Manufacturing

Nissan shifting Murano output to Miss. from Japan

The Murano crossover will become the eighth model built at Nissan's Canton, Miss., plant and the third nameplate the company has shifted out of Japan in recent months.
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By:
Lindsay Chappell
January 10, 2013 05:00 AM

NASHVILLE -- Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn, following through on a vow to lessen the company's reliance on expensive Japanese manufacturing and compete better in North America, has ordered output of the Murano crossover shifted to Canton, Miss.

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