Nissan has announced that it will close its design studios in California and Sao Paulo, and will switch off its activities in London and Japan, towards the end of the Tax 2025 as part of a reconciling of its global design activities, Reuters has reported.
This would leave five design centers around the world for the Japanese car manufacturer – Los Angeles (which becomes the most important American design hub), London (who will continue to support Africa, Midden -Oost, India, Europe and Oceania in collaboration with Renault), Shanghai, Tokyo and Atsugi (Global Lead Design Studio). Nissan did not say how many jobs would be influenced by the closures of California and Sao Paulo Design Hub.
Last month it was reported that the negotiations had started with the trade union that represented employees at Nissan Automotive Europe in Montigny-le-Bretonneux in France (the European Regional Office, with around 560 employees) about changes including job reductions.
After taking over in April, CEO Ivan Espinosa announced a restructuring that would reduce about 15% of Nissan’s workforce, which would save the global production capacity by almost 30% to 2.5 million vehicles and the number of production locations from 17 to 10, to save 500 billion yen (RM14.3 billion).
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