Renault Nissan Chennai manufacturing unit achieves milestone, rolls out 1 lakh units

Earlier today, Renault Nissan's manufacturing unit in Oragadam, Chennai achieved a milestone when they rolled out their 100,000th unit. Japanese car maker Nissan Motors and French car maker Renault jointly own the manufacturing unit which started operations in May last year. Renault Nissan together invested approximately $1 billion (Rs 4,500 crores) in setting up this unit.

Mr Kou Kimura, MD and CEO, Renault Nissan Auto India, at the 100,000th unit rollout ceremony, stated, "We started production in May last year. Between then and now we have rolled out one lakh cars from the Oragadam facility. The plant has achieved this milestone in 13 months. This is the fastest roll out of one lakh cars in India."

It is quite a big achievement for Renault Nissan India as they are comparatively new to the Indian auto industry. Renault Nissan India's state of the art manufacturing unit employs 4,000 people and manufactures Nissan Micra hatchback as well as assembles Renault Fluence sedan.

Renault Nissan now plan to take their next step in the Indian car industry as they will soon be increasing production at their Chennai unit. "At current levels we can make 2 lakh cars a year, which we will double and work for which will start sooner as we will reach saturation levels of our existing capacity," stated Kimaru