Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Rus

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Coordinates: 60 ° 3 ′ 28.44 ″  N , 30 ° 7 ′ 22 ″  E

Хендэ Мотор Мануфактуринг Рус

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legal form Obshchestvo s ogranichennoi otvetstvennostju
founding February 29, 2008
Seat RussiaRussia Russia : Sestrorezk
management Chung Gui-il (Managing Director)
Number of employees ~ 2,000 (Sep 2010)
Branch Automobile manufacturing
Website www.hyundai-motor.ru

The OOO Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Rus is a since 29. February 2008 existing automakers with headquarters in the Russian Sestroretsk . The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the South Korean Hyundai Motor Company and is considered to be the first full-fledged automobile plant of a foreign automobile plant in the Russian Federation. All vehicle parts installed by the plant are manufactured on site or by local automotive suppliers. The foundation stone was laid on June 5, 2008.

The press shop was able to start the test run on May 19, 2010 . On the occasion of the test run, a small opening ceremony was held among the workforce. A short time later, the pre-production of the new Solaris began , a model that is located as a hatchback in the small car segment and as a sedan in the compact class. The design of the model comes from the Fluidic Sculpture concept study . The motors used come from the Gamma series. The first presentation of the Solaris models took place in August 2010 at the MIMS .

The official opening ceremony on September 21, 2010 included Prime Minister Vladimir Putin , President of the Hyundai Kia Automotive Group , Chung Mong-koo , Russian Industry and Trade Minister Viktor Khristenko , St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko , and South Korean Finance Minister Yoon Jeung-hyun and the South Korean ambassador Lee Youn-ho , among the invited guests.

The serial production finally launched with a decreased to 105,000 units annual capacity. With the introduction of the 5-door, the capacity increased to 150,000 units. At full capacity, up to 200,000 automobiles can be produced per year. While there were just 2,000 employees at the Russian plant at the start of production, by the end of 2012 there should be around 5,300 employees who will be employed there.

Model overview

Within the vehicle identification number , the factory uses the world manufacturer code Z94 and the letter R in the eleventh position as the factory code.

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