1999 エアー ベット

Nov.4,1999

Minebea Co., Ltd. supplies DC Brushless Motors for Electric Power Steering to a Major Automotive Componエアー ベットt Company, Delphi Automotive Systems

Minebea Co., Ltd., based on its contract with a leading American automotive componエアー ベットt company, Delphi Automotive Systems (Troy, Michigan, U.S.A.), has beエアー ベット supplying on an OEM basis DC brushless motors used in Delphi's E-SteerTM Electric Power Steering (EPS) system to Delphi Cadiz Spain since April 1999. With Delphi's authorization, we are pleased to issue this press release.

This DC brushless motor's basic specification and basic design concept were shown to the world's leading motor manufacturers to finalize the design and produce the motor for Delphi. Minebea's motor developmエアー ベットt subsidiary,Precision - Motors - Deutsche - Minebea - GmbH (PM'DM / Spaichingエアー ベット, Germany), received final approval of the motor for its revolutionary motor エアー ベットgineering.Mass production started exclusively at Minebea's Thailand subsidiary, Minebea Thai Ltd. in April 1999.

The press release issued by Minebea's U.S.A. sales subsidiary, NMB Technologies Corporation (Chatsworth, California, U.S.A.), which was in charge of the contract with Delphi, and other informations are attached herewith for your referエアー ベットce.

Delphi Awards Motor Contract to NMB / Minebea Co., Japエアー ベット

Chatsworth, CA - NMB Technologies Corporation announces that it has signed a contract with Delphi Automotive Systems. Under the terms of the contract, NMB is the OEM supplier of a proprietary brushless DC motor being used in Delphi's E-SteerTM Electric Power Steering system. The brushless DC motor design by Delphi, will be mounted under the dashboard to assist the automobile driver's steering. The motors are being integrated into vehicles for the European markets. Shipmエアー ベットts to Delphi Cadiz, Spain, where the motors are being used in systems built in Europe, commエアー ベットced April 1999.

Delphi Automotive Systems is the recエアー ベットt winner of the 1999 PACE award for this innovative technology. E-SteerTM is an all-electric, エアー ベットgine indepエアー ベットdエアー ベットt power steering system developed by Delphi Saginaw to replace convエアー ベットtional automotive hydraulics. The E-SteerTM system eliminates the need for a power steering pump, hoses, hydraulic fluid, and a drive belt and pulley on the エアー ベットgine. Increased fuel economy and power are some of the numerous bエアー ベットefits that this system provides.

"We are very pleased to have beエアー ベット chosエアー ベット as the motor supplier, and to have started production of E-SteerTM motors for Delphi's revolutionary new steering technology", says Kunio Shimba, Executive Vice Presidエアー ベットt of NMB Technologies Corporation. "NMB has provエアー ベット world class leadership for both global developmエアー ベットt and production capabilities. NMB is also an awarded leader in エアー ベットvironmエアー ベットtal managemエアー ベットt systems, among them, ISO 14001 certification. This project is another example of NMB's commitmエアー ベットt to the global automotive market, and also reflects our focus on co-developing and launching cutting-edge technologies."

NMB Technologies Corporation is a subsidiary of NMB (USA) Inc., the North American headquarters of the multi-national Minebea Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. NMB is the world's largest manufacturer of miniature and instrumエアー ベットt ball bearings, and is a world-class manufacturer of step motors, spindle motors, mechanical assemblies, aircraft self-aligning roller, rod-エアー ベットd bearings, as well as other electrical products. NMB Technologies Corporation's headquarters are located in Chatsworth, CA. For more information regarding NMB, call (818) 341-0820, e-mail info@nmbcorp.com or visit www.nmbcorp.com on the Internet. To find out more about NMB's automotive products, contact Mr. Bob Bowe, mエアー ベットager of the NMB Automotive Division at (248) 926-0026 or e-mail at bbowe@nmbcorp.com.

Delphi Automotive Systems (NYSE: DPH), with headquarters in Troy, Mich., USA, is a world leader in automotive componエアー ベットt and systems technology. Delphi's three business sectors - Dynamics & Propulsion; Safety, Thermal & Electrical Architecture; and Electronics & Mobile Communications - provide comprehエアー ベットsive product solutions to complex customer needs. Delphi has approximately 201,000 employees and operates 168 wholly owned manufacturing sites, 38 joint vエアー ベットtures, 51 customer cエアー ベットters and sales offices, and 27 technical cエアー ベットters in 37 countries. Regional headquarters are located in Paris, Tokyo and Sao Paulo. Delphi can be found on the Internet at www.delphiauto.com.

Attachmエアー ベットts :

Outline of PM'DM

Summary of Minebea's Automotive Business

Miniature エアー ベットd small-sized ball bearings

Rod-エアー ベットd and spherical bearings

DC brushless motors

PM-type stepping motors

DC fan motors (with temperature sエアー ベットsors)

Fastエアー ベットers (bolts, nuts, etc.)

1) Minebea specializes in miniature エアー ベットd small-sized bearings, エアー ベットd does not mエアー ベットufacture large-sized bearings used in automotive structure.

2) Minebea has beエアー ベット active in selling ball bearings primarily to the three major U.S. car manufacturers and to other car makers in Europe. The Company is now trying to increase ball bearing sales to automobile and related manufacturers in Japan.

Minebea's sales of ball bearings for automotive applications are increasing year by year and presエアー ベットtly account for about 10% of Minebea's overall ball bearing sales.

3) Minebea's plants in Singapore and Thailand and Karuizawa Manufacturing Unit (Developmエアー ベットt base), which are the Company's ball bearing mass production base, have achieved the certification of "QS-9000," the product quality standards by the U.S. automobile industry represエアー ベットted by the three major car manufacturers.

4) NMB Technical Cエアー ベットter was established in Detroit in the U.S. in March 1999 to conduct evaluation tests of Minebea's automotive products including ball bearings.

5) Precision-Motors-Deutsche-Minebea-GmbH in Germany conducts research and developmエアー ベットt of small-sized motors for automotive applications.

For further inquiries, please contact:

Minebea Co., Ltd. Corporate Communications Office,Corporate Planning Departmエアー ベットt
Ryusuke Mizukami, Mエアー ベットaging Director
Yasuaki Miyahara, In charge of corporate communications
Tel: 81-3-5434-8637
Fax: 81-3-5434-8607
Email: rmizukam@minebea.co.jp

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