Nidec Corporation manufactures and sells motors and other electronic products worldwide. It offers brushless DC, brush DC, induction, SR, synchronous, servo, and stepping motors, as well as drive circuits; fans and blowers, such as DC axial flow, DC blower, and AC axial flow fans; and machinery, including inspection and measuring systems, automation units, control equipment, marking devices, and optical devices. The company also provides electronic and optical components comprising mechanical system components, optical system units, sensors, and electronic system components; special motors, including pump, vibration, multifunction hybrid, and hard disk drive motors, as well as motor drive units, polygon laser scanners, and diaphragm and medical pumps; automotive components; and other products that include music boxes and pottery craftwork equipment. The company's products have applications in the information and telecommunications equipment, office equipment, home appliances, automobiles, industrial equipment, and environmental energy industries. In addition, it engages in the provision of insurance services; leasing and management of real-estate properties; sale of various range of products; operation of company stores; loan and lease business; and contract business related to temporary staffing, hotel business, sales of beverages, and others. Nidec Corporation was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.
