Nissan A significant difference is planning to reduce its global production force, and it is likely that its Pretoria-based roslin can be on the plant chopping block.
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It has been a few difficult years for Japanese automaker Nissan on both global and international front. The latest to emerge from Yokohama is that stored automakers The process of a significant global reorganization to resolve financial challenges and move market dynamics. The company plans to reduce its global production capacity by 20%, which is from 5 million to 4 million vehicles annually by the financial year 2026. Among many of its global production plants, South Africa is rumored to be in a small list for termination, Inside your home marketOppama and Shonan plants that have been on since 1961 are also considered to be closed. All these market changes mean 20 000 global jobs are on the line, which represents about 15% of its international workforce.
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Last week, the Global Press Agency released a statement detailing the consoldation of Frontier/Nissan Navara Production, which is currently divided into a single production center in the region, between Mexico and Argentina, which is centralized at the Civac plant in Morelos, Mexico. Earlier in the year, it was announced that the 100% Renault Group’s 100% Renault Nissan would be the owner of Automotive India Private Limited (RNIPL), currently 51% -Squirting conducted by Nissan.
Car magazine locally reached Nissan South Africa for an official comment on its operation:
Regarding recent reports when some plants are possible, Nissan wants to clarify that this news is not based on any official information of the company.
The statement said that no news can be given which plants will be affected, but Nissan remains on South Africa operations and dedicated task forces that increase their success at the local level.
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The global reconstitution comes in response to a decreasing sales, which are most prevalent in both China and the United States. In both markets, Nissan has indicated that there have been challenges such as growing competition from local manufacturers in China and a lack of hybrid models in the US market. Around 16 years of the house, the dissection of the popular NP200 Bakkie in March 2024 means that the Roslerin plant in Pretoria has not been as productive as once and has reduced the success of local sales. Its employed Renault-Nisan-Mitsubishi Alliance Never came to the successor, and Navara remains the only production model manufactured in the feature that has a capacity of 50 000 annual units that maintain operating viability and fulfill the threshold required for some government encouragement under the Automotive Production and Development Program (APDP).
Despite these challenges, Nissan has attempted to exclude its rosuline-production export beneficiaries including the Middle East, Egypt, Libya and Algeria. The two new Indian -fate passenger models are also allegedly in tasks and the new CEO Ivan Spinosa has provoked the “RE: Nissan” recovery plan to simulture operations, reduce costs and focus on core markets.
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