Nidec continues acquisitions in Europe in the motor and electrical equipment sector

Nidec: “for everything that spins and moves”

Nidec acquired the Italian electrical machinery construction and repair company Motortecnica s.r.l. on May 15, 2015 via its Italian subsidiary Nidec ASI S.p.A. (formerly, Ansaldo Sistemi Industriali S.p.A), which Nidec had acquired in May 2012.

Motortecnica s.r.l.

Motortecnica was established in 1989 in Salerno (Italy) by Antonio Iorio for the repair of electrical machines. Motortecnica has 77 employees and € 11 million in revenues for the fiscal year ending with December 31, 2014.

Motortecnica is focused on:

planning and production of electric machines such as motors and generators
construction of electric machine parts: stator coils, rotor coils, connections, whole rotors, whole stators
machining
diagnostics and repair of electric machines

Motortecnica moved to new headquarters in September 2013 workshops and factory includes:

Automatic brazing machine MPM 3000
CNC Machining units
Vertical lathes
Electric furnaces
Cut and skin
Impulse generators
Automatic Meter Zeiss
Alternating voltage generator 50 kV – 200 kVA
Ridgway Taping machine
Stator coil spindle-moulding machine
Roebel Transposition press
Instrumentation
Thermopresse
Laser cutter
Waterjet
Balancing machines maximum 30 tons

Motortecnica invests in equipment, technology and production and maintenance:

2008: € 1 million
2009: € 2 million
2010: € 2.5 million
2011: € 1.5 million
2012: € 1 million
2013: € 2 million
2014: € 1.2 million

Nidec ASI S.p.A. (formerly, Ansaldo Sistemi Industriali S.p.A)

Nidec had acquired Ansaldo Sistemi Industriali S.p.A in May 2012, and renamed the company: Nidec ASI S.p.A. Nidec ASI’s business includes:

large industrial motors
generators
low and high voltage drives
industrial system automation and service with focus on the oil & gas, metals, renewable energy, marine and general industry sectors

nidec (日本電産株式会社)

Nidec was founded in 1944 in Kyoto by Nagamori Shigenobu, and produces motors, machinery, optical parts, camera shutters and other electro-mechanical equipment.

Read our report on Japan’s electronics industry sector to learn more about NIDEC and its place in Japan’s electronics industry sector:

Japan electronics industries: mono zukuri

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