On February 1, 2016, Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Groupe Renault, and Zhu Yanfeng, Chairman of Dongfeng Group, opened the Dongfeng Renault Automotive Company (DRAC) plant in Wuhan, Hubei Province.
Just two years after the joint venture was formed, the first DRAC plant in China will start producing the Renault Kadjar, Renault's latest SUV. The Renault brand is taking on a new dimension in China with a plant which complies with the highest quality standards for vehicle production and a sales and marketing offensive in the fastest-growing segment.
The facility, located in Wuhan, in Hubei Province, is a greenfield plant built in just two years on the strength of a highly-skilled, multicultural team with our partners Dongfeng Group (DFG) and Nissan.
The plant achieved ISO 9001 certification for quality in November 2015 and local content with its suppliers exceeds 80 percent.
The facility includes a vehicle assembly plant, a powertrain plant and an R&D Centre to adapt our products to our customers' requirements. It will have an initial production capacity of 150,000 vehicles per year which has the potential to be doubled to 300,000 vehicles.
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