Nissan will manufacture a new tourism and will invest $ 130 M at the Barcelona plant

Nissan Has awarded the production of a new tourism to the plant of Barcelona whose production will begin in July of 2014. The plant of Barcelona has achieved this adjudication after arriving to an agreement with the Representation of the Workers for the improvement of the competitiveness. The launching of the new model will suppose an additional annual production of 80.000 units, an investment of 110 million euros, as well as the creation of 1.000 places of direct work, 3.000 places of indirect work, and desligar the factory of Barcelona of the production of industrial vehicles and 4x4, very affected by the current economic crisis.

In addition to the new vehicle, Nissan also has awarded to the plant of Barcelona the manufacture of 24.000 annual units additional of the 1tn Pick Up, what will suppose an investment of 14 million euros, and the assembling of the box of changes for the electrical vehicles Nissan LEAF and eNV200, that will comport an investment associated of 6 million euros.

In total, Nissan foresees to invest more than 130 million euros in the plant of Frank Zone to end to renew the productive lines for the manufacture of the new tourism, for the introduction of the necessary technological advances for the production of vehicles with technology 100% electrical, as well as for the adaptation of the park of providers to the new productive needs.

The new investments add to the more than 290 million euros of investment announced in 2012 for the production of a new truck in the plant of Ávila and of new pieces in the plant of Cantabria, as well as for the manufacture of the second product 100% electrical of the company, the and-NV200 and the introduction of the 1tn Pick Up in the Plant of Barcelona.

With this announcement, the plant of Nissan in Barcelona turns into one of the most competitive and versatile, with the capacity to produce tourisms, 4x4, industrial vehicles and electrical vehicles, a wide range of models to end to answer to the needs of the demand.

In words of the adviser general director of Nissan Iberian Engine, Frank Torres: “These good news that today have the pleasure to share with all are the fruit of the agreement of competitiveness that reach the past week and that already said that it would open the doors to new productive opportunities. The most important now is to be able to ensure the launching successfully of these products keeping the committed competitiveness”.

According to the responsible maximum of the industrial operations of Nissan in Spain: “In the next years the Plant of Barcelona will work to full performance, with an annual production above the 200.000 units and keeping his appeal to produce new models. Taking into account the current surroundings of crisis, this is not only an attainment for Nissan, but for all the industry in Spain”.