The new Nissan Juke will be presented at the next edition of the Red Bull X-Fighters, the biggest international competition of freestyle motocross. A great show for a unique and wild car.
Thank you all for participating!
From Spain // 2004 // Toddlers
From Spain // 2002 // Kids
From Argentina // 1998 // Boys and Girls
Nissan has already started building the first battery plant in England. This plant will produce over 60,000 batteries a year. This will improve the environment by helping to produce less polluting cars.
Nissan presented the 4th generation of the Nissan Micra at the 80th edition of the Geneva International Motor Show. A great little car.
The President of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Mr. Josep Montilla, came to Nissan to celebrate the manufacture of the first unit of the new NV200.
We introduce you the new Nissan NV200. A modern van suitable for all types of workers. Practical, safe and environmentally friendly. This is the new star of the Barcelona´s factory. We will begin to produce the new NV200 in late 2009 at the Zona Franca factory.
Here the 4 winners of the online drawing contest!
Congratulations to all participants of the contest for their great imagination and their abilities with the mouse. Thanks to everybody for participating.
from Barcelona // year 1997
from Barcelona // year 1998
from Masquefa // year 1999
from Ávila // year 2000
In the forthcoming Geneva Motor Show, Nissan will show the latest innovations to the world. Revolutionary cars for a cleaner world. Ecological machines like Qazana and NV200 prototypes. Nissan will also present new features for the cars that everyone knows: the 370Z, the Cube and the X-trail Platinum. (Photo: Nissan NV200).
More than 800 persons saw the best skiers of our country showing their skill in the exclusive night show: The contest of Freestyle Nissan Night tour in Cerler 1.500.
In the next Motorshow of Los Angeles, Nissan will launch the new Nissan 370 Z. A total redesign of its iconic predecessor, the 350Z (photo).
At the end of October in Japan, Nissan will launch the new KIX. The new Nissan´s mini car. A compact car with extreme and adventurous spirit.
For more information click here: KIX.
Theseare the highlights:
NUVU // PIXO // NUEVO NOTE // NISSAN CONECT // QASHQAI+2 NEW MURANO // GT-R // MICRA 25º ANNIVERSARY // X-TRAIL
(new NUVU at the photo)
Nissan, Docomo and Sharp have developed a phone that opens and starts the car without the key. The system prevents car thefts. There are already more than 950,000 Nissan cars running with this system.
Vicente Cabanes wins the Rallye Hispanomoción XII - Trofeo Ciudad de Valencia with the Nissan 350Z.
It was the first victory for the Nissan 350Z in Spain. The next race will be at the Costa Azahar.
The Nissan X-Trail FCV is a revolutionary vehicle that uses hydrogen as fuel instead of gasoline and is powered by electricity generated from the chemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen.
This technology allows us to create totally clean vehicles because the only emission it produces is water steam.
In October we will start again with another season of factory visits for school groups.
To participate you can register your school at the VISIT THE FACTORY. Places are limited, so please register as soon as possible. We look forward to seeing you here!
From today we welcome visitors to our brand new website.
We are proud to welcome all school children who would like to learn about the design and manufacture of automobiles. There are activities, games and an online drawing competition.
We hope you enjoy browsing the site!
At Nissan we love what we do!
This is why we always search for new ideas that allow us to offer something different to our customers: automobiles that protect people and the environment!
At Nissan we synchronise all our work: all the steps that go into making a vehicle are interconnected, from the moment a showroom asks for a car to the moment it is handed over to the new owner. In this way, we save time and energy.
The workers are what marks the difference between companies.
The Nissan Way, based on the saying "strength comes from inside" tries to take into account the attitudes of our workers towards their work, and shows that for us, they are the most important part of the company - the real strength of Nissan.
We invest in the future and never stop innovating: our new assembly line robots, the latest technologies built into the cars, intelligent keys, rearview cameras...
