2025 Year in Review: Advancing Manufacturing with NIDEC

December 26, 2025 by

As 2025 comes to a close, NIDEC MACHINE TOOL AMERICA is reflecting on a year that combined strong technical progress with deeper collaboration across our customers, partners, and global NIDEC teams.

From gear machining and broaching to advanced metal additive manufacturing, our focus remained constant: deliver reliable, production-ready solutions.

Meeting Customers Where They Are: A Year on the Road

In 2025, our team spent a significant amount of time in the field, at trade shows, technical conferences, and customer facilities. These interactions shaped how we think about the next generation of manufacturing challenges.

Formnext, ICAM, and Rapid +TCT: Advancing Metal AM

At Formnext in Frankfurt, we met with partners, customers, and additive manufacturing leaders to discuss the future of large-format metal AM, hybrid machining, and how to move directed energy deposition (DED) from the lab to the production floor. Conversations around industrial readiness and process standardization reflected the direction of the broader AM community.

At ICAM and Rapid + TCT, our experts took a closer look at the economics of metal AM, especially when comparing DED and laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) for parts above 300 mm. The takeaway: when the right geometry, material, and application are matched with the right process, DED can open the door to larger, more complex parts with competitive cost structures and shorter lead times.

Motion + Power Technology Expo and EMO

Events such as Motion + Power Technology Expo and EMO Hannover gave us a chance to reconnect with long-time partners and meet new ones.

At these shows, we highlighted technologies including:

  • High-speed hobbing for higher throughput and lower noise gears
  • Internal gear grinding and finishing solutions
  • Broaching systems designed for precision, rigidity, and flexible productivity
  • Cutting tools engineered for consistency, tool life, and surface finish

Gear Manufacturing Highlights: GE25CF, MGC300, and Beyond

2025 was a year of meaningful progress, strong customer adoption, and important new product introductions.

GE25CF: Integrated Hobbing and Chamfering on a Single Platform

A key highlight was the continued momentum of the GE25CF, our hobbing machine that integrates gear cutting and defined chamfering on a single platform. Customers are leveraging the GE25CF to:

  • Combine hobbing and chamfering in one process
  • Achieve precise root chamfers and improved surface quality
  • Shrink floor space requirements with the smallest-in-class footprint for its category

Powered by our ChamferX tooling, the GE25CF is enabling manufacturers to meet demanding requirements, especially for quieter, higher-efficiency gears.

Introducing the MGC300: Multitasking Gear Center for Small-Batch Flexibility

In 2025, we also introduced the all-new MGC300, a multitasking gear center now available. The MGC300 combines a vertical 5-axis machining center with advanced gear-processing functions such as hobbing, skiving, and chamfering, delivering precision and efficiency in a single setup. With:

  • A powerful spindle speed up to 15,000 rpm
  • A compact, rigid gantry design
  • An intuitive interface and seamless process integration

… the MGC300 is designed to reduce operator workload and streamline production for small-batch, high-mix gear manufacturing. By unifying milling and gear cutting processes, it helps manufacturers:

  • Boost productivity without adding multiple specialized machines
  • Reduce changeovers and handling
  • Lower total manufacturing costs
  • Stay competitive in a fast-evolving market

The MGC300 is a key example of how NIDEC is shaping the future of gear machining with multitasking platforms tailored to modern production realities.

End-to-End Gear Machining and Broaching Solutions

More broadly, our hobbing, grinding, shaping, and broaching solutions continued to help:

  • Consolidate legacy machines into smaller, more capable cells
  • Reduce setup and cycle times
  • Improve consistency and gear quality across a wider range of workpieces

For customers, these improvements translated directly into higher productivity, better machine utilization, and stronger ROI.

NIDEC also advanced its portfolio globally with the ZFA series, reflecting our ongoing investment in precision finishing for demanding applications.

Additive Manufacturing with LAMDA

On the metal additive manufacturing side, our LAMDA systems demonstrated what is possible when process expertise and innovation move in lockstep.

  • High-quality metal printing without an inert chamber is made possible by our unique local shield nozzle technology.
  • New material development, including the ability to mix powders and explore custom alloys for high-performance applications.
  • Hybrid and near-net strategies, where DED is used to add features and repair components.

These capabilities are especially relevant for aerospace, energy, and heavy industry applications, sectors where part size, lead time, and material flexibility all matter.

As DED adoption grows, we continue to support customers through application engineering, process development, and collaboration with universities and technology partners. Our goal is to help manufacturers move from pilot projects to repeatable, production-ready metal AM workflows.

One NIDEC in Practice: Global Collaboration and Customer Focus

Internally, 2025 highlighted the strength of the NIDEC family.

Cross-Company Collaboration and Best Practices

Joint meetings and events brought together teams from:

These sessions prioritized practical topics: best practices in service and applications, opportunities for integrated solutions, and strategies for supporting customers as they transition to more automated, data-driven manufacturing environments.

Unified Presence at Customer Events

Events such as GM Innovation Day underscored the breadth of the NIDEC portfolio, from EV drive units and window regulator motors to precision gear-making machines and advanced charging systems. For customers, this means not just individual products, but a cohesive ecosystem of motion and manufacturing solutions.

Focusing on Support and Resources

Building on our technical and commercial advancements, we further enhanced how customers engage with us.

Website Enhancements and Digital Resources

In 2025, we relaunched our website, equipping it with powerful tools for comparing machines, a comprehensive library of videos, and in-depth product information. Concurrently, we refined our online service and support, making it easier to submit service requests, inquire about spare parts, and quickly connect with our technical experts.

Customer Success as the Primary Measure of Impact

We also shared more customer success stories, such as Circle Gear, highlighting quantifiable improvements in cycle time, setup time, machine utilization, and part quality.

While machines and tools are at the heart of what we do, our goal is to provide a complete experience, from first conversation to long-term support.

Looking Ahead to 2026

For more than 80 years, NIDEC has been guided by the same principles: precision, performance, and partnership. As we look beyond 2025, our direction remains clear. Our commitment to quality is unwavering and backed by comprehensive support services that keep our customers’ operations running at optimal efficiency. From initial concept through implementation and long-term service, our team of specialists works closely with manufacturers to deliver tailored solutions that match specific production requirements.