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DESCH makes the next big step towards the and products. With this step, Nidec and DESCH will develop
future towards offering complete solutions in the drive-technology
DESCH Antriebstechnik GmbH from Arnsberg, Germany and 4.0. (industrial standard).
Nidec-Shimpo Corporation from Kyoto in Japan, have estab- DESCH and Nidec are economically strong companies and
lished a significant strategic partnership. Both companies have agreed to further invest extensively in the expansion
already know each other from many years of successful busi- of production sites in Germany and China over the next few
ness relations. years.

On January 31, 2019 Nidec-Shimpo and DESCH agreed to sign DESCH Antriebstechnik will receive better access to markets
the contract to acquire 70% of DESCH through its German in Asia where Nidec holds a very strong market position.
holding company Nidec-Shimpo GmbH*. Nidec will take advantage of the strong presence of DESCH in

The Bremke group of shareholders, that have so far not been European markets.
operationally active in the company, will sell all of its shares For Nidec, DESCH will take a leading position in the develop-
to Nidec-Shimpo. Hendrik and Olaf Desch will keep the ment of the European markets with respect to mechatronic
remaining 30 % and will continue on in the company as sole drive solutions and further develop solutions in the higher
managing partners. DESCH companies in North America are torque and output range.
not part of the agreement.
Further acquisitions in this industrial field are planned and
The present business strategy, “DESCH Smart Drive Solu- DESCH will take an active part in this plan.
tion” will be continued and expanded for continuous growth.
With Nidec’s know-how in the field of electronic and electric Police and local municipalities launch
drives, DESCH Antriebstechnik will develop and expand its
drive solutions faster towards mechatronic system solu- emergency alerting system
tions for drive technology. This strategy has been followed The Region of Waterloo, local area municipalities and the
successfully by DESCH for the last years and will pick-up Waterloo Regional Police Service launched a new emergency
momentum by using the portfolio of Nidec’s technology notification system: Alert Waterloo Region (AlertWR).
AlertWR is a service that allows residents to receive impor-

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