SoVAB, or Société des Véhicules Automobiles de Batilly, a wholly-owned Renault subsidiary located in Batilly, Meurthe-et-Moselle (France), has made 2m large commercial vehicles since 1980.

Batilly produced the first-generation Master from 1980 to 1997 and the second generation from 1997 to 2010. The third generation is current and the plant has also made Opel Vauxhall/Movano variants since 1998. For Nissan, the plant produced the Interstar from 2002 onwards and has made the NV 400 since 2011.

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Volume was 101,822 vehicles in 2012.

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