HOME > About NITTA > Corporate Profile Nitta has been a leading manufacturer in the belt/conveyor product industry since the company invented Japan's first driving belt. Nitta established several business divisions along with business diversification beyond belt manufacturing, including the Technical Center, the Industrial Products Division, the Engineered Products Division, Material Center and the RETS Division through which the company offers business seeds and fills various market needs of our customers. These business divisions with high-level specialized lines are organically linked with each other, whereby they have achieved extraordinary growth which one division could not make all alone. We will introduce each business divisions and its business lines. The Technical Center researches and develops technologies applicable to new sectors utilizing Nitta's technology. The Technical Center organizes projects by theme to quickly find a solution for the theme. The Narayama Research Center under the Technical Center emphasizes research of highly value-added materials including new functional and polymeric materials. The Center's research not only satisfies needs but also offers business seeds in the market. The Narayama Research Center has recently successfully commercialized adhesive tapes using heat-sensitive adhesive, Intelimer, based on its research. The adhesive, Intelimer, has a heat property that it gains or loses adhesion at certain set temperatures. The Intelimer adhesive tape based on such heat property contributes to cost and manpower reduction in the manufacturing process of wafer of semiconductor manufacturers. Nitta Haas Incorporated of the Nitta Group supplies this Intelimer. The Industrial Products Division manufactures and sells driving and conveyor belts, conveyor systems,mostly curving conveyors, and industrial wipers. The belt has various applications, including in ticket-vending machines and automatic ticket checkers of stations and automatic telling machines (ATM) of banks as well as in textile machinery, paper machinery and printing machinery. Surprisingly, the belt is also applied for running machines of fitness clubs and for bus-fare boxes. Truck terminals of courier companies, delivery lines of newspaper publishers and food manufacturers use the conveyor to save space. The industrial wiper, which is widely used in the machine tool sector, is helpful for maintaining precision and durability of machinery. The Clean Engineering Division manufactures and sells air filters, etc. There are several varieties of air filters in our line-up. Medium to high performance filters create a healthy, comfortable atmosphere at large commercial facilities such as skyscrapers and railway station complexes. Ultra-high performance filters and chemical filters are essential in creating a steady yield for the production of semiconductors and LCDs at leading edge industries. There are also exhaust units for medical facilities using radioisotope, as well as gas absorption filters to protect computers and art from corrosive gas. The ERM Division manufactures and sells molded rubber products supporting the infrastructure of our industrial society. Our rubber bearings support elevated roads and bridges. Expansion joints assist in the smooth passage of vehicles over those constructions. Since the Great Hanshin Earthquake, Gourd-wele seismic isolation system was adopted by many hospitals, public facilities and apartment buildings. The ERM Division also handles R&D and the production of rubber materials used by the Nitta Group. *ERM is an acronym for Engineered Rubber Materials. Industrial robots play are important in production lines of automotive manufacturers and other companies. Mechatronic products, including automatic tool change systems and swivel joints provided by the RETS Division, draw out the maximum capabilities of these industrial robots. Products made by the RETS Division are as follows: pressure distribution sensors used in vehicle assembling lines to detect how strongly wipers touch or how strong disc brake pads clamp tires, or for use in various medical applications where the sensor checks walking patterns for rehabilitation or balance of dental bite; high performance kinesthetic sensors which help control wrists, ankles and finger tips of humanoid robots. *RETS is the abbreviation of Robotics and Effective Technology of Sensing.