We want to help to build a better society for the future. So we also develop social projects with various NGO's and we promote education with universities and schools, such as with the Nissan Campus program or the "Build a Nissan" factory visits to the Zona Franca plant.
We believe in sustainable development. We try to use natural resources in the best way. This is not only in the materials used to construct the vehicles, but also in the way that we make them.
We have managed to make 90% recyclable cars, we use renewable energies in our factories, we are installing less contaminating technologies, we contribute to various projects for the improvement of the environment...and these are only a few of the measures we are taking to respect the sustainability of the planet where we all live.
In the Nissan Green Program we are studying the best way to respect the environment. This program is based on:
- reducing CO2 emissions.
- Ensuring cleaner emissions.
- Recycling resources.
Exemples del Program Verde Nissan:
- ECO- Pedal: contributing to an ecological driving.
- X-TRAIL: vehicle that runs on alternative energies.
- Recycling bateries program 4R.
- Solar Panels: these reduce CO2 released into the atmosphere by 47,300 Tn/Year
- Lightshafts: these reduce the need to use electric light by maximising the use of sunlight.
- Biofuel: from September 2007 we are replacing petrol with biodiesel for all factory vehicles.
- Barcelona’s factory is currently recylcling at 92,6%.
- Saving water: the painting plant saves 21,6 milions litres of water per year thanks to the
- Tama 1947
- Prairie 1995
- Altra 1997
- Hipermini 1999
- Pivo 2007
- Langlider 2009
- Leaf 2010
We search constantly for ways to improve driver and worker safety. With curtain airbags, active headrests, stability control and other technologies we make sure our cars are a safer drive. Through safety equipment and the heavy object manipulators that our workers use we avoid industrial accidents during the manufacturing process. We also participate in road safety education programs. We want to help teach the public the best way to be safe on the roads, whether in a car or on foot.
NISSAN ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION LABORATORY
NISSAN CIRCULAR CAMERA
ASV 4 // 4th GENERATION OF SAFE NISSAN CARS
ALCOHOL DETECTION SYSTEM THAT BLOCKS THE CAR FROM USE
GLOVES, SAFETY GLASSES, HELMETS AND SAFETY SHOES TO PROTECT WORKERS
MANIPULATOR (LIFT ASSISTING MACHINE) TO HELP MOVE HEAVY OBJECTS
THE PROTOTYPE EPORO IS A ROBOTIZED CAR THAT TRAVELLS IN GROUPS TO AVOID COLLISIONS, IMITATING A SCHOOL OF FISH.
At our design centres we create new types of car by thinking about what people need.
We create models, prototypes, make security tests...in order to turn our initial designs and ideas into reality.
We build the cars that we have designed and developed.
We distribute the cars that we have made to the dealers and showrooms, from our distribution centres.
Our clients visit the showroom to take a look at the car and choose exactly the Nissan they want in detail:
Colour, number of doors, types of seats, onboard technologies...
Here you can buy exactly the Nissan you want and we can bring it from anywhere in the world.
At the Montcada plant we make all the pieces of the body: doors, roof, walls of the car...
We unravel the large rolls of sheet metal, then we cut, wash and press the metal into the shapes of the cars that we want to make. Once we have made all the pieces we take them over to the Zona Franca body plant.
Here is where we put together the pieces that arrive from the pressing plant, to make the bodies of the cars.
The different parts of the body fit together neatly, giving the car model its distinctive shape. The next stage is the robot line, where the robots weld these parts together permanently, following a specific plan for each vehicle.
Once the welding is finished, the body is taken to the painting plant.
This space is a classroom where our future workers learn the skills they need to complete their tasks. It also allows more experienced workers to learn new skills when necessary.
This is where the body arrives for painting.
The cars get many different coats of paint to help protect them. The last coat of all is the enamel colour coat, which is sprayed either by hand or by robot. Once it is fully painted, the body is sent to the assembly plant.
