Judith Richardson Vice President Purchasing Nissan Europe THREE DECADES of MANUFACTURING EXCELLENCE in EUROPE AUTOMOTIVE NEWS EUROPE CONGRESS
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Judith Richardson Vice President Purchasing Nissan Europe THREE DECADES OF MANUFACTURING EXCELLENCE IN EUROPE AUTOMOTIVE NEWS EUROPE CONGRESS Judith Richardson, Vice President Purchasing, Nissan Europe THREE DECADES OF MANUFACTURING EXCELLENCE IN EUROPE AUTOMOTIVE NEWS EUROPE CONGRESS Judith Richardson, Vice President Purchasing, Nissan Europe WHAT I’LL BE COVERING TODAY 1. NISSAN IN THE UK 2. GROWTH & EXPANSION 3. 30 YEARS OF MANUFACTURING 4. DECADE OF DISRUPTION NISSAN IN THE UK NISSAN IN THE UK • UK’s biggest carmaker (1 in 3 UK cars) • Flagship manufacturing plant in Sunderland • Nissan Design Europe in London • Nissan Technical Centre Europe in Cranfield • Nissan Global Training Centre • 20,000 jobs in the UK supply chain supported NISSAN IN SUNDERLAND • 6,800 staff on-site • 8 million vehicles produced since 1986 • Two cars born every minute • 500,000 vehicles produced each year for past 3 years • Qashqai, Juke, LEAF EV and Infiniti Q30 built here Since the first Bluebird rolled off the production line in July 1986, the Nissan plant in Sunderland has grown from a £50m assembly operation into the UK’s biggest car production site HOW DID IT ALL BEGIN? Site established in 1984 on former airfield Production started in 1986 with 430 staff One ‘KD’ model, Nissan Bluebird, at 12.5 cars per hour HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED… 2016 TEST TRACK WIND FARM CASTINGS PLANT PLASTICS MOULDING 405,712 TRIM & TRIM & BUMPER PAINT PRESS SHOP AXLE PLANT CHASSIS CHASSIS square metres 2 1 PAINT SHOP BODY SHOP ENGINE ASSEMBLY of built-up space following GLOBAL TRAINING expansion for BATTERY PLANT CENTRE Infiniti production We’ve come a long way since our very first Nissan Bluebird rolled off the Sunderland Plant production line in 1986 – 30 years ago! UK GROWTH & EXPANSION 1,200 cars built at NMUK every day New Qashqai built every 63 seconds INFINITI Q30 PRODUCTION AND WE’RE QASHQAI LINE 2 ANNOUNCEMENT STILL XL PRESS LINE & GROWING… PRESS SHOP NEXT GEN JUKE ALLOCATION QASHQAI LINE 2 PRODUCTION £22m investment for additional 2016 Qashqai capacity from 2017 Demand outstrips supply despite record production levels Crossover icon to feature autonomous technology from next year £37M INVESTMENT TO EXPAND £37m investment in new XL press line and Press Shop extension underlines Nissan’s commitment to its UK operations, online in 2017 New 5,200 tonne press will be the most powerful in the plant’s history and will maintain exceptional build quality and competiveness of UK plant NEXT GEN JUKE ALLOCATION P21A reference allocation for NMUK Line 2 Start Of Production during 2018 Platform: Alliance CMF-B £100m investment Supplier Park Development opportunity PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE From humble beginnings in 1986 to Nissan’s desire to become the number one Asian Brand in Europe, we’ve seen a lot of change at our Sunderland Plant in three decades STILL THE WORLD’S BEST-SELLING EV NISSAN’S LARGEST MORE THAN 220,000 50,000TH LEAF ELECTRIC TAXI NISSAN LEAF PRODUCED IN UK FLEET DEAL SIGNED VEHICLES SOLD BUT EXPORTED TO IN MADRID GLOBALLY 23 GLOBAL MARKETS INVESTMENT IN R&D FUEL STATION OF TO BOOST LITHIUM- THE FUTURE ION BATTERY CONCEPT WITH CAPACITY FOSTER + PARTNERS $4BN INVESTED IN R&D WHAT NEXT WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? A DECADE OF DISRUPTION 2.4BN CARS BY 2050 XSTORAGE + V2G VEHICLE TO THE NATIONAL GRID XSTORAGE €8,000 10 YEARS SAVINGS FORGING AHEAD. PUSHING BOUNDARIES. CHALLENGING NORMS. THANK YOU Judith Richardson, Vice President Purchasing, Nissan Europe.