Founded in 1918, NTN Co., Ltd., a Japanese listed company, is one of the three largest bearing enterprises in Japan and one of the five largest comprehensive bearing manufacturers in the world. The company has more than 12000 employees and annual sales of US $2.05 billion (related sales of US $2.85 billion). It is located in Germany, the United States, France, Canada, Australia, Singapore South Korea and other 12 countries and regions have established R & D institutions or production bases. The company produced constant velocity universal joint, an important part of automobile drive series, with sales of more than 100 billion yen in 2003, becoming the second largest constant velocity universal joint manufacturer in the world. Headquartered in the Western District of Osaka, it has 11 production offices, 25 business offices and 3 research institutes in Japan; It has 20 wholly-owned production plants, 2 research institutes and 48 business offices abroad. NTN's production, sales and technology
