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History

 


:Event :Technology / Product [ ]:indicates first product(s) manufactured
 


1971 - 1985
 

Supporting Japanese motorization and internationalization

Full-scale overseas expansion into developed countries, while taking on the challenge of building a creative development-driven company (including the mechatronics field), and expanding the production system in Japan

    World Events
         1975  Vietnam War ends
          1981  Space Shuttle Columbia’s first visit to space
          1982  Falklands War


    Japan Events
         1972  Japan and People Republic of China establish diplomatic relations
          1973  Oil Crisis
          1983  Nintendo Family Computer released

 

 

 

 









 

1971

France NSK France S.A. established as a sales office in Paris

1973

US Hoover-NSK Bearing Company established as a joint venture with Hoover Ball and Bearing Company (becoming NSK Corporation’s Ann Arbor Plant in 1985 and closing in 2007)
[ball bearings]

1974

UK NSK Bearings Europe Ltd. established

Decision to construct the Peterlee Plant made (production starts 1976)
[ball bearings]

Nishi Nippon Seiko

1975

US Clarinda Plant established by Hoover-NSK Bearing Co. (production starts) (1985 Clarinda Plant, NSK Corporation)
[ball bearings]

Clarinda Plant

1975,1976

Start of plant exports to China

1975

Singapore NSK Singapore (Private) Ltd. established as sales base.

Japan Saitama Plant established
[small size tapered roller bearings]

Japan Soja Plant established
[steering columns, steering joints]

1975

First in the world High-precision ball bearings for home VCRs

1976

Italy NSK Italia S.P.A. established as a sales office in Milan

1977

First in the world Sealed multi-row tapered roller bearings for roll necks of rolling mills

1978

1st generation hub unit bearings for automobiles

HUB I

1979

First in the world High precision XY table for semiconductor manufacturing equipment

1980

2nd generation hub unit bearings

1984

Japan Fukushima Plant established (highly automated plant)
[Super extra small ball bearings, miniature bearings]

1984

First in the world Laser printer bearings

First in the world Megatorque Motor™ direct drive motor for factoryautomation

Megatorque Motor™

Multipurpose lithography for semiconductor manufacturing (business transferred in 2015)

1985

Japan World’s first private-sector tribology research center established

South Korea Representative office established in Seoul, South Korea

1985

Jet engine (V2500) bearings for civil aircraft