The Nissan Motor Corporation, in collaboration with its local partners, has commissioned a $9 million assembly plant to produce vehicles in the country.

The Nissan Motor Corporation, in collaboration with its local partners, has commissioned a $9 million assembly plant to produce vehicles in the country.

The Nissan Assembly Plant in the Industrial City, Tema, which has the capacity to produce 11,593 units of vehicles per shift per annum, is a partnership between Japan Motors of Ghana and the Nissan Motor Corporation. For three shifts at full capacity, the plant can produce 31,666 vehicles annually.

The plant has commenced production with two models, the Nissan Navara and the Peugeot 3008 sports utility vehicle (SUV), which will be produced on contract assemblies.

The track is 419 metres long, with 12 noise detection and vibration sections, alignment checks, steering brakes, clutch concerns, among others.

It also has a water test facility to check for leaks on new vehicles.

The facility is both unique to the country and highly environmentally friendly in its capacity to recycle water, which will be filtered and reused for the water test booth and car wash.

The plant also has two assembly lines and one tester line inside. One assembly line will be used for pick-up trucks and the other for saloon cars and SUVs.

The tester line will be used to test vehicles coming out of the two assembly lines for wheel alignment, brake lights and camera alignment, as well as visual interior and exterior checks.

The colourful ceremony to commission the plant, situated on a 22,000 square-metre land in Tema, attracted a number of dignitaries, including the Tema Mankralo, Nii Adjetey Agbo III; the MD of Nissan Africa, Mike Whitfield; the Chairman of the Japan Motors Group of Companies, Jalal Kalmoni, and a section of the Diplomatic Corps.

Source: Japan Motors & The Exchange