Contingent Risks, Including Natural Disasters, Infectious Diseases and Cyberattacks
First written in FY2016. 9 of 15 entries say "Materialised", first in FY2020. Latest entry: 2026-06-24.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2020: 67 of 114 companies on the "Worse" side.
- 2026-06-24MaterialisedOccurring Fact
「On Monday, 22 June 2026, we confirmed that damage from a ransomware attack had occurred on certain servers at one of our subsidiaries.」
Regarding contingent risks such as natural disasters, infectious diseases, and cyberattacks, the company disclosed that a ransomware incident had actually occurred at an overseas subsidiary. - FY2023MitigatedAnnual report
「In fiscal 2022, strict zero-COVID policies implemented by the Chinese government resulted in some NIDEC plants suspending operations or experiencing lower operating rates, but operations had recovered as of the date of this disclosure.」
The disclosure states that plant shutdowns and lower operating rates occurred due to China’s zero-COVID policy, but operations had recovered as of the disclosure date. - FY2023-Q3MaterialisedAnnual report
「EV-related products were affected by slower production due to lockdowns in China.」
The disclosure states that lockdowns in China actually affected the business by slowing production of EV-related products. - FY2023-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「Higher raw material prices and supply chain disruptions caused by increased geopolitical risks and lockdowns in China due to the spread of COVID-19 continued during the period.」
The impact of the infectious disease from lockdowns and other measures in China continued to materialise during the quarter as higher raw material prices and supply chain disruptions. - FY2022MaterialisedAnnual report
「The emergence of risk factors, including the expansion of cities subject to COVID-19 lockdowns in China, accelerated.」
The impact of the infectious disease continues to materialise in the operating environment as expanded lockdowns in China, supply chain disruptions and higher raw material and logistics costs. - FY2022-Q3MaterialisedAnnual report
「The environment surrounding the Company has been characterized by the materialization of risk factors including semiconductor shortages, higher raw material prices, and the spread of COVID-19 infections in emerging markets.」
The spread of infections in emerging markets continues as an identified risk factor, together with semiconductor shortages and soaring raw material prices. - FY2022-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「Consolidated revenue from continuing operations for the six months ended the second quarter was ¥910.668 billion, up 21.1% year on year and a record high, despite lower revenue due to the impact of prolonged COVID-19 lockdowns at manufacturing sites in Southeast Asia, particularly Vietnam, difficulties procuring electronic components such as semiconductors, and production cuts caused by COVID-19 lockdowns at some customers’ plants.」
The prolonged COVID-19 lockdowns at manufacturing sites in Southeast Asia actually materialised as lower revenue, customer production cuts and production constraints. - FY2022-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「Recently, risk factors including semiconductor shortages caused by supply-demand imbalances, shortages and price increases for essential motor materials such as electrical steel sheets, and rising geopolitical risks stemming from Russia's invasion of Ukraine have become more pronounced. Concerns also include uncertainty over energy supplies and higher prices resulting from disruptions to global supply chains.」
The renewed spread of the infectious disease is described as having emerged as a risk factor. On the other hand, the accounting estimates determined that it would not have a material impact on results as of the disclosure date and assumed that it would not affect the estimates. - FY2021Operations have recovered, but the risk from new variants remainsAnnual report
「Although overseas plants located in areas where infections were spreading temporarily experienced lower operating rates, operations had recovered as of the date of this disclosure. However, if new adverse effects of the coronavirus arise, such as the spread of new variants, NIDEC’s business, operating results and financial position may be adversely affected.」
Although the decline in operations caused by the infectious disease had recovered as of the disclosure date, the risk of recurrence due to new variants and other factors remains. - FY2021-Q2MaterialisedAnnual report
「The global spread of the novel coronavirus, which became apparent in the second half of fiscal 2019, has affected NIDEC’s business and supply chain operations, and the adverse effects of the coronavirus are expected to take some time to resolve.」
The impact of COVID-19 on the business and supply chain continues, and the accounting estimates assume that the impact will continue for a certain period. - FY2021-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「The global spread of the novel coronavirus, which became apparent in the second half of fiscal 2019, has affected NIDEC’s business and supply chain operations, and the adverse effects of the coronavirus are expected to take some time to resolve.」
The impact of COVID-19 continues to materialise in the business and supply chain operations. - FY2020MaterialisedAnnual report
「The global spread of the novel coronavirus, which became apparent in the second half of fiscal 2019, has affected NIDEC’s business and supply chain operations.」
The infectious disease risk previously described as an incidental risk actually materialised as an impact on the business and supply chain. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「In addition, the networks and information systems essential to NIDEC’s business may be damaged by power outages, natural disasters, acts of terrorism, hardware or software failures, computer virus attacks and unauthorised access.」
Reconfirming incidental risks such as natural disasters, infectious diseases, war, terrorism and cyberattacks. - FY2017RestatedAnnual report
「Natural disasters, fires, public health events, wars, acts of terrorism and other human-caused disasters could cause political and economic instability and damage NIDEC, its suppliers and its customers.」
Reconfirming incidental risks such as natural disasters, infectious diseases and cyberattacks. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「Natural disasters, fires, public health events, wars, acts of terrorism and other human-caused disasters could cause political and economic instability and damage NIDEC, its suppliers and its customers.」
The company described the potential impact on operations, deliveries and procurement from disruptions at major production and development sites and in information systems.