Hyundai Motor Returns 70,000 Units of 'Sotana' and 'Avante' Production from U.S. Plant to Korea
Maintaining Workload at Domestic Hyundai Motor Factory
[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Jiwon] Hyundai Motor Company is bringing some of the Sonata and Avante production volumes from its U.S. factory back to domestic plants. This move aims to maintain workload at domestic factories.
Hyundai Motor's labor union announced on the 6th that during a recent company management briefing, labor and management agreed on a plan to transfer approximately 70,000 units annually of Sonata and Avante produced at the Alabama plant in the U.S. to domestic factories.
This is the first time Hyundai has adjusted production volumes from overseas factories to domestic plants.
As production volumes at domestic plants such as the Asan plant (Sonata) and Ulsan Plant 3 (Avante) have relatively decreased, on-site union members concerned about job reductions demanded workload maintenance, leading to the decision to bring U.S. production volumes back to Korea.
Some domestic production volumes of Tucson will be transferred to the U.S. factory.
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Domestic production of the Tucson has been handled by Ulsan Plant 2 and Ulsan Plant 5. However, since Ulsan Plant 2 took on production of the new GV70 at the end of last year, the Tucson volume that became available there will be transferred to the U.S. factory.
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