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| Company type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 29 April 1969 |
| Headquarters | , France |
Key people | Olivier Silva (Director)[1] |
| Products | Renault Kangoo III Mercedes-Benz Citan Nissan Townstar Renault 4 E-Tech[2] |
Production output | 137,175 (2013) |
| Parent | Renault |
| Maubeuge plant | |
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| Built | 1969 (1969) |
| Coordinates | 50°16′19″N3°54′37″E / 50.271811°N 3.910282°E /50.271811; 3.910282 |
| Area | 83 hectares |
| Address | Maubeuge Construction Automobile, BP 20050, 59604 Maubeuge, France |
Maubeuge Construction Automobile (French pronunciation:[mobœʒkɔ̃stʁyksjɔ̃otɔmɔbil];MCA) is a subsidiary of the French car manufacturer Renault created in 1980 to operate the light commercial vehicle plant located at Maubeuge.[3] The company traces its origins back to aChausson factory established in 1969.[4]
In 1969, the Société des Usines Chausson established operations in Maubeuge.[3][5][4] In 1970, Renault andPeugeot entered into the company.[6] (a 52% stake was owned by Chausson, a 24% by Renault and a 24% by Peugeot). An assembly facility was inaugurated on 23 September 1971.[7] The next years, however, Chausson struggled with the relatively low sales for the models produced and the breakup of the Renault-Peugeot partnership.[8] In 1978, Renault purchased all the plant's stake[5] and renamed it Maubeuge Chausson Automobile.[8] In 1980, Renault founded MCA.[3][7][4] Since the 1990s it specialised on LCVs. In 2011 an all-electric van was put into production.[3] In 2012, as part of the partnership between Renault andDaimler, Maubeuge started to assemble theMercedes-Benz Citan, a badge-engineeredKangoo.[9] In June 2021, Renault said it plans to merge MCA operations with theDouai and Ruitz ones into a new wholly owned subsidiary named as Renault ElectriCity, with the aim of creating an electric vehicle manufacturing pole in northern France.[10]
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