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Coils of steel crafted into high-tech machines.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 26-MAY-03
Format: Online - approximately 572 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Coils of steel crafted into high-tech machines.(Nissan Motor Company Ltd. in Canton, Mississippi; includes related article "Phase 1 allows for the annual production of 250,000 vehicles")

Article Excerpt
Mission: to craft a coil of steel into a high-tech machine in just two days.

Impossible? Not inside Nissan's new 2.5-million-square-foot automotive assembly facility in Canton, where full-scale production of the Quest van will begin on May 27. Nissan is already performing at this level at the plant in Smyrna, Tenn.

In Smyrna, Nissan's automotive manufacturing process begins with 20-ton coils of steel cut into blanks, or general forms of fenders, doors and hoods. Then they're gradually shaped into the contoured panels and support...

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