Renault Nissan Alliance led by Chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn inaugurated the brand new Chennai plant today which will start manufacturing the all new Micra within two months time.
The inaugural ceremony was attended by the representatives of State Government of Tamil Nadu led by Dr. Kalaignar M Karunanidhi, the Hon. Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu in the presence of Dr. M K Stalin, the Hon. Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Also present were Mr. Yoshiro Mori, President, the Japan-India Association & Former Prime Minister of Japan and both the Ambassadors of Japan and France to India.
The plant has been built with an investment of $990 million and has a capacity to produce 400,000 cars per year when running at full steam. The Chennai plant will employ 1500 workers initially which will swell to an estimated 6,000 when the supplier park with six companies start operations.
The first dedicated Renault-Nissan alliance vehicle manufacturing plant will operate in full compliance with global manufacturing processes and quality standards. The new maufacturing process implemented in the plant allows seamless production mix of both Renault and Nissan products at the same assembly line.
The first vehicle to be produced at the plant will be the new Micra, Nissan’s first vehicle based on the new global V-platform with the production beginning from May 2010. The new Micra will be launched in the domestic market very shortly and will also be exported to over 100 countries in Europe, Middle East and Africa. The plant will also build the Renault Koleos and Fluence in 2011, both of which will be launched in the Indian market.
Chennai already plays host to the Renault-Nissan Technology and Business Centre India Private Ltd (RNTBCI) which is contributing to both partners’ global operations in the key areas of advanced research and development, advanced CAE (Computer-Aided Engineering), product development, digital vehicle development, information systems development and local and global parts sourcing.
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