# Nidec launches ¥257 billion tender offer for Makino Milling Machine

Nidec Corporation announced an unsolicited tender offer to acquire Makino Milling Machine Co., Ltd. for approximately ¥257 billion ($1.6 billion). The tender offer is scheduled to commence on April 4, 2025, subject to customary closing conditions.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2025-02-14
- Where: Japan
- Value: $1.60B (257.0B JPY)
- Status: announced
- Products: computer numerical control machining centers, metal-cutting machines, electrical discharge machines
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Nidec](https://endata.com/companies/1321.md) (acquirer)
- [MBK Partners](https://endata.com/companies/14347.md) (investor)
- [Makino Milling Machine](https://endata.com/companies/14988.md) (target)
- [Nippon Sangyo Suishin Kiko Group](https://endata.com/companies/83387.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [davispolk.com](https://www.davispolk.com/experience/nidec-y-257-billion-tender-offer-makino-milling-machine), 2025-02-14: "Davis Polk is advising Nidec Corporation in connection with its approximately ¥257 billion ($1.6 billion) unsolicited tender offer to acquire Makino Milling Machine Co., Ltd."
- [in.investing.com](https://in.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/makino-milling-machine-receives-more-acquisition-proposals-93CH-4711526), 2025-03-10: "Japanese firm Makino Milling Machine announced on Monday that it has received third-party acquisition proposals."

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