Representatives from HD Hyundai Construction Equipment North America joined executives this week from HD Hyundai XiteSolution, parent company of HD Hyundai Construction Equipment, along with representatives from Wallenius Wilhelmsen, to celebrate the grand opening of the first HD Hyundai North American Customization Plant in Brunswick, Georgia.
Through this consolidated customization plant, HD Hyundai Construction Equipment NA will be able to manage assembly work and modifications required by North American dealers and their customers. The center’s primary purpose is to streamline the machine delivery process while maintaining adequate inventory.
“This state-of-the-art facility will help us reduce the lead time needed to get fully assembled machines to our customers,” says Stan Park, president and CEO, HD Hyundai Construction Equipment North America.
Longtime logistics partner Wallenius Wilhelmsen will continue to provide logistics support, while the 93,000-square-foot plant will follow the path of HD Hyundai’s predecessor operation in Belgium, which handles similar customizations for Europe.
The HD Hyundai customization team will take machines from shipping ready to work ready, for instance fitting excavators with standard or long arms and mass or standard buckets, depending on customer requirements, or equipping them with additional cameras or 2D machine guidance or making them Trimble 3D-ready.