This is the area where the workers can rest during the day. We work 8 hours and have various breaks spread out over the day to rest a little and have something to eat or drink.
We also have a sitting room to be able to take a break and have a snack.
In the room we have screens that keep us informed about the latest company news.
At the same time as making the body, we are making the guts of the car in the transmission plant. These are the mechanical components that make the car go - the motor, the gears, the axles. We use a lot of manipulators (lifting machines) because the pieces are very heavy. We work very accurately, right down to the millimetre, because there are many tiny components in each part. While we are making the pieces, we also make tests to control the quality. Once finished, the transmissions are sent to the assembly plant.
This is where we finish the construction of the car. This is divided into three stages:
Once we have built the car, we make a series of tests to make sure that it is in perfect working order.
We look closely at the car under very strong lights to see if we can detect any scratches or bodywork errors.
We also check that the doors close properly, that the indicators work...
At Nissan we like to work with kids. For this reason since 2004 we have been arranging primary school visits to the factory.
The program allows us to show how our production plants in Barcelona work, so we can educate youngsters and provide a practical platform for teachers for learning about industry, factories, the discovery of engines, assembly lines, technology, ecology, etc...
Thanks to this program, the Nissan factory at Zona Franca has already been visited by 199 schools, 9,200 kids and 729 teachers. (between 2004/05 and 2008/09)
The success of this program has inspired us to create the website “Fabrica un Nissan Online”: the transfer of the visiting program to the internet. A webpage created with the aim of getting the maximum number of students and teachers to realise what can be learned by a visit to our factories.
We hope you enjoy your visit.
Come to visit our factory.
Signing up in: www.fabricanissan.com
We have opened the doors of the Nissan factory in Barcelona to primary school students so that they can learn all about how we make our cars.
Fábrica Nissan de Zona Franca.
Sector B, calle 3, nº 77-111,
Barcelona.
Students from mid and upper primary school: 3º to 6º.
A maximum of 46 people can come, including teachers.
For security reasons, each school must come with a minimum of 4 teachers.
Morning visits. Tuesday and thursday.
9.45h Arrival of the school party to the Nissan factory.
10 h - 10.20h A welcome greeting in the auditorium, followed by an informative video, and explication of the rules and safety instructions about the tour of the factory.
10.20h-10.30h Transfer to the mini trains for the tour. Handing out of safety equipment.
10. 30 h- 11 h Guided tour of the fabrication plant.
11 h-11-30 h Questions and answers, group photo and closing speech.
The visits are accompanied by educational activities based around social awareness. These activities can be found on this webpage: Activities // For the Teacher.
The visit to the factory is free. The school has only to finance bus transport to and from the factory. The bus must stay on site during the visit to be able to make internal transfers.
For security reasons, each school must come with a minimum of 4 teachers.
All visitors must respect the following safety rules:
Draw the Nissan of the future and you could win a Wii.
Participate and vote online.
3. Aintzane Arrizabalaga (2005)
4. Aitziber Aguirrezabalaga (2006)
1. aitor hernandez palomo (2003)
2. MAYTE HERNANDEZ SANTIAGO (2001)
3. ARIS RAFAEL PABON SUAREZ (2001)
5. mateo xavier vera carvajal (2003)
6. Aitor hernandez palomo (2003)
8. Alexsandar Vladimirov (2001)
9. MIGUEL ANGEL GARCIA COTILLA (2002)
10. Blanca Gasparín José (2003)
1. Ethan Gutierrez Vigo (2000)
2. Ethan Guitierrez Vigo (2000)
5. laura hernandez palomo (2000)
9. joel rodriguez carceller (1999)
Contestants children born in the years 1998 to 2010 (inclusive). There is one prize for each yeargroup: 1998-2000 / 2001-2003 / 2004-2010.
Competition The aim is to draw an imaginary Nissan car of the future.
Competition rules drawing online. Consent fomr (parent/guardian). Online votation.
The deadline for the competition is the 20th June 2010 at 24h (G.M.T.)
