Nidec ASI

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Nidec Industrial Solutions
Type Public
Industry Power Generation Electrical equipment
Founded2013
HeadquartersViale Sarca, 336, I - 20126 Milano, Italy
Key people
Dominique Llonch
(CEO)
Products
  • Medium Voltage electric motors and generators
  • Low and Medium voltage drives
  • power electronics for Power Supply and Power Quality
  • Industrial control and automation systems
Number of employees
1300 (2015)
Website Official website

Nidec Industrial Solutions is an Italian multinational company based in Milan, that designs and manufactures rotating electrical machines, Power electronics and industrial automation. It was founded in 2012 with the acquisition of Ansaldo Sistemi Industriali by Nidec Corporation. Working in electrical engineering, designs and manufactures of electric motors and generators, power electronics and control systems and automation for industrial applications, Nidec Industrial Solutions was founded in 2012 when Nidec, a Japanese multinational corporation listed on the TYO : 6594 and NYSE :  NJ, NJ and ON TOPIX 100 Component and Nikkei, acquired Ansaldo Sistemi Industriali (ASI). ASI, an industrial branch of the Ansaldo Group, was privatized in 2000. Its markets include petrochemical, energy, steel, marine and industrial automation.

Contents

Nidec Industrial Solutions (formerly Ansaldo Sistemi Industriali) as a former Finmeccanica company, shares its history and its roots with the history of Italian company Ansaldo, founded in 1853 in Sampierdarena (Genoa district), then merged in 1993 in the Finmeccanica group.

History

Markets

Nidec ASI operates in the following markets:

Products

Nidec Industrial Solutions manufactures a complete electrical package including Medium Voltage electric motors and generators, Low and Medium voltage drives, Power electronics for Power Supply and Power Quality and develops control and automation systems with proprietary platform.

Skills and significant projects

Geographical Presence

Nidec ASI, headquartered in Milan in Italy, is present with subsidiaries in France, Germany, Romania, Russia, China, Japan and United States.

History of production sites

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