot cameras for hobbing and broaching machines

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Nidec Machine Tool has launched two new robot cameras for hobbing and broaching machines to help automate visual inspections of cutting tools.

Robot Camera “Speed”, visual inspection equipment for cutting tools (hobbing machines) to process gears and other components, and Robot Camera “Max”, visual inspection equipment for broaching machines.

The company says the two robot cameras can reduce tooling inspection time to “less than 1/10 of its current length”. [Read more…] about Nidec launches two new robot cameras for hobbing and broaching machines

Nidec develops AC servo motor equipped with Zignear

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Nidec and its subsidiary Nidec Sankyo have jointly developed an AC servo motor (resolution: 17bit) equipped with Zignear, the position detection technology that can be applied to industrial robots and replace encoders.

The motor is intended for application in industrial robots and automated guided vehicles.

An encoder, which is a sensor used to detect the rotation of a brushless DC motor mainly, is essential in adjusting a motor to an intended location, and keeping its rotation consistent. [Read more…] about Nidec develops AC servo motor equipped with Zignear

Nidec to enter robotics market

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Nidec is set to enter the robotics market, according to a report on Nikkei.

Nidec is probably the world’s largest supplier of motors and drives, used in computer hard drives and all sorts of other devices. But it has so far, avoided entering the industrial robotics market in a big way.

Now, however, Nidec has reportedly “added robots to its core products along with electric vehicle motors”. [Read more…] about Nidec to enter robotics market