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Zawya
21-05-2025
- Automotive
- Zawya
South Africa: Nissan considering Rosslyn plant closure
Nissan is reportedly considering closing its Rosslyn plant in South Africa, with the brand's local division telling us it's currently 'conducting a detailed assessment' of the situation. Nissan's Rosslyn plant in South Africa is on the beleaguered automaker's list of 7 production facilities set to close over the next two years, according to a fresh report out of Japan. However, Nissan SA says it's not able to confirm whether the Gauteng-based plant will indeed be affected. Earlier in May 2025, Nissan announced a worldwide 'recovery' plan that includes 20,000 job cuts as well as the closure of seven production plants over the next two years. Now, citing unnamed sources, Reuters reports that the list includes twi factories in Japan and two in Mexico, along with plants in South Africa, India and Argentina. However, Nissan's global head office says the report is 'speculative and not based on any official information'. The Rosslyn plant currently builds only the Navara. asked Nissan South Africa to comment on the future of its Rosslyn plant and the company told us it's 'currently conducting a detailed assessment regarding the announced plant closures', adding in its statement that this process is 'internal'. As such, the Japanese firm's local division says it is unfortunately not able to confirm 'at this stage' which plants 'will be affected'. Nissan's global cost-cutting drive is built around reducing its workforce by 20,000 employees (including the previously announced 9,000 job cuts) and 'consolidating' its production plants from 17 to 10 by fiscal year 2027 (which starts in April 2027). Ivan Espinosa, Nissan president and CEO. In addition, Nissan says it will switch to a more 'market-specific approach', positioning the United States, Japan, China, Europe, the Middle East and Mexico as 'key markets' and adopting a 'customised approach to other markets'. As a reminder, in October 2023, Nissan South Africa entered a 'formal consultation phase to restructure the business '. This followed the news that the NP200 half-tonne bakkie – which went out of production at Rosslyn in March 2024 – would not receive its planned replacement. After some 16 years, Rosslyn production of the NP200 ended in March 2024. Since the NP200's demise, the Rosslyn factory – long described as Nissan's 'light commercial vehicle hub' for Africa – has been producing only the long-in-the-tooth D23-series Navara. However, in October 2024, Nissan SA's Managing Director Maciej Klenkiewicz told us the company was 'working on the replacement, but the process is starting from scratch'. At the reveal of the Navara Pro-4X Warrior in March 2025, Jordi Vila, President of Nissan Africa, said he 'sees a strong future for our company in Africa', adding that the Navara 'represents a core model in our plans to capture opportunities and expand our footprint'. Single- and double-cab Navara units are made at Rosslyn, for SA and other African markets. Over the opening four months of 2025, Nissan SA registered 1,838 units of the Rosslyn-made Navara locally, seeing it rank sixth on the list of Mzansi's best-selling bakkies, year to date (the Navara occupied the same position in 2024, with 4,874 units sold in SA). Over the same four-month period, the factory exported 3,101 units. Nissan officially opened its Rosslyn plant in 1966, meaning the factory has been producing new vehicles for nearly 60 years. In addition to various Datsun and Nissan nameplates, the factory has also built models from other brands, such as the first-generation Fiat Uno and Renault Sandero.
NHK
19-05-2025
- Automotive
- NHK
Emergency prefectural govt. meeting over Nissan plant closures report
Officials in Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo held an emergency meeting on Monday after reports that Nissan Motor may shutter local plants. Two factories in the prefecture are reportedly included in a cost-cutting plan: Oppama plant in Yokosuka City and a subsidiary's plant in Hiratsuka City. During the emergency meeting, Kanagawa Governor Kuroiwa Yuji said that the closure of the plants would have a massive impact on the local economy and employment. The governor said he asked Nissan to try and minimize the impact. Officials say Nissan told them on Monday that nothing had been decided. The automaker aims to reduce its global workforce by 20,000 and cut seven production sites around the world by fiscal 2027. Sources say the plan includes two factories in Kanagawa prefecture. The Oppama plant has been one of Nissan's main production sites for many years. As of last October, it had a workforce of about 3,900. Businesses around the factory are worried about their futures. The manager of a boxed-lunch store says he was shocked to hear the news. Iwabuchi Norihiko said that if Nissan's workers are no longer around, his business will face a very difficult situation.
