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The bad omens about the future of the Nissan facilities in Barcelona seem to be confirmed. According to the digital edition of the Japanese newspaper Nikkei, the company plans to close the Catalan factory, which has three facilities and directly employs 3,500 people.

In principle, the factories that the company has in Ávila and Corrales de la Buelna (Cantabria) will not be affected since they manufacture components for vehicles that are assembled in other facilities of the Renault-Nissan alliance.

The measure is part of a global restructuring plan that aims to reduce annual costs by 2,600 million euros between now and 2023. And reduce its production capacity by 20%, based on the seven million vehicles for which it is now dimensioned. In addition, it will remove the Datsun brand, a banner that it used in the past and had recovered for emerging markets.

Operating at less than 30% of its capacity

In principle, the future of Nissan in Barcelona, ​​which manufactured 55,000 vehicles last year and is now operating below 30% of its volume, would not be known until the end of this month. This has been repeated several times by the president of the company in Europe, Gianluca De Ficchy, given the various reports that have appeared in recent years and that have intensified in 2020. Specifically, less than two weeks ago, Reuters reported a The company's plan to reduce its presence in Europe and thus obtain resources with which to strengthen itself in the US, China and Japan.

In addition, after losing the Pulsar compact car and the combustion version of the NV200 van last year, it will shortly stop manufacturing the Mercedes X-Class pickup it was manufacturing as part of a joint project with the German company and Renault. Likewise, it also had great possibilities to stop manufacturing the NV 200e, the electric variant of this van since its replacement, the NV 250 will be produced in France together with the new Renault Kangoo from which it derives and which will also have its corresponding variant battery powered.

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