Nissan Adds another 1,000 New Jobs in Tennessee

Largest vehicle assembly facility in the Americas expands yet again.

Wayne Gerdes - CleanMPG - Mar. 21, 2015



Nissan announces another major U.S. expansion project for its Smyrna, TN manufacturing facilities creating an additional 1,000 jobs.



This week Nissan announced it will expand its U.S. manufacturing footprint with Gov. Bill Haslam and Tennessee Economic and Community Development Commissioner Randy Boyd joining Nissan officials at the State Capitol to announce a new $160 million supplier park project at the company's Smyrna, Tenn. vehicle assembly plant.



José Muñoz, Executive Vice President, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and Chairman, Management Committee, Nissan North America, Inc. and John Martin, Senior Vice President, Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management and Purchasing, Nissan North America, Inc., joined state and local officials from Rutherford County and the Town of Smyrna for the announcement.



Current plans for the project call for construction of an integrated logistics center that will be located on Nissan's Smyrna campus and is more than 1.5 million square feet in size. The integrated logistics center will serve as an immediate space for suppliers and be used for multiple purposes supporting operations including inbound production parts and outbound returnable containers.



The project will provide essential space to support the on-site suppliers necessary for continued growth, while further supporting Nissan's overall strategy to bring more production to the United States. Nissan currently builds 85 percent of its vehicles sold in the U.S. in North America.



The Nissan Smyrna Plant employs more than 8,400 people. In 2014, the Smyrna plant assembled more than 648,000 vehicles, making it the highest producing automotive assembly plant in North America.

Nissan Adds another 1,000 New Jobs in Tennessee