Renault opens spare parts centre nearby Pitesti

The centre, strategically located on Bucharest-Pitesti Motorway at kilometre 102, nearby Dacia plant and the suppliers' industrial area, covers a 65,000-square metre area and it is the fourth centre, according to its size, in the Renault global network, which comprises 29 such centres.

The spare parts centre manages 70,000 car parts for Dacia, Renault and Nissan brands, from 369 suppliers - 206 from Romania and 163 external ones - and operates deliveries to 110 clients in Romania and in 33 different countries. Nearly 40 percent of the centre's activity is represented by exports, the main destinations being France, Russia and Turkey, while the most important products delivered are represented by oil filters and rims.

According to the general manager of the Renault Group Post Sales Services Department, Jacques Daniel, the availability rate of the car parts for the three car brands in the Oarja spare parts centre is of 95 percent.

The Centre at Oarja was built in one year, following the strategic decision made by the Renault Group in 2008 to expand the storage capacity in Romania. The Oarja car parts depot, the fourth centre of its kind in the Renault network, according to its size, following the three centres in France, distributes Dacia Renault and Nissan car parts in Romania and exports Dacia car parts, with 32 trucks, of which nine for exports, leaving the centre every day. The car parts and accessories are transported to the clients by road - 70 percent, by sea - 20 percent and by air - 10 percent.