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I am Takashi Tomiyama, the President of Nissan Shatai Kyushu Co., Ltd.
Nissan Shatai Kyushu Co., Ltd. was founded in 2007 and began operations in January 2010. The company was established to create a solid foundation for the future business of Nissan Shatai Co., Ltd. These production facilities form the core of the Nissan group.
Nissan Shatai Kyushu is a state of the art plant that is able to produce 120,000 vehicles yearly. It produces six models including the premium INFINITI brand QX80, the Elgrand minivan, and the LCV Caravan. More than 80 percent of the plant's total production volume is exported to the overseas market.
Nissan Shatai Kyushu will maintain and improve its high level of production quality that enables the production of the premium brand INFINITI. We will also increase the flexibility of our production corresponding to vehicle type ratio in order to increase efficiency when performing mixed production of multiple models on one line, including those with fundamentally different construction methods such as monocoque and frame-vehicles.
Nissan Shatai Group’s 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.
In fiscal year 2023, Nissan Shatai Group 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, Nissan Shatai Group 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 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.
Furthermore, the “sound mind and body of employees” are essential for these activities, and Nissan Shatai will actively promote health and productivity management.
The second pillar is “Creation of appealing products.”
In fiscal year 2024, the Infiniti QX80, the Nissan Patrol, and the Armada underwent a full model change. Equipped with various advanced technologies, they serve as Nissan’s flagship models representing our pursuit of luxury, power, and comfort.
The third pillar is “Evolution and deepening of uniqueness.”
Nissan Shatai Kyushu is working to further improve productivity and increase production capacity to meet the high market demand for the three new models it started producing in FY2024.
Nissan Shatai Kyushu is aiming to “Operate plants with the best quality that can earn the trust of customers” as an important domestic production location within the Nissan group.
In the halfway point of the 2023-2027 Medium-term Management Plan, Nissan Shatai Kyushu bolster integrated manufacturing operations that extend from development to production, which is our strength, and working to improve legal compliance and corporate governance. As a corporate citizen of Fukuoka Prefecture and Kanda-machi, Nissan Shatai Kyushu will also strive to contribute to the local economy and grow hand-in-hand with the region.
