Magna Kansei, Calsonic Kansei will join Karmann inside Sunderland plant.(Suppliers)

Karmann soon won't be the only supplier with a factory-within-a-factory at Nissan's Sunderland, England, assembly plant.

A number of other partmakers will join Karmann inside the plant as Nissan pushes to boost Sunderland's production 25 percent to 400,000 units by adding three models by late 2006.

Magna Kansei and Calsonic Kansei will be located inside the plant when production of the Tone small minivan starts in January 2006.

Positioned along the assembly line, Magna Kansei will supply cockpit modules and Calsonic Kansei will provide front-end modules.The production ...