SLOVAKIA CHINA HYUNDAI, JEONJU Hyundai-’s KIA, ZILINA • CV and CV engine production • Ceed, Proceed, Xceed and Sportage. HYUNDAI, BEIJING (4 to 12 litres), with 60,000 upa CZECH REPUBLIC Supplies transmissions to Hyundai’s • Established in 2002, now has capacity HYUNDAI, NOSOVICE Czech plant, correspondingly receiving over 1.5m capacity, but operating global footprint engines from there. well below this capacity now – • Also houses Hyundai’s CV R&D • Fully integrated production activity • Capacity c.360-400,000 vehicles upa Hyundai’s largest manufacturing centre for C-segment vehicles facility outside Korea. Notably, for . Current line-up is this plant has some modest HYUNDAI, ULSAN i30 and Tucson compact exports of Reina, a sub-compact • The core to Hyundai, making the SUV sold in the Philippines and overwhelming majority of its models USA • Supplies engines to Kia RUSSIA possibly further afield in south- and total capacity of around 1.4m up Slovakia, correspondingly East Asia in future across five factories on the site receiving transmissions HYUNDAI, HYUNDAI, MONTGOMERY, • Production focuses on Elantra • Also makes most engines, body from there; vehicle capacity ST PETERSBURG ALABAMA (sold also as the panels and a range of powertrain c.350,000 upa • Fully integrated plant for • Fully integrated vehicle and engine NU in China), Lafesta (a Chinese components Russian and former CIS plant, making Elantra and Sonata market model which is a sporty markets; this is one of three sedan slightly smaller than the , plus Santa Fe SUV HYUNDAI, ASAN group factories making Sonata) and various SUVs • capacity c.350-400,00 upa vehicles for both brands. • Focus on large cars, especially Grandeur and Sonata ranges USA • Makes both Hyundai models • Capacity of c.260,000 vehicles pa KIA, WEST POINT, GEORGIA (eg Solaris and Creta), and small . Capacity • Produces Optima sedan, c.300,000 upa HYUNDAI, GWANGJU Sorento and large • New low-cost plant, due to open in Telluride SUV 2021, with Hyundai investing c.55bn • Capacity c.340,000 upa won, and the Gwangju regional government contributing 10 times TURKEY that amount; around 12,000 jobs be created. HYUNDAI, IZMIT • Plans for this plant have caused • Fully integrated production controversy in Korea this plant is plant for small cars for Europe, expected to be non-unionised and ie i10 and i20 operate at much lower costs than • Expected to add Creta small other Korean factories, compounding SUV in near future, 300,000 the country’s overcapacity problem. upa capacity KIA, SOHARI • Kia’s original factory and now a fully CHINA integrated car plant, with c.320,000 upa capacity KIA, YANCHENG • Makes Rio small car, Quoris large MEXICO • Three plants on once site, car and Carnival MPV in two INDIA producing for the Chinese assembly halls; also has a full engine KIA, PESQUERA, market; key models are KX1 production line NUEVO LEON HYUNDAI, CHENNAI (the local version of the Stonic), • Focuses on small cars, Forte • Fully integrated car plant, supplying NP (a Chinese version of the KIA, HWASEONG local market, with around 25% Sportage), Pegas (a B segment and Rio for Kia, plus Hyundai • Engine manufacture, body stamping Accent. Reported to be adding exported to Africa and Latin America. sedan) and K2 (the Chinese Initial i10s for Europe were from India version of the Rio ) and welding, with 560,000 upa Kia Sedona in the near future capacity but production switched to Turkey for • Capacity over 300,000 upa, • Capacity over 300,000 upa; quality reasons. • Is also the main outbound logistics ships to 55 markets beyond which will reduce when one • Production focuses on i10, i20 cars factory is handed over to centre for global exports. Produces Mexico including Chile, K3, K5 and K7 cars, Sorento Colombia, Peru, Paraguay, and Creta SUVs; recently added new DongfengYueda model (making this the crossover, Mohave and Niro SUVs Uruguay, Costa Rica, Panama, across three assembly halls Honduras, Nicaragua and BRAZIL latest dual brand factory). Capacity Guatemala for the Forte, while c.750,000 upa the Rio is exported to Sudan, HYUNDAI, SAO PAOLO KIA, GWANGJU Tunisia, Liberia, Somalia, Laos • Makes HB20 small car for local • Produces Soul, Carens, Sportage, and Belize market, and has recently added plus Bongo Truck. Has 600,000 Creta SUV upa capacity in three assembly • Can make c.220,000 upa halls • Also makes plus engine blocks, military vehicles, full-size trucks

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