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- Nittoku Co., Ltd. (6145.T) develops, manufactures, sells, and services automatic winding machines, related machinery, and parts for coil production and factory automation applications worldwide. The company operates primarily in the Winding Systems and Mechatronics segment, offering bobbin coil winding machines, bobbinless coil (air coil) winding machines, chip winding machines, motor-related machines including solid core inner/outer winding, segmented core, open core, and armature types; wire/cable manufacturing equipment such as unwinding/winding machines, stranded wire winding machines, shield horizontal winding machines, taping equipment, and cable processing equipment; connector-related equipment like terminal insertion/bending machines and bending straighteners; as well as high-speed transfer systems, intermittent film transfer systems, unwinding/rewinding systems with active tension control, factory automation solutions, and maintenance parts. Products serve industries including automobiles (EPS, ABS, fan motors, sensors, inductors, ignition coils, relays), communications (speakers/receivers, vibration motors, transformers), audio-visual/home appliances, office automation, precision equipment, and non-contact IC cards/tags with embedded antenna coils and junction lines.
Founded on September 28, 1972, and headquartered at 2-292-1 Azuma-cho, Omiya-ku, Saitama City, Saitama 330-0841, Japan, Nittoku maintains a global footprint with subsidiaries and technical centers in the United States, China (Shanghai, Shenzhen, Suzhou, Changzhou JV), Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Philippines, and Austria; key consolidated subsidiaries include Nittoku Kosei Co., Ltd., Nittoku Koide Co., Ltd., and Astecnos Co., Ltd. The company lists on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Standard Market and employs 511 staff (1,229 consolidated) as of March 2025.
In recent developments, Nittoku established Shiga Technical Center in Kusatsu City and Tottori Technical Center in Tottori City in 2024 to bolster R&D capabilities; acquired Astecnos Co., Ltd. as a subsidiary in April 2024; launched a local subsidiary in the Philippines in September 2023 and Vietnam in February 2022; transitioned to the Tokyo Stock Exchange Standard Market in April 2022; and previously made Nittoku Koide Co., Ltd. (formerly Koide Engineering) a subsidiary in 2014 while expanding factories in Nagasaki (2018) and Fukushima (2019). These moves reflect ongoing strategic expansions in production, automation technology, and international operations to support growing demand in automotive, electronics, and EV-related coil winding applications.