NSK Vision 2026
NSK Vision 2026
In 2016, NSK celebrated its 100th anniversary. NSK Vision 2026 was
established the same year to convey our aspirations for the next
10 years, as the first step on our journey through another
century. At the center of Vision 2026, the message “Setting the
Future in Motion,” represents our commitment to bringing safety,
reliability, and comfort to people's lives—enriching lifestyles
and building a brighter future through our products and services
across our automotive business, industrial machinery business, and
a wide range of other business fields.
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NSK Corporate Philosophy
NSK contributes to a safer, smoother society and helps protect
the global environment through its innovative technology
integrating Motion & Control™. As a truly international
enterprise, we are working across national boundaries to improve
relationships between people throughout the world.
Our Business Strengths
Our Business Strengths
Diversification
Ever since NSK became the first company in Japan to produce
bearings in 1916, we have continued a strong tradition of
R&D pursuing the leading edge of technology. The result?
Today, we hold a leading market share both in Japan and
globally— not only for bearings, but also ball screws,
linear guides, and a range of other products. We offer a
broad range of advanced products to support manufacturing
needs, and this diversified business provides a stable
management portfolio. With a firm focus on the future, we
are also leveraging NSK's technological strengths to develop
new technologies and products that can deliver new value and
provide solutions for a sustainable society.
Source: Nikkei Business Daily
Company Culture
In a world where component suppliers are often tied to a
single large customer, NSK has always maintained its
independence. We set our own business strategy to build on
inter-field synergies and create new products and services
unlike anything before, adding value for our customers
around the world across an astonishing range of
industries—from heavy machinery such as aircraft and machine
tools to everyday items such as computers and smartphones.
How does the NSK brand achieve its global reputation for
high quality and reliability? Through our world-leading
technology, elite talent, and a proactive company culture
rooted in a “Change and Go Beyond” spirit. Going forward, we
will maintain our position as a needed and trusted company
by broadening our horizons and finding new and innovative
ways to contribute to society through our technology.
Global Strategy
NSK was one of the first Japanese manufacturing companies to
expand its business outside Japan. After launching overseas
exports in 1948, we began overseas production in countries
such as Brazil, the U.S., and the U.K. in the 1970s, laying
the foundation for our global business by manufacturing
products locally. From the 1980s onward, we expanded our
production lineup as our Japanese customers, primarily in
the electric and automobile industries, expanded their
global operations, and in the 1990s, we established
production sites in countries including China, Indonesia,
Thailand, and India against the backdrop of economic growth
in emerging economies. We also operate technology centers
around the world, including the U.S., Germany, Thailand, and
China, to dynamically respond to developments in the global
business environment and flexibly serve our customers. Our
global network and local proximity to key industries is a
critical factor to our success.
Four Core Technologies
Plus One
Four Core Technologies
Plus One
Plus One
NSK has relentlessly pursued innovative technologies and focused
on improving quality in order to contribute to a safer, smoother
society and to protect the global environment, in line with its
corporate philosophy. The foundation that underpins those
technologies consists of tribology, materials, numerical
simulation and mechatronics, which are NSK’s Four Core
Technologies.
Then there is manufacturing engineering, another important
technology and strength of NSK that gives shape to our Core
Technologies.
The technologies and products that have been created based on
our Four Core Technologies, with the “plus One” of manufacturing
engineering, are contributing both to the development of
industry across the world and to people’s abundant lifestyles.
Tribology
Studying, Clarifying and Controlling Friction
Tribology is the study of friction and wear of contact
surfaces in relative motion, such as rotating parts that
endure enormous forces with a thin oil film. Severe
operating conditions are mitigated through lubrication and
surface treatments developed by NSK, resulting in superior
performance for applications requiring low friction,
high-speed rotation, quiet operation, or enhanced
durability.
Materials
Unrelenting Pursuit of Performance Durability and
Reliability
Materials research and development affects nearly every
aspect of product performance. Through careful selection
of material composition, heat treatment, and ceramic
materials, NSK enables optimization of application
performance. This may result from improvements in
function, endurance, or reliability, or through
advancements in cost-effectiveness or production
efficiency.
Numerical Simulation
Simulated Recreation in Cyberspace to Predict Performance
In the past, accuracy and reliability in product
development were achieved with experience-based design and
longer testing periods. NSK’s simulation technology allows
virtual validation to accelerate design and production.
Extreme conditions or innovative designs that defy
previous expectations can also be evaluated and analyzed.
Mechatronics
Technology Supports People for a Convenient, Safe and
Comfortable Future
Mechatronics integrates machine elements technology with
control technology. By combining bearings, ball screws and
linear guides, together with motors, sensors and
computers, greater mechanical functionality is elicited
with computer control. This technology applies new
functions and performance to a range of industrial
machinery, such as for automobiles and bio-medicine. It
also contributes to greater reliability, as well as to
convenience and safety in daily life.
Manufacturing Engineering
Giving Shape to Four Core Technologies
Contributing to the environment and heightening safety and
security through our Four Core Technologies requires
something to breathe life into these technologies. In
addition, it is essential to consistently produce with
high quality. NSK tackles these issues by applying AI to
its equipment, utilizing IoT, and optimizing its overall
production framework while it works to realize the
creation of smart factories that economize on space, save
on energy, and reduce manpower requirements.
Company Info
Company Info
- Company Name
- NSK Ltd.
- Established
- November 8, 1916
- Capital
- 67.2 billion Japanese Yen (as of March 31, 2022)
- Head Office
-
Nissei Bldg., 1-6-3 Ohsaki, Shinagawa-Ku, Tokyo, 141-8560,
Japan
Google Maps - Phone
- +81-3-3779-7111 (Japan headquarters)*Please contact your regional headquarters
- Representative
- Akitoshi Ichii, President & CEO
- Number of Employees
- 30,577 (as of March 31, 2022)
- Annual Net Sales
- 865.2 billion Japanese Yen (Year ended March 31, 2022)
- Guide Map
- NSK Head Office Route Map / Area Map
- Main Businesses
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Industrial: Bearings, ball screws, precision machinery and parts
Automotive: Bearings, steering systems, automatic transmission products