Nissan were changing some of the tooling for their (2021) Qashqai model and needed new lifting solutions for the subframes and axle beams; there were unique process constraints on what was required, particularly the need to:

• eliminate potential major line reconstruction
• avoid any excess downtime

CSD designed and built several pieces of novel lifting equipment; these were installed by CSD during a critically limited production shut down window over Christmas 2020. The equipment and CSD’s on site installation skill allowed Nissan to maintain existing processes.