Nissan Motor to study need for second Indian plant

According to khabarkhodro، Japanese Nissan Motor Company is planning to double its vehicle sales in the Indian market and will study the need for another plant in the country, a top official of the company’s Indian subsidiary said.

“We plan to double our domestic sales this year to around 66,000 units while maintaining the export volumes at around 100,000 units,” Takayuki Ishida, managing director and chief executive officer at Nissan Motor India Private Ltd, told IANS here after launching the company’s new model Evalia. The company last year sold around 33,000 units and shipped out 100,000 units.

Asked whether the company would be needing another production facility in India as it would be touching the full capacity at its plant at Oragadam near here, Ishida said for now the capacity is sufficient. For the future, it has to be decided internally first, he added.

Nissan and French auto major Renault have jointly built a car plant near here where from Nissan and Renault badged vehicles are rolled out.  According to Ishida, the company is increasing the level of local components in its diesel engine assembled at the Indian plant. He said the scaling down of production at Nissan’s plant in China will not have any major impact on the operations here though some components are imported from China.