Nissan Opens New World-Class Paint Facility In Tenn.

By Mark McNabb on Thursday, January 31st, 2013

Nissan has announced today the opening of its newest and most advanced paint plant. Located in Smyrna, Tenn., the new paint plant sits along side the vehicle assembly plant that manufacturers the Nissan Pathfinder, Rogue, LEAF, and Infinity JX.

Vehicles rolling out of the new paint booth are said to have a higher quality paint jobs while taking half the time to paint. Vehicles can now be painted in roughly five hours verses the nine to 10 hours as before.

Additionally, carbon emissions and volatile organic compound emissions are down a respective 30 percent and 70 percent. Energy consumption falls 30 percent as well.
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