Nissan is planning to recruit an additional 150 manufacturing staff in anticipation of a boost to orders at its Sunderland plant.
The car manufacturer said that it expects additional, short-term customer demand for vehicles such as the Micra, Note and Qashqai as a result of the car scrappage scheme to be introduced in the UK later this month.
Last month, Nissan experienced a year-on-year increase in sales in major European markets currently operating a scrappage scheme. This included a nine per cent increase in Germany, a 31 per cent increase in France and a 21 per cent increase in Italy.
In anticipation of the spike in demand in the UK, the plant plans to bring in additional workers. The temporary staff will each receive four-month contracts to operate over both of the plant's production lines to support a planned volume increase of approximately 14,000 units.
Trevor Mann, Nissan’s senior vice-president for manufacturing, said: ‘The impact of the financial crisis is continuing and our 2009 full-year forecasts still reflect a depressed market overall.
‘However, this short-term spike in demand, fuelled by a number of scrappage schemes introduced across Europe, is clearly a very welcome boost to business during what is a highly challenging period for all car makers.’
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Where will all the raw materials come from for the manufacturing process? How will they be transported to the factory and what is going to be done with the various scrap and residues?