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Nissan Moves Pick-Up Hub

September 2009 | Project News

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Japanese carmaker Nissan Motor has announced plans to make Thailand its production hub for pick-up trucks, rather than the US where sales are dwindling. The country is already Nissan's second-largest pick-up base, but falling sales in the US truck segment and the end of a tie-up with Chrysler have prompted the company to make Thailand its hub for export to the ASEAN markets, Australia and the Middle East.