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nidec control techniques limited
Nidec Control Techniques –
Global leaders in motion control
technology
Nidec Control Techniques has been at the
front of customer-focused drive technol-
ogy for over 40 years. We’re dedicated
to the advancement of automation. From
product development at our headquarters
to our 45 Automation Centers around the
world, we provide solutions relevant to
the industries in your region. We ensure
high performance, reliability and energy
efficiency across every application.
Our History
We’ve always been a company who
dreams big.
Founded in 1972 as KTK in Newtown,
Wales, we took our name from our three
founders. Their vision was to provide a
new drive that met the needs of the
market. The following year they did just
that. The KTK 415V DC thyristor drive
improved
performance, reliability
and
energy efficiency for motor control
.
As we grew, so did our network. We
developed close relationships with our
customers. This led to a wave of product
innovations including the Commander
AC and the Mentor,
the world’s first
digital DC drive
. In that same year, we
became Control Techniques.
We were closer to industry than ever
before. This helped us solve one of the
biggest problems in automation. One
single programmable drive that could
run open-loop, closed-loop, and servo.
The first intelligent drive: the Unidrive.
Not only did the Unidrive control any
motor, it could communicate with a broad
range of fieldbus. This gave our custom-
ers the freedom to improve their systems.
Onboard intelligence made it possible to
program our drives, giving greater control
and enabling new possibilities.
The year was 1995. The same year Control
Techniques joined Emerson.
Our high performance systems found their
niche; where failure wasn’t an option,
you’d find our drives. Crane systems,
elevators, stage, high performance auto-
mation OEMs and factories all specified
Control Techniques. Unidrive M, Digitax
ST, and Mentor MP took the risk out of i
ndustrial breakdown.
Fast-forward to 2016, in Kyoto, Japan
.
The Nidec Corporation, the world’s largest
motor producer saw the possibilities of
our customer-focused technology. Eager
to build high performance drive control
into their business, they began talks. For
us, this was the perfect fit.
In February 2017 Control Techniques
joined the Nidec Corporation.
We’re now part of operations in over 40
countries, connected to approximately
300 companies who employ over 110,000
people.
Nidec’s vision is to be the
world’s number 1 for everything that
spins and moves
. From small precision
to supersized motors; we create next-
generation drive technology for an inter-
connected world.
