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HISTORY ABOUT NISSAN FOUNDED
10 FACT YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT NISSAN - In 1934, Aikawa separated the expanded automobile parts division of Tobata Casting and incorporated it as a new subsidiary, which he named Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Nissan JidÅsha?).The shareholders of the new company however were not enthusiastic about the prospects of the automobile in Japan, so Aikawa bought out all the Tobata Casting shareholders (using capital from Nihon Industries) in June 1934. At this time, Nissan Motor effectively became owned by Nihon Sangyo and Hitachi.
In 1935, construction of its Yokohama plant was completed. 44 Datsuns were shipped to Asia, Central and South America. In 1935, the first car manufactured by an integrated assembly system rolled off the line at the Yokohama plant. Nissan built trucks, airplanes, and engines for the Japanese military. In 1937, the company's main plant was moved to the occupied Manchuria, and named Manchuria Heavy Industries Developing Co.
In 1940, first knockdown kits were shipped to Dowa Jidosha Kogyo (Dowa Automobile), one of MHID’s companies, for assembly. In 1944, the head office was moved to Nihonbashi, Tokyo, and the company name was changed to Nissan Heavy Industries, Ltd., which the company kept through 1949.
10 Fact You Didn't Know About Nissan :
Fact 1 This car giant was founded in the year 1933 and the company has its headquarters situated in Nishi-ku, Yokohoma, in Japan.
Fact 2 Nissan was known by the brand name ‘Datsun’ earlier and the Nissan cars sold before bore the same name.
Fact 3 Nissan has been in a successful partnership with the French car manufacturer Renault, as part of the deal both have shares invested in each other, with Renault having a higher share in Nissan that Nissan does in Renault.
Fact 4 The company’s efficient Nissan VQ engines have topped many top ten best engine lists all over the world.
Fact 5 Today, Carlos Ghosn is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the company, while Toshiyuki Shiga holds the President and COO position.
Fact 6 The first name used for the company in the year 1911 was The Kwaishinsha
Fact 7 Motor Car Works, with the DAT being the car manufacturer’s first offering.
Fact 8 The Altima hybrid prototype was launched in the year 2004 by Nissan and it was part of a partnership with the Toyota brand.
Fact 9 Nissan has forayed into the area of electric car manufacturing and it released some of its electric cars in the European market in the year 2010.
Fact 10 The company reached out to foreign markets to expand its base in the early 1950s and this was a fruitful initiative.
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