History

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