Renault opened its first assembly plant in China
On February 1, 2016, Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault Group, and Zhu Yanfeng, President of Dongfeng Group, opened the car factory in Wuhan Dongfeng Renault Company DRAC, Hubei Province.
Just two years after the joint venture was created, the first China factory in DRAC begin producing Renault Qajar, the last SUV of Renault.
The Renault brand has a new standard in China with a plant that meets the highest quality standards for vehicle production and sales offensive and Marketing in the fastest growing segment.
The establishment, located in Wuhan, Hubei Province, is a greenfield plant built in two years on the strength of a highly qualified team with our multicultural Dongfeng Group and Nissan DFG partners.
The plant has received ISO 9001 certification for quality in November 2015 and local content with its suppliers exceeds 80 percent.
The facility includes a vehicle assembly plant, powertrain plant and an R & D Center to adapt our products to the needs of our customers, it will have an initial production capacity of 150,000 vehicles a year that has the potential to be doubled to 300,000 vehicles.
Carlos Ghosn said at the opening ceremony Thanks to a talented team, multicultural, the Wuhan plant was built in record time to our highest quality standards This is an important step in our long-term partnership with Dongfeng group, and for the growth of Renault China is a key part of Renault's strategic plan.
The joint Dongfeng Renault Automotive Company DRAC company was founded December 16, 2013, and work began on the plant in January 2014 A year later, the joint venture had about 1,000 employees at the end of 2015, the workforce reaches 2000 a challenge in terms of recruitment and multicultural management.
The first vehicle to be manufactured at the plant is the Renault Kadjar, an SUV with racing genes meet the expectations of our customers in China dynamic design and high-car technology features The car was equipped with different equipment relative to the Kajar released in Europe in 2015, including a sunroof, and 4Control independent rear suspension for comfort.
The SUV segment represents 30 of the Chinese market and is the fastest growing segment, increasing from 53 in 2015.
Renault Qajar was unveiled at the Guangzhou Motor Show 13 November 20, 2015, it will go on sale in China in March 2016.
The Renault network includes 125 dealers in all Chinese provinces It complies with the Renault brand for customer satisfaction in the study of initial quality by JD Power published in 2015, Renault was the second highest marks mass market in China.
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