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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedKarmann sets up factory within factory; Roof specialist builds top for Micra inside Nissan plant.(Suppliers)
Automotive News Europe, July, 2005 by Whitbread, Colin
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Byline: Colin Whitbread
Nissan's thirst for knowledge about folding hardtop systems caused Karmann to do something unprecedented: open a subplant within the Japanese carmaker's factory in Sunderland, England.
The German supplier has set up a roof system production line for the Nissan Micra C+C coupe convertible inside the UK factory.
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"This is the first time Karmann has established such a facility within a manufacturer's plant," said Christian Rennert, Karmann's key account manager for international markets, "and we will be monitoring its success with a view ...
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