Japanese automobile manufacturer Nissan has opened a paint plant in Smyrna, Tennessee in the US, which the company claims as its most advanced plant.
The new 250,000sqft facility will be located adjacent to the company's vehicle assembly plant in Tennessee and will use three-wet paint process that applies three paint layers one after the other, before the vehicle goes into the oven.
Nissan Smyrna manufacturing vice president Susan Brennan said that the company is committed to increase energy efficiency as it reduces the environmental impact of manufacturing the vehicles sold in North America.
"These efforts align with our global strategies of zero-emission leadership and corporate social responsibility to employees, stakeholders and customers," Brennan added.
The automobile manufacturer expects to decrease energy consumption by 30%, carbon emissions by 30% and volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions by 70%, while increasing the production efficiency with the use of new technology.
The new plant follows the company's commitment to reduce 25% of energy consumption by 2020 in its three US plants and is a 'Showcase Project' for the Department of Energy's Better Buildings Better Plants Challenge.
