Hyundai Motor Corporation's $1.1 billion automotive assembly and manufacturing plant in Montgomery,Alabama, began production in March 2005, rolling out the all-new 2006 Sonata. This is the company's first assembly and manufacturing plant in the United States:
It employs approximately 2,000 people in Montgomery and the surrounding area. Occupying 1,600 acres, it will produce 300,000 vehicles per year at maximum capacity.
HMC selected Montgomery, Alabama, for its first U.S. plant because of its high-quality workforce, its strategic location in proximity to American population centers, the superb automotive parts supply chain available in the region and the commitment shown by the state of Alabama and the city of Montgomery.
Hyundai in America
Hyundai Motor America (HMA), with its National Headquarters in Fountain Valley, California, is the U.S. sales and distribution arm of Hyundai Motor Company. HMA was established in 1986, currently has more than 790 dealers and distributes ten vehicle lines through five regional distribution centers.
Regional Offices
Five regional offices provide Hyundai with a direct link to HMA's nationwide dealer network:
• Western Region - Fountain Valley, California
• Central Region - Aurora, Illinois
• Southern Region - Austell, Georgia
• Eastern Region - Jamesburg, New Jersey
• South Central Region - Coppell, Texas
Warehouses
To speed parts to dealerships, Hyundai maintains one of the nation's leading parts distribution systems that includes a computer network linking dealers to the parts warehouses. This arrangement ensures timely parts availability. Winning industry awards for timely delivery and having the parts on hand for dealer orders,
Hyundai's parts warehouses are currently located in four U.S. cities:
• Aurora, Illinois
• Jamesburg, New Jersey
• Atlanta, Georgia
• Ontario, California
Ports
Hyundai processes its vehicles through six facilities (five port facilities and one inland facility):
• Portland, Oregon
• Brunswick, Georgia
• Baltimore, Maryland
• Newark, New Jersey
• Los Angeles, California
• Fort Worth, Texas - our inland processing port - Receives vehicles by rail and then
distributes them throughout the Midwest
Financing
Hyundai Motor Finance (HMF) serves Hyundai dealers nationwide with two types of financing:
• Individual customer financing and leasing
• Dealer inventory financing
Hyundai Hope on Wheels - Funding Pediatric Cancer Research
2010 marks the twelfth year that Hyundai and its dealers have been committed to supporting the fight against childhood cancer. What began in 1998 as a local initiative supported by New England-area Hyundai dealers to raise funds for the Jimmy Fund at Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has evolved into Hyundai Hope on Wheels, an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization which is supported nationwide by all of Hyundai's 791 dealers and Hyundai Motor America. Since 1998, Hyundai Hope on Wheels has donated more than $14 million to children's hospitals nationwide to help kids fight cancer.
Every time a new Hyundai vehicle is sold in the U.S., $5 is donated to Hope on Wheels.
The Hope on Wheels Tour is the united effort of Hyundai dealers across the country to raise awareness about childhood cancer and celebrate the lives of the courageous children battling the disease. This summer, the Hope on Wheels Tour will travel to 42 children's hospitals across the country and donate more than $2 million to support further training and research for doctors involved in childhood cancer research, making it the largest single year of donations in the organization's history.
In this challenging economic environment, our buyers want more from their dollars, and often choose to support products and local businesses that are giving back to the community. With every new Hyundai sold in the U.S., Hyundai dealers donate $5 to Hope on Wheels for pediatric cancer and Hyundai matches it with another $5. So we hope you will proudly show your support for Hope on Wheels and share your role in the fight against pediatric cancer with your customers!
For more information on Hyundai Hope on Wheels, go to www.hyundaihopeonwheels.org.
