Hyundai builds one millionth vehicle at their Alabama plant

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Hyundai is growing their market share very fast around the world. Last week company had something to celebrate as the one millionth vehicle rolled off their assembly line at its Montgomery, Alabama assembly plant.

Production at the Alabama plant started in 2005 and since then a total of 655,496 Sonatas and 344,504 Santa Fes were built. The one millionth car was a white 2010 Sonata.

Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange, who helped bring Hyundai to Alabama during his tenure as director of the Alabama Development Office, congratulated Team Members for reaching 1,000,000 vehicles and helping to expand the automotive manufacturing sector in Alabama.

Mayor Strange was one of the first representatives from Alabama to meet with Hyundai executives. More than eight years ago, on Thanksgiving Day, he flew to Seoul, South Korea to lure the global company to Montgomery.

Very soon the plant will start assembly of the all-new 2011 Sonata. HMMA employs more than 2,700 team members and has an annual economic impact of $420 million on the River Region.