Paris / Tokyo, September 17th, 2010 - PSA Peugeot Citroën (PSA) and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) announce the start of production of the Citroën C-Crosser, Peugeot 4007 and Mitsubishi Outlander SUV models at PCMA Rus, their joint plant located at Kaluga, 180 km southwest of Moscow, Russia.
After the launch of C-segment vehicles (with Peugeot 308 in April and Citroen C4 in July) the Kaluga-based factory of PSA and MMC is now starting to ramp up its production of SUVs for the three brands.
Inaugurated
in April by Mr. Anatoly Artamonov, Governor of the Region of Kaluga,
Phillippe Varin, Chairman of the Managing Board of PSA, and Takashi
Nishioka, Chairman of MMC, the factory has already assembled 11,000
vehicles.
As a result
of a ?470 Million investment, this factory has been able to implement
production and quality processes equivalent to those in operations in
any of the PSA and MMC factories, and the plant will be fully
operational in 2012.
With
400 staff currently, the Kaluga factory has become a key contributor to
the local economy and is another demonstration of the successful policy
led by the Governor of Kaluga Region to develop an industrial cluster
southwest of Moscow.
With local production of the Citroën C-Crosser, Peugeot 4007 and Mitsubishi Outlander both PSA and MMC will be able to respond quickly to the needs of Russian customers, thereby increasing their market presence.
source: http://www.mitsubishi-motors.com/publish/corporate/pressrelease/corporate/2010/news/detail0751.html
source: http://www.mitsubishi-motors.com/publish/corporate/pressrelease/corporate/2010/news/detail0751.html