Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama

Automobile factory in Montgomery, Alabama.

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Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC

The factory as seen in March 2010

Built| 2004
Operated| May 2005; 19 years ago (2005-05)[1]
Coordinates| 32°16′55″N 86°19′42″W﻿ / ﻿32.281981°N 86.328442°W﻿ / 32.281981; -86.328442
Industry| Automotive
Products| Automobiles
Address| Montgomery, Alabama
Owner(s)| Hyundai Motor Company
Website| hmmausa.com

Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama (commonly called HMMA) is an automobile factory in Montgomery, Alabama.

## History

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It was incorporated as a subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Company of South Korea on April 12, 2002. Construction completed in June 2004, with the official start of production beginning in May 2005.[1] The official grand opening ceremony on May 20, 2005, was attended by former President of the United States, George H. W. Bush and Hyundai Motor Group Chairman, Chung Mong-koo. It employed approximately 3,000 workers in 2013.[1] Hyundai announced that the initial investment in the plant as $1.1 billion but the current investment is $1.7 billion.[2] In May 2011, HMMA announced a $173 million investment to increase the capacity of the engine assembly plant.[3]

In May 2018, HMMA announced an investment of $388 million to construct a plant dedicated to manufacturing engine heads and enhance existing operations to support production of existing models.[4] In November 2019, HMMA announced the Santa Cruz compact utility vehicle would join the Santa Fe SUV and the Sonata and Elantra sedans, starting in 2021.[5] The concept version of the Santa Cruz was unveiled at the 2015 Detroit International Auto Show. A $410 million expansion will support the addition of the Santa Cruz pickup.[6] Santa Cruz production at HMMA began in June 2021.[7] In August 2021, HMMA celebrated the production of its five millionth vehicle.[8] In April 2022, HMMA announced the Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid and Genesis GV70 EV electric vehicle would be produced at HMMA. The Santa Fe Hybrid will begin production in October 2022 and the Electrified GV70 will roll off the assembly line in December 2022.[9] Genesis Motor, LLC, commonly referred to as "Genesis" (Korean: 제네시스, romanized: Jenesiseu), is the luxury vehicle division of Hyundai.

## Operation

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When it was built, the plant was expected to generate an additional 5,500 jobs and $500 million in investments from suppliers. Many of the suppliers were already in the region supplying the Mercedes, Honda and Toyota plants in the state. The plant has capacity for 400,000 vehicles and 700,000 engines per year.[10] Hyundai Glovis operates the rail shipping yard.

The success of the HMMA plant and the availability of local suppliers led Hyundai to invest over $1 billion in a new Kia Motors plant in West Point, Georgia. The West Point Kia plant is just over the Alabama state line, less than 85 miles away from the Montgomery plant. The two plants are directly linked by Interstate 85 in Alabama. Through the years some production has been shifted between the two plants. For example, Kia engines are made in the HMMA plant while some SUV production was moved from Hyundai to the West Point Kia plant. HMMA increased SUV production between 2012 and 2018.[11]

## Products

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### Vehicles

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* Hyundai Sonata \- MY2006 to MY2022
* Hyundai Elantra \- MY2011 to MY2023
* Hyundai Santa Fe \- MY2007 to MY2010 / 2016 to present
* Hyundai Tucson \- MY2022 to present
* Hyundai Santa Cruz \- MY2022 to present
* Genesis GV70 \- MY2023 to present

### Engines

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* Hyundai Lambda engine (until March 2011)
* Hyundai Theta engine (Theta II engine)
* Hyundai Nu engine
* Hyundai Smartstream engine (G1.6 T-GDi, G2.0 Atkinson, G2.5 GDi & G2.5 T-GDi)[12]

## Controversies

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Main article: Hyundai Child Labor Scandal

In July 2022, Reuters reported that SMART, a nearby Hyundai subsidiary that supplies parts to the Montgomery factory, had hired underage workers as young as 12 years old to work in one of its metal stamping plants.[13][14] In response, Hyundai said it "does not tolerate illegal employment practices at any Hyundai entity." State and federal laws limit minors younger than 18 from working in metal stamping and pressing jobs near dangerous machinery.[13]

## See also

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* List of Hyundai Motor Company manufacturing facilities

## References

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1. ^ a b c "About HMMA". Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama. Hyundai Motor Company. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
2. ^ "About HMMA | Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC". Archived from the original on 2011-09-26.
3. ^ "Hyundai Expands Four-Cylinder Engine Production in the U.S." Archived from the original on 2011-05-20.
4. ^ "Hyundai to invest $388M to prep Alabama plant for next-gen engines". Made in Alabama. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
5. ^ "HYUNDAI SANTA CRUZ TO BE BUILT AT MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA PLANT | Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC". www.hmmausa.com. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
6. ^ "HYUNDAI MOTOR MANUFACTURING ALABAMA CELEBRATES LAUNCH OF ALL-NEW 2022 SANTA CRUZ – Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC (HMMA)". Retrieved 2022-07-13.
7. ^ "HYUNDAI MOTOR MANUFACTURING ALABAMA CELEBRATES PRODUCTION OF 5 MILLIONTH VEHICLE BUILT IN MONTGOMERY – Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC (HMMA)". Retrieved 2022-07-13.
8. ^ "HMMA TO LAUNCH FIRST U.S. BUILT ELECTRIFIED GENESIS GV70 AND SANTA FE HYBRID – Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC (HMMA)". Retrieved 2022-07-13.
9. ^ "Hyundai Begins EV Production in Alabama with Santa Fe Hybrid". thomasnet. Retrieved Apr 22, 2022.
10. ^ "Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama Reaches Production Milestone In Celebration of the 3 Millionth Alabama-Built Hyundai | Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC". www.hmmausa.com. Hyundai. 2015-06-30.
11. ^ Blanco, Sebastian (2018-09-28). "Hyundai's Alabama Plant Ready To Make More SUVs Whenever Demand Requires It". Forbes.
12. ^ "About HMMA – Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC (HMMA)".
13. ^ a b Schneyer, Joshua; Rosenberg, Mica; Cooke, Kristina (22 July 2022). "Exclusive: Hyundai subsidiary has used child labor at Alabama factory". Reuters. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
14. ^ "Hyundai subsidiary in Alabama focus of child labor investigation". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-08-02.

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