Emerging markets

• Nissan to invest 2.6 billion reais (US$1.5 billion, or €1.1 billion) to build new plant in Resende and develop new products for Brazil
• Renault to invest 500 million reais (US$285 million or €212 million) to expand plant in Curitiba   
• Companies to increase combined annual capacity to 580,000 vehicles and launch 23 new models in Brazil in the next five years

Feb.15th, 2011 Shanghai - The Renault-Nissan Alliance has inaugurated its China Warehouse in Shanghai, the new step in the cooperation between the two partners on after-sales in the country.

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.