Nissan South Africa is gearing up for a capacity increase at
its Rosslyn-based plant in Pretoria. The announcement coincided with a visit
from the chief operating officer of Nissan Motor Company Limited (NML),
Toshiyuki Shiga.
The increase in capacity will create in the region of 800
jobs at the Rosslyn plant including operators, team leaders, supervisors and
engineers. A further 4000 jobs will be created in the wider automotive
industry. The Rosslyn plant will produce a potential 100 000 vehicles
annually by 2016 which will include an all-new bakkie which will be produced
alongside the current Nissan NP200, NP300 Hardbody, the Nissan Livina and the
Renault Sandero under the Renault-Nissan Alliance. No details of the ‘new’
bakkie have been released yet.
Nissan South Africa managing director Mike Whitfield said that in today’s climate of economic uncertainty and low-cost competitiveness, the support from Nissan Motor Limited in Japan for local operations is a huge boost. “It is a vote of confidence in Nissan South Africa both as a manufacturing facility and as a driver of brand sales on the African continent and beyond” said Whitfield.
Whitfield also said that in addition to the new 1-tonne
bakkie, Nissan will also be
producing a new B-segment passenger vehicle in the near future. Discussions to
rollout the Nissan LEAF in South Africa are also underway after its successful
launch in Europe, USA and Japan.
News Source: Nissan
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