Nissan has announced it will close part of its Sunderland plant as it ceases production of cylinder heads for Renault engines, but it does “not expect this to result in job losses”.
The move, which will redeploy the 250 employees to other areas of the factory after production ends in 2024, mirrors plans for the 2023 demise of the Infiniti Powertrain Plant in Tennessee – the product of a tie-up between Mercedes-Benz and Nissan – which will see 400 staff reassigned.
Plans regarding individual employee reassignments at Sunderland, as well as the future of the cylinder head facility, have yet to be drawn up, the car maker has told Autocar.
