Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama
The Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC is an automotive manufacturer and engine manufacturer with headquarters in the city of Montgomery in the State of Alabama. The company is located at Hyundai Boulevard and thereby has a direct connection to the leading past Interstate 65, the maximum annual capacity of the plant is 300,000 units.
Company History
Construction of the plant was announced on 2 April 2002 by the Hyundai Motor Company. For the construction had been estimated at the time an investment in the amount of 1 billion U.S. $. The official corporate foundation was finally on 12 April 2002. Groundbreaking was held a few days later, on April 16 from, although the actual construction anliefen until November.
To find the first call to appropriate personnel, one -actuated on 23 February 2003. Settings of the 2,700 workers in fall. As part of the kick- off events, some of the team members in Ulsan, South Korea - work ongoing on a several months training needed to participate. Meanwhile, began on 5 February 2004, the first of two 5,400 ton stamping machines from Tokyo his voyage. This then met on March 9 at Pier D-9 of the Port Authority in Mobile a. Further transport was performed with a single ship on the Alabama River. The remaining parts, however, have been transported by lorry directly to Highsmith plant. The punching machine did not arrive until March 15 in Burkville, where he was immediately loaded on a dual-track trucks. The 56 miles long transport route led mainly by a short section of Highway 80, better known regionally as Selma Highway. The route had to be closed temporarily for this heavy load. Finally took place in June, the completion of the plant, so that the part-time workers were able to resume their work. The construction work had cost $ 400,000 more in the whole U.S. than was estimated. In addition, 72 automotive suppliers from all over North America have agreed the production of the work to ensure. This helps about 5,500 additional jobs.
The start of the pre-production began in July 2004, a month before receiving the South Korean Ulsan plant managed the production of the new Sonatas. At the plant opening ceremony, which was held on 20 May 2005, took the Hyundai - Kia CEO Chung Mong- koo, Governor Bob Riley and President George Walker Bush, in part. On this occasion, the HMMA began her series production of the Sonata. The Limited, a special edition of the Sonatas, one named for export markets outside of North America as a transform, not to be confused with the locally manufactured there Limited versions. The vehicles exported to Russia, however, were called NF. The model name Sonata was there not in use. Then also began production of the new Santa Fe on April 18, 2006.
In May 2007, they made the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of a separate U.S. $ 300 million engine plant in the expensive 522 workers to be employed. Since its completion in September 2008 here four-cylinder Theta engines will be assembled. Up to 286 528 motors can be mounted per year here. The Elantra was added in November 2010.
Towards the end of the work then reached the maximum annual capacity and could not cope with the rush of orders. This was anticipated, which is why you had already decided in August for taking the North American version of the Sonatas for a short time from the program. In truth, however, this should allow only the launch of the new Sonata model whose production started in December. In autumn 2009, the Sonata had significant difficulties in selling, whereby the production had to be reduced significantly in the United States. 300 jobs were lost. Similarly, the Santa Fe has been deleted. Its production had been in the West Point plant of Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. to relocate. The Sonata Transform has been produced for export until in December 2011 into it, as he also has been definitively replaced by the new generation.
In March 2012, a plant expansion of the engine plant will begin. For the expansion of an investment in the amount of 173 million U.S. $ is provided. In total, the capacity of the engine plant will be increased to 300,000 units all through this measure 214 new jobs and.
Model Overview
Inside the vehicle identification number is the World Manufacturer Code 5NP, as well as utilized in eleventh position of the letter H as the work code identifying the Highsmith plant referred to in Montgomery.