Japan's Nidec makes foray into robot business

World's largest motor maker mulls in-house chip production amid supply crunch

20220126 Nidec Chairman Shigenobu Nagamori

Nidec founder and Chairman Shigenobu Nagamori stressed on Wednesday "it's risky to buy all semiconductors from other companies." (Screenshot from Nidec's website)

MITSURU OBE, Nikkei Asia chief business news correspondent

TOKYO -- Nidec, the world's largest motor maker, has added robots to its core products along with electric vehicle motors, as the Japanese company continues its dramatic expansion of businesses in the hard disk drive sector to home appliances.

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