OSAKA -- Japanese electronic parts maker Nidec will offer factory-automating robots and systems as soon as this year, targeting domestic manufacturers seeking labor-saving measures amid a worker drought.
The Kyoto-based company, which aims to do away with overtime for its workers by fiscal 2020, will test the productivity-boosting equipment at its own facilities. It hopes for annual sales of around 200 billion yen ($1.81 billion) for the business by that same fiscal year.
