Nitto Denko Corporation is a Japanese company that produces tapes, vinyl, LCDs, insulation, and several other products. It was founded in Osaki, Tokyo in 1918 to produce electrical insulation and it survived World War II, despite the destruction of its central offices which have since moved to Osaka. Nitto is a member of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) keiretsu.
Nitto has its headquarters at the Grand Front Osaka South Building in Kita-ku, Osaka
A neodymium magnet (also known as NdFeB, NIB or Neo magnet) is a permanent magnet made from an alloy of neodymium, iron, and boron to form the Nd2Fe14B tetragonal crystalline structure. They are the most widely used type of rare-earth magnet.
A Nickel-plated neodymium magnet on a bracket from a hard disk drive
Nickel-plated neodymium magnet cubes
Left: high-resolution transmission electron microscopy image of Nd2Fe14B; right: crystal structure with unit cell marked
Neodymium magnets (small cylinders) lifting steel spheres. Such magnets can lift thousands of times their own weight.