Globalization and consolidation in the auto industry was clearly evident with the recent opening of the Infiniti powertrain assembly plant in Decherd, Tennessee. Production began on the all-new 2.0-liter turbo 4-cylinder gas engine that won’t be used in any domestic vehicles, at least for right now.

The 310,00-square-foot Decherd plant is the result of an engine partnership between Renault-Nissan and Daimler. The engine was developed by Mercedes and will power European versions of the Infiniti Q50 as well as the 2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class. At full capacity the plant will produce 250,000 engines annually.

Decherd is Infinit’s first powertrain plant outside Japan as the automaker works to differentiate itself from Nissan. But one of the parent company’s highest regarded values will be quite evident in the plant. All employees will go through a Takumi workshop. Takumi means craftsmanship, and even the file clerks in accounting will spend two days building an engine, as noted in the video above. The goal is to give everyone in the plant an appreciation for the skills required to assemble premium engines. More than half of the plant will be automatic or semi-automatic operations with about 44 percent manual labor.