Renault Modernizes Its Cordoba Plant in Argentina

On March 15, 2010 Renault opened a new production line at its Santa Isabel plant located in Cordoba, Argentina. The new, flexible production line was completed in five weeks and is able to produce four vehicles: Clio, Symbol, Kangoo, and a new model coming at the end of this year.

The plant builds vehicles exclusively for the Latin American market, complementing the output of the Curitiba plant in Brazil, which produces Sandero, Logan, Megane II, Scenic I and Master II. More than EUR27 million were spent to modernize the Santa Isabel plant.

These investments are intended to support Renault’s ambitions in the Americas region. The Group is keen to build market share here, with a vehicle offering tailored to local requirements.

Like all the plants in the Renault group, Santa Isabel applies the Renault Production Way (RPW), designed to achieve the same high standards in quality cost and time at all sites worldwide. The plant recruited 258 people are part of this reorganization.

Built in 1955, the Santa Isabel plant has produced some of Renault’s most iconic models, including Dauphine, R4, R12 or more recently, R11 and R21. A subsidiary more than 88% owned by Renault, the plant currently produces Clio, Symbol and Kangoo. In 2009 the plant produced 67,530 vehicles, and had a total workforce of 1,719.

Renault is present in 22 Latin American countries and builds vehicles and powertrain subsystems in four countries on this continent (Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Colombia). In 2009, with 216,576 vehicles built, the Americas accounted for 10% of the Group’s total global output. Renault sold 254,957 vehicles on this market in 2009.