Hyundai Said Alabama And Kentucky Are Finalists For New Assembly Facility.(Brief Article)

Hyundai Motor Co. (HMC) said that it is beginning negotiations immediately in the final phase of its process to select the site for its first automobile assembly plant in the United States. After two years of preliminary study and nearly one year of detailed analysis, HMC has decided that either Montgomery, Alabama or Glendale, Kentucky will provide it with the best location.

The final decision will be based on literally hundreds of tangible and intangible factors, HMC said. Among the criteria that distinguished Kentucky and Alabama were that these communities offer a high-quality physical site, with good shape and geological characteristics, the company added.

They both also offer a mature yet growing automotive industry, which will provide both suppliers and workers with the automotive orientation and stability important to HMC's success, it said. Both Alabama and Kentucky have experience with successfully assimilating multiple auto assembly plants as well as plants owned by non-U.S. companies, and that expertise will be valuable to HMC in its first U.S. project.

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