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Nidec ASI. In 2012 Nidec acquired Ansaldo Sistemi Industriali S.p.A. which became
Nidec ASI. Since 2012 Nidec ASI has been involved in comprehensive drive technology. As a part of the Nidec Group, the core business of Nidec ASI S.p.A. includes energy, marine, metals, oil & Gas and general industry (cement, water treatment, rubber and plastic, materials handling, glass, ceramics, paper and ropeway). Since 2014, Giovanni Barra has been CEO of Nidec ASI •
Nidec Leroy-Somer. On January 31, 2017, Nidec acquired
Leroy-Somer from
Emerson Electric which became Nidec Leroy-Somer Holding. • Nidec Global Appliance Compressors GmbH. On July 31, 2017, Nidec acquired
Secop GmbH, a German hermetic
compressor manufacturer from Aurelius Equity Group, expanding further into the refrigeration market. Since April 28, 2018, Nidec has entered into an agreement with
Whirlpool Corporation to acquire the refrigeration compressor business of
Embraco. In response to antitrust concerns, in 2019 Nidec sold Secop. • In November 2018, Nidec became a shareholder of Nidec Chaun-Choung Technology Corporation, a long-established cooling company in Taiwan. In December 2019, it again announced that it would increase its shareholding from 49.01% to 53.48%, and reached 67% shareholding in December 2020. ==References==