Nidec Corporation (日本電産株式会社 Nihon Densan Kabushikigaisha^?) is a Japanese manufacturer of electric motors. Their products are found in hard-disk drives, household electric appliances, commercial and manufacturing equipment.^[1] The two product groups with the largest sales are hard-disk drive motors (30% of sales) and electrical and optical components (21.5%). The paid-in capital is 66,248,341,486 Japanese yen.^[2] The company has its headquarters in Minami-ku, Kyoto, and plants inNagaokakyō,^[3] Thailand, the People's Republic of China, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam.^[4] Nidec was Number 42 on the Business Week IT 100.^[5]

Nidec Corporation (日本電産株式会社 Nihon Densan Kabushikigaisha^?) is a Japanese manufacturer of electric motors. Their products are found in hard-disk drives, household electric appliances, commercial and manufacturing equipment.^[1] The two product groups with the largest sales are hard-disk drive motors (30% of sales) and electrical and optical components (21.5%). The paid-in capital is 66,248,341,486 Japanese yen.^[2] The company has its headquarters in Minami-ku, Kyoto, and plants inNagaokakyō,^[3] Thailand, the People's Republic of China, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam.^[4] Nidec was Number 42 on the Business Week IT 100.^[5]

Nidec is listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange with number 65940.^[6] It is indexed in the Topix Large 70 and other indexes.^[7]