Nissan will cease automobile assembly in what was once its flagship Japanese factory and cut 5,000 jobs in three years.

That could include some 1,300 jobs at the company's flagship factory in Newton, which he said were still in jeopardy.

The company is shedding 1,800 jobs, which even meant putting out the furnace at Dungarvan, one of its flagship factories in Ireland, three weeks ago.

In its slumping home market, by contrast, Nissan has announced plans to shut down what was once its flagship Japanese factory.

On Tuesday, it plans to hold a warning strike at Volkswagen's flagship factory in Wolfsburg, which employs more than 50,000 people.

In the company's hometown, Mr. Gutierrez achieved a degree of notoriety for closing the company's flagship factory in Battle Creek in 2000, eliminating 500 jobs.

Nesher Israel Cement Enterprises, Israel's sole producer of cement, maintains its flagship factory in Ramla.

Prime minister David Cameron on August 3rd 2010 visited the company's flagship factory in West Bromwich, during a visit to the West Midlands.

Its headquarters here, and its flagship factory, employing 1,770, account for 7 percent of the jobs in the town.

In another major retrenchment, the Nissan Motor Company said today that in two years it planned to cease automobile assembly in what was once its flagship Japanese factory.