Nissan Installs Extra-Large Press at UK Assembly Plant
SUNDERLAND, UK—Nissan Motor Co. has installed a new, extra-large press line at its assembly plant here.
Weighing more than 2,000 ton, the new press took some 18 months to install and is part of a $514 million investment to prepare the plant to make Nissan’s new Qashqai crossover SUV. The first panels on the press were produced March 6 at a ceremony led by Ashwani Gupta, Nissan’s COO.