About Us

How it all began

We started all the way back in 1911 and built our first ever Dat Car (Datsun) for the Japanese market in 1914. Now we make cars for everybody, all over the world.

Nissan in Australia

We opened our Australian headquarters in 1972, where we manufactured cars for the next 20 years. Our Dandenong South Casting Plant in Victoria recently won a series of exclusive manufacturing contracts with Nissan Japan to produce castings for the new Nissan LEAF, the first mass-market zero tailpipe emission all-electric car. This will generate profits and secure jobs well into the future.

Australian Made

The Nissan Casting Australia Plant (NCAP) in Dandenong South, Victoria, is the only remaining one of its kind in Australia. A manufacturer-operated facility that makes parts for Nissan vehicles around the world. NCAP employs highly skilled workers, running three shifts a day making over one million die-cast aluminium parts, and a significant amount of local accessories every year. The Nissan Casting Plant has become a mother plant for the manufacture of EV and e-POWER powertrain components with a team of highly skilled engineers that work closely with the development teams in Japan.

Parts are distributed to Nissan assembly plants and Nissan affiliate powertrain plants globally – specifically in Japan, the USA, Thailand and Mexico – and supplies companies such as Marelli, Aichi Kikai and transmission specialist JATCO, all of which demand the highest possible quality standards. The Dandenong South Nissan Casting Plant in Victoria recently won a series of exclusive manufacturing contracts with Nissan Japan to produce castings for the new model EVs and e-POWER vehicles. This will generate profits and secure jobs well into the future.

Vision

At Nissan Australia we strive to enrich our customers' lives; we are driven by success; we are energised by the future. Our vision statement is more than just a phrase or tagline. It represents the long-term direction of the company and it signifies the existence of Nissan. It is a living, breathing philosophy that we deliver to all Nissan stakeholders - customers, shareholders, dealers and employees.

Mission

Nissan provides unique and innovative automotive products and services that deliver superior measurable values to all stakeholders in alliance with Renault.

Our Mission represents the roles that Nissan should play when pursuing its aim. It clearly expresses that the core business of Nissan lies in automobiles and related servicing functions and promises to provide all stakeholders with relevant values. It also promises to continue to offer highly innovative solutions full of originality. The cooperation with Renault provides us with unique opportunities for sustainable growth

Our Mindsets and Actions are our DNA. They shape everything we do at Nissan.

Mindsets

• Cross-functional, Cross-cultural: Be open and show empathy towards different views; welcome diversity.
• Transparent: Be clear, be simple, no vagueness and no hiding.
• Learner: Be passionate. Learn from every opportunity; create a learning company.
• Frugal: Achieve maximum results with minimum resources.
• Competitive: No complacency, focus on competition, and continuous benchmarking

Actions

• Motivate: How are you energising yourself and others?
• Commit & Target: Are you accountable and are you stretching enough toward your potential?
• Perform: Are you fully focused on delivering results?
• Measure: How do you assess performance?
• Challenge: How are you driving continuous and competitive progress across the company?

Integrity

The courage to be honest with our opinions, respectful of others, transparent in the way we work and to be responsible for our actions.

Have a Go

Taking initiative and challenging the way we do things. Striving for breakthrough strategies, excellence and continuous improvement with clear and measurable outcomes.

Commitment

Being personally accountable to do all we can to deliver maximum results. Demonstrating leadership and self-discipline for unwavering resilience to promised outcomes.

United

We share our objectives, generate strength through trust and transparency, and work as a team to deliver results.

Passion

To have belief, be enthusiastic, and have an energy and pride in everything we do. (People/Product/Success)

Customer Focus

We exist because of our customers; we keep them in mind in everything we do.

Agility

We are proactive and alert. We focus on opportunities using finite resources, predicting trends and maintaining quality through analysis and data management.