Attending the ceremony at the plant to commemorate the milestones were Fukuoka Prefectural Governor Hiroshi Ogawa, Nissan Chief Competitive Officer Hiroto Saikawa, Executive Vice President in charge of manufacturing Fumiaki Matsumoto, other executives and approximately 500 employees.

The company began producing engines in Kyushu in 1975 and progressed to producing Datsun brand trucks the following year. As the oldest vehicle manufacturing plant in Kyushu, the company’s plant has continued to expand its production line-up and increase its output, passing the 5-million-unit production milestone in November 1992 and the 10million-unit milestone in December 2004.

Through these expansions, Kyushu has become a key production base for Nissan. Today, the plant accounts for more than the half of the company’s Japanese production volume.