FSUE NAMI, subordinate of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, transfers the Russian assets of the Nissan automobile concern to AvtoVAZ. This was expressed by the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Denis Manturov, in an interview with the RBC TV channel.
“Nissan recently decided to transfer the shares to NAMI, but in turn, NAMI transfers these shares to AvtoVAZ for the subsequent launch of the production of Lada cars in cooperation with foreign manufacturers at the plant in St. Petersburg,” he said. Interview with RBC TV channel.
st. The Nissan factory in St. Petersburg went into operation in June 2009. Crossover X-Trail, Murano, Qashqai and Terrano rolled off the assembly line of the enterprise. The production capacity of the plant was 100 thousand cars per year.
Nissan’s board of directors approved Nissan Manufacturing Rus, a company of the Russian Federation, represented by FSUE NAMI, affiliated to the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade. The sale of a St. Petersburg business and other Russian assets was announced on 11 October.
Maxim Sokolov, head of AvtoVAZ at the end of December 2022 declarationFrom 2025, it is planned to establish a small-scale assembly of Lada cars at the former Nissan plant.