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Palencia Plant

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Built in 1978, the Palencia plant is the most recent Renault Group factory established in Spain. Recently, the plant underwent a profound transformation to position itself at the forefront of innovation. Thanks to cutting-edge technologies, highly skilled personnel, and very demanding processes, the plant ensures production at the highest quality level and is particularly respectful of the environment. By exporting between 85% and 90% of its products to more than fifty countries, Palencia supports Renault Group’s international growth strategy.

All about the Palencia plant

  • FOUNDED IN: 1978

  • LEGAL FORM AND CAPITAL OWNERSHIP: Société Anonyme (limited company) fully owned by Renault Espana SA

  • ACTIVITY: bodywork-assembly

  • WORKFORCE: 2,105 at December 31, 2023

  • AREA: 166 ha, o/w 36,5 ha of covered buildings

  • CERTIFICATIONS: ISO 14001, ISO 9001

 

Main products

Models: Austral, Austral E-TECH, Espace 6 E-TECH, Rafale E-TECH
PRODUCTION 2023
  • Megane 4 : 30,749 unis
  • Austral : 84,354 units
  • Espace 6 : 14,299 units
  • Autres : 165 units

Environment

According to the Renault Group's environmental policy, the Palencia plant is committed to constantly reduce the carbon footprint of its activities to ensure a sustainable development. The entire workforce contributes to achieving the highest level of environmental performance.

Environmental policy (In local language only)

Quality

The ambition of the Palencia plant is to be an industrial reference for Renault in Spain, and this is reflected by the satisfaction of our customers in terms of Quality. The stakes of the Renaulution plan as well as the upcoming projects are an opportunity for our plant to aim the Renault Group and Alliance Quality excellence.

Quality policy (In local language only)

News

Palencia, a plant at the forefront

The All-new Renault Rafale is produced at the Palencia plant in which the Group invested substantially in preparation for the Austral and the All-new Espace launches. The three models use the same CMF-CD platform and are assembled at Palencia. These investments ensure top production and operation quality for the three vehicles and their equipment.

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Our history
Back to the key dates
  • 1978: creation of the Palencia plant for the manufacturing of Renault 12 and Renault 18 models.
  • 1979: manufacturing of the Renault 14 model begins.
  • 1981: manufacturing of the Renault 9 and the Renault 11 models begins.
  • 1986: manufacturing of the Renault 21 model begins.
  • 1988: manufacturing of the Renault 19 model begins.
  • 1993: manufacturing of Laguna begins.
  • 1994: manufacturing of Mégane begins.
  • 2003: manufacturing of Mégane II hatch sport hatch, and sport tourer begins.
  • 2008: launch of Mégane III production. 
  • 2015: start of production of Kadjar and Mégane IV. 
  • 2016: annuel record production with 300,000 produced vehicles.
  • 2017: launch of production of Mégane IV RS.
  • 2018: 7 millions vehicles produced by Renault Palencia. Celebration of the factory's 40th anniversary.
  • 2020: start of production of Megane E-TECH PLUG-IN.
  • 2021: The Renaulution Espana strategic plan creates a Renault Group Hybridization Division in Spain and provides for the allocation of three new C and D segment models to the Palencia plant.
  • 2022: Start of production of New Renault Austral.
  • 2023: production of New Renault Espace begins.

Contact us

Renault Palencia
Carretera Nacional 611, km 3.5
34190 Villamuriel de Cerrato
Palencia
Spain

+ 34 979 78 90 00

 

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