Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Automotive |
Founded | 29 April 1969 |
Headquarters | , France |
Key people | Olivier Silva (Director) [1] |
Products | Kangoo II (also badged Mercedes-Benz Citan) [2] |
Production output | 137,175 (2013) |
Parent | Renault |
Maubeuge plant | |
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| |
Built | 1969 |
Coordinates | 50°16′19″N 3°54′37″E / 50.271811°N 3.910282°E |
Area | 83 hectares |
Address | Maubeuge Construction Automobile, BP 20050, 59604 Maubeuge, France |
Maubeuge Construction Automobile (French pronunciation: [mobœʒ kɔ̃stʁyksjɔ̃ otɔmɔbil]; MCA) is a subsidiary of the French car manufacturer Renault created in 1980 to operate the light commercial vehicle plant located at Maubeuge. [3] The company traces its origins back to a Chausson factory established in 1969. [4]
In 1969, the Société des Usines Chausson established operations in Maubeuge. [3] [5] [4] In 1970, Renault and Peugeot entered into the company. [6] (a 52% stake was owned by Chausson, a 24% by Renault and a 24% by Peugeot). An assembly facility was inaugurated on 23 September 1971. [7] The next years, however, Chausson struggled with the relatively low sales for the models produced and the breakup of the Renault-Peugeot partnership. [8] In 1978, Renault purchased all the plant's stake [5] and renamed it Maubeuge Chausson Automobile. [8] In 1980, Renault founded MCA. [3] [7] [4] Since the 1990s it specialised on LCVs. In 2011 an all-electric van was put into production. [3] In 2012, as part of the partnership between Renault and Daimler, Maubeuge started to assemble the Mercedes-Benz Citan, a badge-engineered Kangoo. [9] In June 2021, Renault said it plans to merge MCA operations with the Douai and Ruitz ones into a new wholly owned subsidiary named as Renault ElectriCity, with the aim of creating an electric vehicle manufacturing pole in northern France. [10]
Company type | Subsidiary |
---|---|
Industry | Automotive |
Founded | 29 April 1969 |
Headquarters | , France |
Key people | Olivier Silva (Director) [1] |
Products | Kangoo II (also badged Mercedes-Benz Citan) [2] |
Production output | 137,175 (2013) |
Parent | Renault |
Maubeuge plant | |
---|---|
| |
Built | 1969 |
Coordinates | 50°16′19″N 3°54′37″E / 50.271811°N 3.910282°E |
Area | 83 hectares |
Address | Maubeuge Construction Automobile, BP 20050, 59604 Maubeuge, France |
Maubeuge Construction Automobile (French pronunciation: [mobœʒ kɔ̃stʁyksjɔ̃ otɔmɔbil]; MCA) is a subsidiary of the French car manufacturer Renault created in 1980 to operate the light commercial vehicle plant located at Maubeuge. [3] The company traces its origins back to a Chausson factory established in 1969. [4]
In 1969, the Société des Usines Chausson established operations in Maubeuge. [3] [5] [4] In 1970, Renault and Peugeot entered into the company. [6] (a 52% stake was owned by Chausson, a 24% by Renault and a 24% by Peugeot). An assembly facility was inaugurated on 23 September 1971. [7] The next years, however, Chausson struggled with the relatively low sales for the models produced and the breakup of the Renault-Peugeot partnership. [8] In 1978, Renault purchased all the plant's stake [5] and renamed it Maubeuge Chausson Automobile. [8] In 1980, Renault founded MCA. [3] [7] [4] Since the 1990s it specialised on LCVs. In 2011 an all-electric van was put into production. [3] In 2012, as part of the partnership between Renault and Daimler, Maubeuge started to assemble the Mercedes-Benz Citan, a badge-engineered Kangoo. [9] In June 2021, Renault said it plans to merge MCA operations with the Douai and Ruitz ones into a new wholly owned subsidiary named as Renault ElectriCity, with the aim of creating an electric vehicle manufacturing pole in northern France. [10]