Nidec Announces Financial Results for Fiscal First Quarter 2006


KYOTO, Japan, July 27, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Nidec Corporation (NYSE:NJ) (Tokyo, Osaka:6594) announced today its financial results under U.S.GAAP for the period of April 1, 2006, to June 30, 2006.

Following are the highlights:


 -- YoY sales and operating income up 19% and 56.6%, respectively, 
    marking the highest operating income margin ever achieved in the 
    April-June period. 
 -- Record sales of "Small Precision Motors" drove the consolidated 
    performance.
 -- "Mid-size Motors" returned to profitability.
 -- "Machinery" up 39% in sales and 160% in operating profit YoY.
    Strong sales of industrial robots contributed.
 -- Diluted EPS: 59.45 yen 

 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (U.S. GAAP)
 RESULTS FOR THE FISCAL QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 2006
 (FROM APRIL 1, 2006 TO JUNE 30, 2006)
 CONSOLIDATED

                                              Japanese yen 
                                   (millions except per share amounts)
                                    ----------------------------------
                                     Three months ended    Year ended
                                           June 30,         March 31,
                                    ----------------------------------
                                        2006       2005       2006
                                    ----------------------------------
 Net sales                            145,819    122,499    536,858
  Percent change from the previous
  period                                19.0%       9.1%      10.5%
 Operating income                      15,034      9,602     53,426
  Percent change from the previous
  period                                56.6%    (12.9)%     (0.4%)
 Income before income taxes and
  minority interests                   14,028    11,959     64,378
  Percent change from the previous
  period                                17.3%    (12.0)%     12.4%
 Net income                             8,849     8,794     40,949
  Percent change from the previous
  period                                 0.6%       3.4%      22.4%
 Net income per share, primary          61.19   61.59(a)  285.47(a)
 Net income per share, diluted          59.45   59.17(a)  275.05(a)
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(a) The per-share amounts have been restated to retroactively reflect the effect of the two-for-one stock split effective November 18, 2005.

Full copy of Nidec's earnings release: http://www.nidec.co.jp/english/ir/lib/lib_2_us.html

About Nidec Corporation

Nidec Corporation (NYSE:NJ) (Tokyo, Osaka:6594) is the global leader in drive-technology products, focusing on brushless DC motors. Nidec manufactures small precision motors and mid-size motors, which comprise 57.5% of its total sales; machinery and other products comprise the remainder. As of March 2006, Nidec had 110 group companies in 14 countries employing 100,000 people. The Company was founded in Kyoto, Japan in 1973 by Shigenobu Nagamori, its current President and CEO.

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