Nidec-Shimpo America Corporation


NIDEC-SHIMPO America Corporation is the U.S. subsidiary of Japan-based NIDEC-SHIMPO Corporation. Located in Glendale Heights, IL, NIDEC-SHIMPO America Corporation is composed of Shimpo Drives, Shimpo Instruments and Shimpo Ceramics.

Business Units

Shimpo Drives

Manufacturer of high precision motion control and power transmission solutions, including planetary gearboxes, cycloidal gearboxes, rotary actuators and traction drives. Products are used in the packaging, printing, machine tool, robotics, aerospace, oil & gas and semiconductor markets.

Shimpo Instruments

Manufactures speed, force and torque testing and inspection instrumentation for laboratory research, quality control and process control applications in printing, medical, pharmaceutical and automation industries.

Shimpo Ceramics

Manufactures ceramic equipment, such as pottery wheels, pug mills and kilns for artists, teachers, students and businesses.

Affiliated Companies

NIDEC Corporation

With annual sales exceeding $8 Billion for the fiscal year 2011, the NIDEC Corporation is a provider of small, mid-size motors and related drive technologies. Founded in 1973 by current Chairman of the Board and CEO, Shigenobu Nagamori, the NIDEC Corporation has a portfolio of motors for hard disk drives and for fans used in consumer appliances or automotive applications. The NIDEC Group consists of more than 150 corporate subsidiaries around the globe. The group totals more than 100,000 employees that are supplying products and services to customers in more than 30 countries. The NIDEC Group companies can be categorized into the following business segments: Motors, Machinery, Optical & Electronic Components, Other.

NIDEC America Corporation

The U.S. subsidiary of NIDEC Corporation with offices in Massachusetts, Connecticut, California, Colorado and Minnesota. NIDEC America Corporation consist of technologies to meet the thermal management and motion control needs of the world's designers and manufactures of IT, business equipment, automotive, industrial, and consumer electronic products.

NIDEC-SHIMPO

Created in 1952, SHIMPO located its corporate headquarters and main production facility in Kyoto, Japan where it remains today. NIDEC-SHIMPO is a supplier of power transmission drive technology, instrumentation and ceramics equipment to the industrial marketplace.

Nidec-Minster

has corporate headquarters and manufacturing plant in Minster, Ohio. The Nidec Minster Corporation is a supplier of equipment and services for the material forming industry. Minster provides mechanical power presses; feeds; straighteners; reels; coil cars; die transfer tables; press controls; training programs; production monitoring systems; inspection services; preventative maintenance services; remanufacturing services; technical consulting services; press relocation services and other products and programs designed specifically for the material forming market. Today, Nidec-Minster presses and material handling equipment are in production in more than 84 countries around the world.

History