Nissan Motor Ibérica S.A. is the Spanish arm of Japanese automaker Nissan that specializes in the sales and distribution of Nissan automobiles in Spain. Until 2021, it also manufactured automobiles and engines. NMI's headquarters are based in the Zona Franca industrial area of the Catalan city of Barcelona. Another of the company's assembly plants is located in Ávila in the Castile and León region. Parts are produced in Montcada i Reixac in the province of Barcelona and manufactured in Los Corrales de Buelna,[2] Cantabria. As of 2010, the number of employees at Nissan Motor Ibérica was 5200.[3] Production was 132,149 vehicles in the record year of 2008. Nissan uses the acronym NMISA for the company.
In May 2020, as part of a global restructuring plan, Nissan announced the closure of its manufacturing operations in Barcelona, resulting in the loss of about 3,000 jobs.[4] The Spanish government estimated that the plant's closure could cost Nissan more than €1 billion ($1.10 billion).[5]