Nissan Middle East has successfully posted a record sales achievement of 184,000 units for fiscal year 2007, an increase of 34.4 percent over fiscal year 2006. The General Overseas Markets or GOM (all markets other than US, Japan and Europe) which includes the Middle East is continuing to grow as a major contributor to global sales. Nissan Middle East also announced a new accolade to its list of accomplishments after receiving the MC-GOM (Management Committee - General Overseas Market) Chairman Award for its high performance and achievement last year. The award was presented on Wednesday to Toru Hasegawa, managing director of Nissan Middle East (NMEF), by Colin Dodge, senior vice president & MC-GOM chairman and member of the executive committee of Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. Nissan Middle East was awarded the Chairman Award for its high performance in the Middle East and delivering the Nissan Value-up objective (mid-term sales volume objective) one year ahead of plan. All submissions received both regional and international feedback and where ranked by the corporate vice presidents and other jury members from Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. “Key success factors for FY07 NMEF operations were mainly from geographical expansion, Light Commercial Vehicle enhancement, Infiniti enhancement and effective launch of New Altima sedan. Proper implementation of “value-up” corporate breakthroughs were key to the grand success witnessed by NMEF, in addition to the steady improvement of business base such as customer satisfaction, after-sales quality and training for front-line staff.” __
