manufacturing alabama llc type division of hyundai kia motor group industry automotive founded 2002 headquarters montgomery alabama united states area served united states canada mexico key people jun ha kim president and ceo products hyundai sonata hyundai elantra hyundai santa fehyundai theta ii engine hyundai nu engine number of employees 3 000 parent hyundai kia motor group website http www.hmmausa.com hyundai motor manufacturing alabama commonly called hmma is an automobile factory in montgomery alabama . it was incorporated as a subsidiary of hyundai motor company of south korea on april 12 2002 . construction completed in june 2004 with the official start of production beginning in may 2005 . 1 the official grand opening ceremony on may 20 2005 was attended by former president of the united states george h. w. bush and hyundai motor group chairman chung mong koo . it employed approximately 3000 workers in 2013 . 1 hyundai announced that the initial investment in the plant as 1.1 billion but the current investment is 1.7 billion . 2 in may 2011 hmma announced a 173 million investment to increase the capacity of the engine assembly plant . 3 when it was built the plant was expected to generate an additional 5 500 jobs and 500 million in investments from suppliers . many of the suppliers were already in the region supplying the mercedes honda and toyota plants in the state . the success of the hmma plant and the availability of local suppliers led hyundai to invest over 1 billion in a new kia motors plant in west point georgia . the west point kia plant is just over the alabama state line less than 85 miles away from the montgomery plant . the two plants are directly linked by an interstate highway . through the years some production has been shifted between the two plants . for example kia engines are made in the hmma plant while some suv production was moved from hyundai to the west point kia plant . as of the end of 2013 the hmma plant was running in excess of its 300 000 listed capacity due to high demand for hyundai automobiles . contents 1 products 1.1 vehicles 1.2 engines 2 references 3 external links products edit vehicles edit hyundai sonata my2006 to present hyundai elantra my2011 to present hyundai santa fe my2007 to my2010 2016 to present hyundai santa fe my2010 to present transferred to kia motors manufacturing georgia in september 2010 . shared production with kia motors manufacturing georgia started june 21 2016 . engines edit hyundai lambda engine until march 2011 hyundai theta ii engine hyundai nu engine references edit a b about hmma . hyundai motor manufacturing alabama . hyundai motor company . retrieved 20 september 2012 . http www.hmmausa.com page id 79 http www.insideline.com hyundai hyundai expands four cylinder engine production in the us.html external links edit hyundai motor manufacturing alabama llc ward s autoworld mooooving forward coordinates 32 16 55 n 86 19 42 w 32.281981 n 86.328442 w 32.281981 ; 86.328442 this article relating to an automotive factory or manufacturer facility is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hyundai motor manufacturing alabama & oldid 734877387 categories industrial buildings completed in 2005motor vehicle assembly plants in alabamahyundai motor companycompanies based in montgomery alabamabuildings and structures in montgomery alabamaamerican subsidiaries of foreign companiesautomotive factory stubshidden categories coordinates not on wikidataall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 17 august 2016 at 07 38 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view