Chairman Jeong Eui-sun: "HMGICS's Role Enhances Production Efficiency of Other Plants"

Attended Singapore Completion Ceremony... "Preparing for Next Generation Automotive Chair Automation"

Chung Eui-sun, Chairman of Hyundai Motor Group, unveiled a blueprint to spread the advanced automotive manufacturing technologies acquired at the 'Hyundai Motor Group Singapore Global Innovation Center' (HMGICS) to other factories in order to enhance production efficiency.

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At the HMGICS completion ceremony on the 21st, when asked about the reason for deciding on a large-scale investment in HMGICS, Chairman Chung replied, "If we can disseminate the (HMGICS) technology worldwide to produce cars more efficiently at other factories and reduce costs, then the Singapore plant will have fulfilled its role."

Hyundai Motor Group has set a plan to introduce the manufacturing platform developed and demonstrated at HMGICS into new electric vehicle (EV) plants, including the 'Hyundai Motor Group Meta Plant America' (HMGMA) in Georgia, USA, and the Ulsan EV-dedicated factory.

Regarding this, Chairman Chung said, "Although the specific factories have not yet been decided, many technologies from HMGICS and automation technologies researched at the Uiwang Research Center in Korea will be incorporated into the Savannah plant in Georgia."

Chairman Chung also emphasized, "Many talents from Asia and around the world are gathering in Singapore, so there are many ideas as well as many benefits to be gained from improving quality through factory automation. Our goal is to acquire many technologies in this area and then widely spread them to factories worldwide."

Regarding the automation focus at HMGICS, Chairman Chung explained, "Currently, the body and painting sections are highly automated, but the assembly side is not yet much automated. We expect that automation will increase significantly in the next or the following generation, so we are preparing for that."

He continued, "Right now, humans manually manufacture (robots), but in the future, robots will manufacture robots. Humans will control those robots through computer programming, and all maintenance will also be done by humans via computers, so this is a process of practicing that part."

When asked if there is a candidate site for an innovation center after Singapore, Chairman Chung said, "There is nothing special at the moment. Since this is just the beginning, we are at a stage where we need to accumulate a lot of know-how through trial and error here."

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