NISSHINBO HOLDINGS INC 

Nisshinbo Holdings Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the wireless and communications, micro devices, automobile brakes, precision instruments, chemicals, textiles, and real estate businesses worldwide. The company offers wireless communication equipment, including disaster-prevention systems and surveillance systems; mobile communication equipment for shipping and automobiles; power-supply and energy equipment focusing on environment friendliness and energy conservation, and ultrasound sensors; and micro devices, which include CMOS operational amplifiers, SAW filters, and MEMS microphones. It also manufactures and supplies friction materials, such as disc pads and brake linings, and drum and disc brakes for use in compact cars, ordinary passenger cars, sports cars, large trucks, and buses, as well as for repairs and tests in garages and dealers; and molding products, precision parts, and system equipment, as well as electronic brake systems. In addition, the company manufactures and supplies rigid polyurethane foam/wastewater treatment carriers; carbodilite, a high-performance resin additive; bipolar plates for fuel cells; and amorphous carbon products, as well as shirts, uniforms, mobilons/elastomers, and oikos products. Further, it redevelops unused plant sites; leases office and commercial facilities; and sells housing lots. The company was incorporated in 1907 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.