Only two weeks have passed since Nissan announced its plans Oppama Factory closed In Japan, now it reveals a similar decision for another location. Operations at Ciudad Industrial Del Valle De Cuenavaca Industrial Park will end in Mexico by March 2026. All vehicle production in CIVAC will be transferred to another location in Mexico, located in Aguascalientes.
Nearly 60 years, the first Nissan factory to be built outside Japan is currently making borders and NP300/Navara and on the contrary. Originally, the CIVAC DATSUN Bluebird Factory produced starting in 1966, before adding a second collection line for light trucks in 1975.
Photo by: Nissan
Oppama and CIVAC are one of the seven factories that the company plans to close as part of the comprehensive recovery initiative. The third confirmed closure is the No. 1 factory in Thailand, where production will be integrated into factory No. 2. According to the “Re -Nissan” strategy, the auto industry aims to reduce global production from 3.5 million to 2.5 million units. It also intends to reduce the number of car plants from 17 to 10 with 100 percent use in the remaining sites.
It is also believed that factories in India, Argentina and South Africa are at risk Reuters. During, Car news Nissan reports will solve its joint project for the COOPAS manufacturing factory with Mercedes -Benz after finishing the QX50 and QX55 production later this year. The gradual disposal of GLB is expected to be eliminated in the first quarter of 2026. There are also reports that Nissan May Selling Yokohama headquarters And rent it again from the new owner.
Nissan has reset 3,000 research and development employees to focus on cost reduction efforts. This step seems to be fruit: about 4000 ideas were proposed, with nearly 1,600 ideas about to implement. This has become possible Freezing the development of new models To redirect resources towards finding measures to save costs.
In May, the public broadcaster in Japan Nhk It was reported that about 20,000 jobs can be reduced, which will be more than twice the layoff of 9,000 hairstyles announced last November.
Whatever the situation, the non -car manufacturer does not outperform its agenda “Re: Nissan”, as it publicly describes it as a “recovery plan”. Besides reducing aggressive costs, the company wants to stimulate sales by launching new models, Infiniti renewalDeepening cooperation with Alliance Renault and Mitsubishi partners through emblem engineering vehicles.