The Jury will select 3 winners from the 10 contestants who have more votes.
The jury's verdict will be announced on the 30th June 2010 on this website.
( Nissan will get in touch via email with the winners and verify that they fulfill the necessary requirements)
The Prize the winner will get a Wii. One for each yeargroup winner.
These rules have been deposited before a notary.
Participants grant all rights related to their drawing to NMISA.
Participation in the competition supposes acceptance of these rules.
NMISA reserves the right to alter the competition for reasons outwith the control of the company.
To take part in the competition, permission of the parent / guardian must be given.
First used for irrigation and to mechanise pottery work.
Around 2000 BC carraiges with wheels for transport start to appear.
Manual labour starts to be replaced by larger scale industry and manufacture.
Factory assembly lines start to appear.
The steam engine is invented. In 1769, Nicholas Joseph Cugnot invents the first steam driven car.
Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler invents the internal combustion engine, which revolutionizes the world of transport.
Karl Friedrich Benz invents the first "car".
The speed limit was set at 28 Km per hour. There are only 3 four-wheeled automobiles registered in the whole of Spain.
Henry Ford kick-starts assembly line manufacture in the motor industry.
The car company, established in Cadiz, sets up in Barcelona and opens a factory on Avenida Icaria.
Yoshisuke Aikawa founds the Nissan Motor Co. in Yokohama, taking over the Datsun fabrication.
The building of lorrys and busses is also begun on a large scale.
At Motor Ibérica S.A they start to build the emblematic Ebro tractor.
At Nissan we begin our international growth, founding the first factory outside of Japan, in Taiwan.
Today Nissan has factories throughout the world.
On the 30th of June the first foundation stone is laid for the new Motor Ibérica factory in Zona Franca. In 1972 the production of the old plant at Avda Icaria is moved to the new Zona Franca site.
Nissan starts to become a part of Motor Ibérica by buying shares in the company. This is the first Japanese investment in Spain, and within the car industry this a first for the whole of Europe.
The Nissan Patrol starts to roll off the Zona Franca assembly lines. This is the first Japanese car built in Europe.
We start to produce the Nissan Vanette.
Robots are installed into the assembly lines, to weld and paint more safely.
Nissan buys 100% of the shares in Motor Ibérica.
At Nissan Motor Ibérica we start to produce the Serena.
At Nissan Motor Ibérica we start to produce the Terrano II.
Nissan and Renault come together to create a Global Alliance. This brings together a worldwide workforce of 265,000 which produces 5 million cars a year.
Production of the Almera Tino starts in Barcelona. The only touring car made in the Zona Franca.
We start production of the first vehicle created for different brands: The Nissan Primastar, the Renault Trafic or the Opel Vivaro.
We open up the Zona Franca factory to our first visitors under the "Build a Nissan" program.
Already by 2008 more than 9,000 children and 200 primary schools from Catalonia have come to visit us.
We start production of the Nissan Pathfinder.
We start production of the Nissan NV200
Production centres --- 36
Workers--- 175.766
Vehicles Built --- 3.084.000
Statistics from 2008
Production centres --- 5
Workers--- 4.500
Vehicles Built --- 157.381
Forklifts built --- 7.171
Statistics from 2008
Workers--- 2.900
Robots --- 325
Vehicles Built --- 135.568
Area -- 517.687m2
(Statistics from 2008)
Workers--- 276
Area -- 517.687m2
Production --- 6 welding lines
Pressing Plant
Statistics from 2008
Workers--- 650
Robots --- 21
Vehicles Built --- 21.813
Area – 220.000 m2
Cars in Production
(Statistics from 2008)
Workers--- 681
Producition – 50.846 tones/ 253.790 hours
Area – 1320.000 m2
Statistics from 2008
Noain
Workers--- 340
Vehicles Built --- 7.171
Area – 88.500 m2
Folklifts in production.
Statistics from 2008
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