Al Arabiya
17-05-2025
- Automotive
- Al Arabiya
Nissan considering plant closures in Japan, overseas: Sources
Nissan is considering plans to shut two car assembly plants in Japan and overseas factories, including in Mexico, sources said on Saturday, as part of a cost-cutting plan the company flagged earlier this week. The automaker is mulling closing Japan's Oppama plant, where Nissan started production in 1961, and the Shonan plant operated by Nissan Shatai, in which Nissan is a 50 percent stakeholder, the sources said, which would leave it with just three vehicle assembly plants in Japan. Overseas, Nissan is considering ending production at plants in South Africa, India and Argentina, and cutting the number of factories in Mexico, one of the sources said. Japan's third-biggest automaker unveiled sweeping new cost cuts on Tuesday, saying it would reduce its workforce by around 15 percent and cut production plants to 10 from 17 globally as it seeks to push through a turnaround. The Yomiuri newspaper, which first reported the automakers' possible closing of plants in Japan and overseas, said two factories in Mexico are under consideration. Nissan said in a statement on its website that reports on the potential closure of certain plants were speculative and not based on any official information of the company. 'At this time, we will not be providing further comments on this matter,' Nissan said in the statement. 'We are committed to maintaining transparency with our stakeholders and will communicate any relevant updates as necessary.' The more aggressive turnaround steps unveiled by new CEO Ivan Espinosa mark a sharp break with Nissan's strategy under his predecessor Makoto Uchida, who had high hopes of expanding global production and had refused to close domestic plants. The automaker's fiscal 2024 sales stood at 3.3 million vehicles, down 42 percent since the 2017 business year. In its statement on Saturday, Nissan said it had previously announced it would consolidate production of Nissan Frontier and Navara pickups from Mexico and Argentina into a single production hub centralized around the Civac plant in Mexico. It also said that it had announced in March that French alliance partner Renault would buy out its stake in their joint Indian business, Renault Nissan Automotive India Private Ltd (RNAIPL). The domestic plant closures would mark Nissan's first since closing its Murayama factory in 2001. Keeping just three home plants open - its Tochigi factory and the Nissan Motor Kyushu and Nissan Shatai Kyushu plants in southern Fukuoka prefecture - would be more than enough to service the domestic market and maintain exports from Japan, one source said. The Oppama plant has annual capacity of around 240,000 cars and employed about 3,900 workers as of end-October. In 2010, it became Nissan's first plant to start producing the Leaf, widely considered the world's first mass-market electric vehicle. The Shonan plant, which produces commercial vans, has an annual capacity of around 150,000 units and employs about 1,200 people.
Japan Times
17-05-2025
- Automotive
- Japan Times
Struggling Nissan considers closing two plants in Kanagawa
Ailing carmaker Nissan Motor is considering closing two plants in Kanagawa Prefecture in hopes of shifting away from its costly business structure, which includes excessive production equipment, it was learned Saturday. The possible closure of the plants in Kanagawa, Nissan's birthplace, seems certain to provoke a backlash from local communities. The Oppama plant in the city of Yokosuka has an annual production capacity of 240,000 vehicles, including the Note passenger car, while Nissan Shatai's Shonan plant in the city of Hiratsuka has a capacity of 150,000 units and manufactures commercial vans. Nissan currently has a total of five domestic plants in Kanagawa, Tochigi and Fukuoka Prefectures, with a combined production capacity of 1.2 million units. However, its domestic production was limited to 640,000 units in fiscal 2024, highlighting the need to improve efficiency promptly by boosting sales and reviewing redundant equipment. For the year ended this March, Nissan incurred a consolidated net loss of ¥670.8 billion, due to sluggish sales in China and the United States. It is now bracing for the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump's auto and other tariffs. On Tuesday, the company announced a plan to close seven of its 17 plants worldwide by fiscal 2027. President Ivan Espinosa indicated that the closure plan will affect domestic plants, but declined to specify which ones. 'As you can see, our full-year financial results are a wake-up call,' Espinosa said Tuesday. 'The reality is clear,' he added. 'We have a very high cost structure. To complicate matters further, the global market environment is volatile and unpredictable, making planning and investment increasingly challenging.'
Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Nissan considering plant closures in Japan, overseas, sources say
By Maki Shiraki and Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) -Nissan is considering plans to shut two car assembly plants in Japan and overseas factories, including in Mexico, sources said on Saturday, as part of a cost-cutting plan the company flagged earlier this week. The automaker is mulling closing Japan's Oppama plant, where Nissan started production in 1961, and the Shonan plant operated by Nissan Shatai, in which Nissan is a 50% stakeholder, the sources said, which would leave it with just three vehicle assembly plants in Japan. Overseas, Nissan is considering ending production at plants in South Africa, India and Argentina, and cutting the number of factories in Mexico, one of the sources said. Japan's third-biggest automaker unveiled sweeping new cost cuts on Tuesday, saying it would reduce its workforce by around 15% and cut production plants to 10 from 17 globally as it seeks to push through a turnaround. The Yomiuri newspaper, which first reported the automakers' possible closing of plants in Japan and overseas, said two factories in Mexico are under consideration. Nissan said in a statement on its website that reports on the potential closure of certain plants were speculative and not based on any official information of the company. "At this time, we will not be providing further comments on this matter," Nissan said in the statement. "We are committed to maintaining transparency with our stakeholders and will communicate any relevant updates as necessary." The more aggressive turnaround steps unveiled by new CEO Ivan Espinosa mark a sharp break with Nissan's strategy under his predecessor Makoto Uchida, who had high hopes of expanding global production and had refused to close domestic plants. The automaker's fiscal 2024 sales stood at 3.3 million vehicles, down 42% since the 2017 business year. In its statement on Saturday, Nissan said it had previously announced it would consolidate production of Nissan Frontier and Navara pickups from Mexico and Argentina into a single production hub centralised around the Civac plant in Mexico. It also said that it had announced in March that French alliance partner Renault would buy out its stake in their joint Indian business, Renault Nissan Automotive India Private Ltd (RNAIPL). The domestic plant closures would mark Nissan's first since closing its Murayama factory in 2001. Keeping just three home plants open - its Tochigi factory and the Nissan Motor Kyushu and Nissan Shatai Kyushu plants in southern Fukuoka prefecture - would be more than enough to service the domestic market and maintain exports from Japan, one source said. The Oppama plant has annual capacity of around 240,000 cars and employed about 3,900 workers as of end-October. In 2010, it became Nissan's first plant to start producing the Leaf, widely considered the world's first mass-market electric vehicle. The Shonan plant, which produces commercial vans, has an annual capacity of around 150,000 units and employs about 1,200 people. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
