10 February 2012

Nedcar Production History: 1995-2010


Below is an article about Dutch car plant Nedcar in Born. To see the problem, production figures give it away. When the plant was shared, production volume made it viable. Now down to one brand and possibly one model, it would never pay. To show what I mean, production figures for the plant when Mitsubishi joined production:


Yr Total Mitsub Volvo smart
95 100,400 20,900 79,500 -
96 145,200 44,500 100,700 -
97 197,200 82,200 115,000 -
98 243,000 92,000 151,000 -
99 262,200 112,900 149,300 -
00 215,100 58,800 156,300 -
01 189,300 67,200 122,100 -
02 176,000 70,200 105,800 -
03 163,100 73,900 89,200 -
04 187,600 87,000 28,000 72,600
05 115,100 68,100 - 47,000
06 87,300 73,200 - 14,100
07 61,900 61,900 - -
08 59,200 59,200 - -
09 50,600 50,600 - -
10 48,000 48,000 - -

Since it came down to one brand, things were not good. Expand or close? I don't see any future for the plant, not in car making anyway.

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