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Here in Seoul Headquarters, at our Technical Centre in Giheung  and at our factory in Busan we are celebrating 10 years of Renault’s relaunch of Samsung Motors under Renault Samsung Motors,  and if one day there is such a thing as an Alliance company, then RSM epitomizes it!

We have just held our fourth Alliance Week – a chance for Nissan and Renault engineers to get together and learn about what the others are doing and the progress that is being made on a number of projects.

The Renault-Nissan Alliance showcased its zero emissions future in dramatic fashion at this year’s Mondial de l’Automobile in Paris.

Andy Palmer, Nissan SVP for Global Planning and Program Management, contrasted this year’s show with that in 2008 and explained how things had changed.

The Alliance factory in Chennai, India, which is gearing up to start exporting the Nissan Micra to Europe later this month, has just achieved three significant milestones in a remarkably short time frame.

Micra production started on May 23 – and now Renault Nissan Automotive India Pvt. Ltd (RNAIPL) can boast being awarded its ISO Quality certification (ISO 9001) and ISO Environment Management System certification (ISO 14001) while at the same time gaining Whole Vehicle Type Approval for the European market.

The initial plan was to get ISO certificates one year after the start of operation – which would have been May 2011 – as part of RNAIPL’s objective “to achieve global best quality from start of operation” while Whole Vehicle Type Approval is also mandatory for exporting the India-made cars to Europe.

Following a review of the Ssangyong business opportunity, RSM and Nissan have decided to pursue other options for their business expansion in Korea. We will communicate these actions at the appropriate time.