US EditionNissan closes its Oppama plant in Japan to cut costs
JAPAN, JUL 14 – Nissan plans to cut global production capacity by 1 million units and reduce 20,000 jobs amid shrinking EV demand and rising competition, including cancellations at its U.S. Canton plant.
- Nissan is closing its flagship Oppama plant in Japan and moving all production to its Kyushu plant to cut costs.
- The Oppama plant, which began operations in 1961, produced Nissan's Leaf electric car and currently produces the Note compact car.
- Nissan reported a loss of 670.9 billion yen for the fiscal year through March, down from a 426.6 billion yen profit in the previous year.
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Skidding Nissan to halt production at Oppama plant in Kanagawa Prefecture
Struggling auto giant Nissan said Tuesday it will stop production at its plant at Oppama in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, at the end of its 2027 fiscal year. Nissan posted a net loss of 671 billion yen last year and it has said it will cut 15 percent of its global…
Japanese automaker Nissan Motor will stop making cars at its flagship plant in the Japanese city of Oppama by March 2028. Production will be moved to a factory in the southwest of the country operated by Nissan Motor Kyushu, a subsidiary of the company. The decision is part of a global restructuring plan aimed at reducing production capacity.
Al Bawaba - Japanese company Nissan Motor will stop car production at its main plant in Oppama, near Tokyo, by the end of fiscal year 2027, as part of a comprehensive restructuring plan and capacity reduction...
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