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Native name
  
ミネベア株式会社

Number of employees
  
53,327

Headquarters
  
Miyota, Minato

Founded
  
16 July 1951

Type of business
  
Public KK

Minebea

Traded as
  
TYO: 6479 OSE: 6479 NAG: 6479 Nikkei 225 Component

Industry
  
Machinery Electronics Defense technology

Key people
  
Yoshihisa Kainuma, (CEO and President)

Products
  
Machinery components Rotary components Electronic devices and components Firearms

Revenue
  
$ 3.002 billion (FY 2012) (¥ 282,409 billion) (FY 2012)

CEO
  
Yoshihisa Kainuma (Apr 2009–)

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Minebea Co., Ltd. (ミネベア株式会社, Minebea Kabushiki-gaisha) or NMB (Nippon Miniature Bearing) is a Japanese multinational corporation and a major producer of machinery components and electronics devices. International Asian business accounts for 80% of Minebea's production and 50% of its sales.

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The company as of March 31, 2013 has its 43 consolidated subsidiaries, 31 manufacturing facilities and 43 sales offices. NMB (USA) Inc. is an American holding company that manages Minebea's American subsidiaries.

Minebea shares are listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the Osaka Securities Exchange and the Nagoya Stock Exchange and the company is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock index.

Minebea has the world largest shares in 6 product areas such as ball bearings (65%) and pivot assemblies (65%).

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Business segments and products

  • Machined components
  • Bearings
  • Bearing-related products: pivot assemblies, precision mechanical assemblies
  • Defense related special components (exclusively to the Japan Ministry of Defense)
  • Fasteners
  • Magnetic clutches and brakes
  • Rotary components
  • Fan motors
  • Blowers
  • Power brushless motors
  • Hybrid type stepping motors
  • Small diameter / High speed PM stepping motors
  • HDD Spindle motors
  • Rotation angle sensors
  • Fan units
  • Electronic devices and components
  • Back light inverters
  • Lighting devices for LCDs
  • LED drivers
  • Measuring components
  • Minebea also develops and/or produces firearms for the Japanese Self-Defense Forces and the National Police Agency.

    In late August 2015, a Minebea product gained an entry in the Guinness World Records for being the smallest commercially available mass-produced steel ball bearing in the world. The product concerned was first introduced in 2009, and is primarily used by domestic watchmakers in a number of high-grade mechanical watches to support delicate axles, instead of traditionally used jewels.

    Major shareholders

    (top 10 shareholders, as of September 30, 2013)

  • Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (Trust Account) – 31,364,000 – 8.29%
  • The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account) – 27,583,000 – 7.29%
  • National Mutual Insurance Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives – 15,761,000 – 4.17%
  • Takahashi Industrial and Economic Research Foundation – 15,447,330 – 4.08%
  • Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited – 15,349,000 – 4.06%
  • Keiaisha Co., Ltd. – 15,000,000 – 3.97%
  • Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (Trust Account 4) – 13,081,000 – 3.46%
  • Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (Trust Account 9) – 11,501,000 – 3.04%
  • The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. – 10,057,839 – 2.66%
  • Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation – 10,000,475 – 2.64%
  • References

    Minebea Wikipedia