NN, Inc
NN, Inc. is a Delaware-based diversified industrial company that designs and manufactures high-precision components and assemblies for global end markets. Its business is organized around the Mobile Solutions and Power Solutions groups, with manufacturing operations spread across North America, South America, Europe, and China.
Fiscal year 2025 · change from previous year
Development 2020–2025
Business
Share of revenuePrecision parts and assemblies for automotive, general industrial, and medical applications.
Electrical and technically demanding precision components for industrial and power-related uses.
Products
Reported · share of revenue- Automotive58.5 %
- Electrical17.7 %
- General Industrial12.8 %
- Other End Market11.0 %
Source: 10-K FY2025, revenue the company reports per product line (SEC XBRL). Shares are of the lines shown and add up to 100 %.
Customers
NN, Inc. sells primarily to manufacturers that use its components in automotive, electrical, industrial, medical, aerospace and defense, HVAC, and fluid power applications. Its customer base is broad and global, but concentrated among large engineering-driven accounts that often integrate parts into multi-year programs and platform lifecycles.
Buy precision parts for steering, braking, transmissions, fuel systems, and EV-related applications because the components are system-critical and embedded in vehicle platforms.
Buy engineered components for machinery, HVAC, fluid power, and other industrial uses where tight tolerances and repeatability matter.
Buy precision electrical contacts and related components for applications that require design capability and reliable delivery.
Buy high-spec components where quality, traceability, and process control are important to qualification and long product cycles.
Strategy
NN, Inc. is focused on winning business in targeted growth areas, improving its sales mix, and using its global footprint to serve customers locally. It also emphasizes operational streamlining, plant rationalization, and continuous improvement to support more efficient production and stronger program execution.
The company wants to concentrate resources where its technical capabilities and customer relationships can scale.
Consolidating manufacturing capacity can improve utilization and align production with demand.
Long-life, embedded component programs create recurring demand and switching costs.
Geography
2025NN, Inc. operates 27 facilities across North America, South America, Europe, and China, with North America representing the largest share of manufacturing operations. The company serves customers globally, and its footprint is designed to supply identical products locally, reduce shipping time, and support regional customer requirements.
Share of the revenue the company reports by geography.
Risks
NN, Inc. is exposed to customer concentration, cyclical demand in automotive and industrial end markets, and supply-chain disruption across a multi-continent manufacturing network. Its international footprint also creates exposure to tariffs, foreign exchange, labor issues, and regional operating disruptions, while plant rationalization and underutilized capacity can affect execution and cost absorption.
- Customer concentrationImpact: HighLikelihood: Medium
The top ten customers account for a large portion of net sales, so losing a major account would reduce revenue and operating leverage.
Exposure: Top ten customers were about 49% of net sales in 2025.
- Supply chain and operational disruptionImpact: HighLikelihood: Medium
The company relies on a complex network of suppliers and facilities, so disruptions can delay deliveries and raise costs.
Exposure: Global manufacturing and sourcing network
- End-market cyclicalityImpact: High
Demand is tied to automotive, industrial, and other cyclical manufacturing markets that can slow with economic conditions.
Exposure: Automotive and general industrial end markets
- Trade and tariff exposureImpact: MediumLikelihood: Medium
Cross-border manufacturing and sales make the business sensitive to tariffs, trade restrictions, and policy changes.
Exposure - Foreign exchange and international operating riskImpact: MediumLikelihood: Medium
Revenue and costs in multiple currencies can create translation and transaction volatility.
Exposure
Accounting
Judgemental itemsProducts are often designed into multi-year platforms, so timing of launch, production, and customer acceptance can affect when revenue is recognized.
Impact: Can shift revenue between quarters and affect comparability.
Some sales include pass-through of material cost changes, which can inflate or reduce revenue without changing underlying volume.
Impact: Affects reported sales growth and margin interpretation.
Realization depends on future taxable income and management judgment, especially after cumulative losses.
Impact: Can materially affect tax expense and balance sheet assets.
Underperforming plants or rationalized facilities may require impairment testing if cash flows weaken.
Impact: Could create non-cash charges and reduce asset values.
European summer slowdowns and OEM launch timing can create uneven quarterly results.
Impact: Makes quarter-to-quarter comparisons less representative of run-rate demand.
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Last updated: 24/09/2026