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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Headquarters | Barcelona, Spain |
Key people | Marco Toro (managing director)[1] |
| Products | Automobiles Engines |
| Parent | Nissan |
| Website | www |
Nissan Motor Ibérica S.A. is the Spanish arm of Japanese automakerNissan that specializes in the sales and distribution of Nissan automobiles in Spain. Until 2021, it also manufactured automobiles and engines. NMI's headquarters are based in theZona Franca industrial area of theCatalan city ofBarcelona. Another of the company's assembly plants is located inÁvila in theCastile and León region. Parts are produced inMontcada i Reixac in theprovince of Barcelona and manufactured inLos Corrales de Buelna,[2]Cantabria. As of 2010, the number of employees at Nissan Motor Ibérica was 5200.[3] Production was 132,149 vehicles in the record year of 2008. Nissan uses theacronymNMISA for the company.
In May 2020, as part of a global restructuring plan, Nissan announced the closure of its manufacturing operations in Barcelona, resulting in the loss of about 3,000 jobs.[4] The Spanish government estimated that the plant's closure could cost Nissan more than €1 billion ($1.10 billion).[5] The three Barcelona factories (Zona Franca assembly and engine plant, Montcada i Reixac stamping plant, and Sant Andreu de la Barca rack and suspension plant) closed at the end of December 2021. The last vehicle (a D23Nissan Navara) was produced the 16th of December, 2021. 3,345,000 vehicles had been produced there.[6]
In 2024,Chery signed an agreement withEbro-EV Motos to reopen the Barcelona plant for production of theirOmoda 5 andJaecoo 7 models.[7][8] According to unnamed sources cited by Bloomberg, production is to start in October 2025, with 1,000 jobs returning.[9]
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