SOURCE: AEM Advisor | September 17, 2024
HD Hyundai Construction Equipment North America this week opened a new factory in Brunswick, Ga. The factory is designed to improve the machine delivery process and inventory levels.
With this new facility, HD Hyundai will be better equipped to meet dealer needs for complete configurations and advanced hydraulic modifications
Main takeaways include:
- Representatives from HD Hyundai Construction Equipment North America this week joined executives from HD Hyundai XiteSolution, parent company of HD Hyundai Construction Equipment, along with representatives from Wallenius Wilhelmsen, to celebrate the grand opening of the first HD Hyundai North American Customization Plant in Brunswi
- Through this consolidated customization plant, HD Hyundai Construction Equipment NA will be able to manage assembly work and modifications required by North American dealers and their customers. The center’s primary purpose is to streamline the machine delivery process while maintaining adequate inventory.
- The HD Hyundai customization team will take machines from shipping ready to work ready, for instance fitting excavators with standard or long arms and mass or standard buckets, depending on customer requirements, or equipping them with additional cameras or 2D machine guidance or making them Trimble 3D-ready.
- With this new facility, HD Hyundai will be better equipped to meet dealer needs for complete configurations and advanced hydraulic modifications.
- Longtime logistics partner Wallenius Wilhelmsen will continue to provide logistics support, while the 93,000-square-foot plant will follow the path of HD Hyundai’s predecessor operation in Belgium, which handles similar customizations for Europe.
“This state-of-the-art facility will help us reduce the lead time needed to get fully assembled machines to our customers,” said Stan Park, president and CEO, HD Hyundai Construction Equipment North America.
DEVELON made a similar announcement about a new factory in Georgia. DEVELON and HD Hyundai are separate brands but both owned by Hyundai Genuine.
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