I am Takashi Tomiyama, newly appointed President of Nissan Shatai Co., Ltd.

Nissan Shatai began as a car body manufacturer for train cars and automobiles in 1949. In 1951, it became a member of the Nissan Group and has since then expanded steadily in the Shonan area in Kanagawa, as well as Uji City in Kyoto. In 2000, the company consolidated the production of its mass-produced vehicles in the Shonan area. Following that, it established Nissan Shatai Kyushu as a new company in 2007 with the aim of establishing a business foundation that can be sustained into the future. The new plant in Kyushu commenced operations in January 2010.

Nissan Shatai has two production bases - Shonan Plant and Nissan Shatai Kyushu. Shonan Plant produces two models including light commercial vehicles (LCV) such as the AD and the NV200 Vanette while Nissan Shatai Kyushu produces six models including the Elgrand minivan, the Armada full-size SUV (Sport Utility Vehicle) and the Caravan LCV, etc.
Nissan Shatai owns proprietary expertise in the development and production of LCV and frame-vehicles and is responsible for their development and production within the Nissan Group.

Our three major businesses are as follows.

The first business is "commercial vehicles and premium cars."
Through the evolution and deepening of uniqueness, we will work toward the enhancement of manufacturing technological capabilities and productivity, and raise the added value of the products to expand profits and the number of units sold.
The second business is "specially equipped vehicles."
In the specially equipped vehicle business, in which future growth potential and high profitability can be expected, we will work toward business expansion by responding rapidly to the diversifying needs of our customers.
The third business is "support businesses."
We will work toward expansion of production volume and business volume in our full range of support businesses, including service parts, engineering consignments, prototyping, molds and tools, and facilities.

Last fiscal year, Nissan Shatai has started a Medium-Term Management Plan covering fiscal years 2023 to 2027 with an awareness of the environmental changes of "the necessity of a response to climate change," "changes in the needs of the market," "increase in the societal responsibilities required of companies" and "changes in the working population and the awareness of employees."

Taking into account these environmental changes, we have defined our Vision for our Future as "Contribute to society through our commercial vehicles, premium cars, specially equipped vehicles, and support businesses and become the one and only presence trusted by our customers" and we are working to expand these three major businesses.

The first pillar is "Sustainable corporate foundation."
In this Medium-term Management Plan, we advocate a "Sustainable corporate foundation" in as the central pillar of our activities, and we are tackling ESG issues, namely "environmental," "social" and "governance" issues to promote business activities centered on sustainability.
The second pillar is "Creation of appealing products."
Firstly, there is the new model INFINITI "QX80" for North America which Nissan Shatai Kyushu commenced mass producing in April.
In the current fiscal year, we plan to gradually commence mass production of new model frame vehicles for the Near and Middle East and other vehicles, including variant models, so please look forward to the new vehicles.
The third pillar is "Evolution and deepening of uniqueness."
Regarding technology development, From the current fiscal year onward, we will continue to work on the buildup of technologies which realize the efficient production of service parts, as well as new items focused on CASE going forward.

In the second fiscal year of the 2023-2027 Medium-term Management Plan, Nissan Shatai wants to further enhance trust from stakeholders by bolstering integrated manufacturing operations that extend from development to production, which is our strength, and working to improve legal compliance and cormporate governance.

October 2024