The plant is the birthplace of the South Korean automobile industry and is a self-contained facility that operates its own fire station, hospital and security vehicles.
Located in Montgomery, Alabama, the facility marked the official start of production with the 2006 Sonata in May 2005.
In November 2008, Hyundai opened the European plant in Nošovice, Czech Republic, following an investment of over 1 billion euros and over two years of construction.
[28][29] The plant, which mainly manufactures the i30 and Tucson for the European market, has an annual capacity of 300,000 cars.
[31] In 2022, HMMC made transition into eco-friendly factory according to the carbon-neutral plan and is being operated by electric power generated from renewable energy.
Formed in May 1996, Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL) started its operations producing its first model in September 1998, the Santro.
Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Indonesia (HMMI) is built in Cikarang, Bekasi, West Java in 2019 and fully operated in January 2022 with the annual capacity of 150,000 vehicles, upgradable to 250,000.
Hyundai plans to produce 30,000 battery electric models a year at the plant, of which about 6,000 will be sold in Singapore.
[6] It operates in Shunyi District, a satellite city of Beijing, producing Hyundai-branded automobiles for the Chinese market.
[50] Located in Gian Khau Industrial Park, Ninh Bình province, the factory is a joint venture between Hyundai Motor Company and Thanh Cong Manufacturing.
Hyundai began exporting its cars in complete knock down (CKD) format to Vietnam in 2011.
In 2017, these two companies established Hyundai Thanh Cong Manufacturing Vietnam (HTMV) to produce complete cars with a minimum localization rate of 40 percent.
[52] Source:[54] Hyundai vehicles have also been produced in Brazil by Grupo Caoa at a plant located in Anápolis, Goiás.
[58] It is renamed to PT Handal Indonesia Motor since November 2020, offering vehicle assembly services to other brands as well.
[63][64] Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, production at the Saint Petersburg plant was halted in March 2022.
[65] In September 2023, Hyundai sold the Saint Petersburg factory to AGR Automotive, a subsidiary of Russian company Art-Finans.