Nissan: invests 24 billion yen in South A plant-produces 30,000 new “Navara”

Nissan: invests 24 billion yen in South A plant-produces 30,000 new “Navara”

Johannesburg

April 24, 2019

Nissan Motor:

On April 10, we will invest 3 billion rand (approximately 24 billion yen, 1 rand = 8.0 yen) to expand the Roslin plant outside Pretoria, South Africa.

South Africa Nissan Mike Whitfield President:

The company announced that it plans to produce 30,000 new pickup truck “Navara” a year from 2020, and export 12,000 of them to Sub-Saharan African countries.

At our plant,

“NP200” (1 ton)

“NP300” (0.5 tons)

It produces about 35,000 compact pickup trucks annually (2018).

The automotive industry accounts for about 7% of South Africa’s GDP and about 30% of the manufacturing industry.

In South Africa, seven manufacturers, including Nissan and Toyota, are producing cars.

-JETRO

https://www.jetro.go.jp/biznews/2019/04/b9254b7c2b3cfe5f.html