NSK Ltd.

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NSK Ltd.
Type	Corporation TYO: 6471
Founded	Tokyo, Japan (1916)
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Seiichi Asaka, President & CEO
Industry	Machinery
Products	Bearings, Automotive Parts, Precision Machinery Products
Revenue	628 billion Yen (Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006)
Employees	22,639 (Consolidated, as of March 31, 2006)
Website	NSK Group Global Web Site

NSK Ltd. (Japanese 日本精工株式会社 Nippon Seikō Kabushiki Kaisha; TYO: 6471) inaugurated its business in November 1916 and produced the first ball bearings made in Japan. Since then, NSK Ltd. has developed a full range of bearings, which has been sold throughout the world and has contributed greatly to the development of industries and the advancement of technology.

The company has used its expertise in precision machining technology, refined through years of bearing manufacturing to diversify into automotive products (steering column, EPS, etc.), precision machinery and parts (ball screw, linear slide, etc.) and mechatronic products. Since the 1960s, has been aggressively developing its overseas markets. At present, NSK Ltd. has overseas sales operations in 25 countries and operate more than 50 international manufacturing locations.

The first factory of NSK outside of Japan was founded in Brazil, in the estate of São Paulo in Suzano in the year of 1972.

NSK bought the RHP brand of bearings in 1990.

NSK has also made big developments in spherical roller bearings and on the CVT.