Analysis of Renault-Nissan Factories in Russia
- Renault-Nissan produced 504,000 vehicles in Russia in 2016, a decrease of 12.5% compared to 2015, while the Russian market as a whole fell by 11%. The Franco-Japanese group has four factories in Russia:
1 / Togliatti: this factory (800 000 units annual capacity) was built at the end of the 60s by Autovaz to produce the Lada. In 2016, its production did not exceed 300 000 units, against 800 000 in the early 2000s, and therefore only works at 40% of its capacity. This sharp drop is explained by the opening of the market to foreign brands and the introduction of Western economic sanctions from 2013 that destabilized the Russian economy. The Russian market thus went from 2.8 million vehicles in 2013 to 1.4 million in 2016. Since Autovaz sells its vehicles almost exclusively in Russia, Togliatti's production curve followed the same trend. The contribution of Renault, Nissan and Datsun manufactures from 2013 could not compensate for the drop in Lada production. In 2016 Togliatti produced 172,000 LadaPriora / Kalina / Granta / Largus / Niva / X-Ray + 61,000 Renault Logan / Sandero + 17,000 Datsun On-Do / Mid-Do + 15,000 Nissan Almera + 35,000 Chevrolet Niva.
2 / Moscow: this factory opened in 2004 (200,000 units annual capacity)and produces only Renault vehicles. In 2016, it produced 75,000 vehicles and is therefore also operating at 40% of its capacity. It has significantly reduced its utilization rate in recent years as Renault has decided to transfer the Logan and Sandero produced in Moscow to the Togliatti plant in 2013, keeping only the Duster and the Captur. in Moscow.
3 / Saint Petersburg: this plant opened in 2009 (50 000 units annual capacity) and produces only Nissans. It was the only Russian factory to produce Nissan before 2013 and the arrival of the Nissan Almera on the assembly lines of Togliatti. In 2016, it produced 35,000 vehicles and thus operates at 70% of its capacity. It produces the Teana and X-Trail, as well as, more recently, the Qashqai.
4 / Izhevsk: this plant opened in 2012 (200,000 vehicles of annual capacity) and produces only Ladas. It previously belonged to the IZH Group which went bankrupt in the early 2010s. Starting in 2012, it recovered part of the production of the LadaGranta and since 2015 it is the only factory to produce the LadaVesta sedan. In 2016, the Izhevsk plant produced 95,000 Lada-branded cars and therefore operates at 50% of its capacity.
- In total, Renault-Nissan therefore has four factories in Russia with a cumulative capacity of 1.25 million units per year and produced 504,000 vehicles in 2016, representing a utilization rate of 40%. The French-Japanese group is counting on the expected restart of the Russian market and the launch of new models at Lada, Renault, Datsun and Nissan to boost the activity of its four factories and try to saturate its capacities.
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