Hyundai adding third shift, nearly 900 jobs in Alabama [UPDATED]
by Jeff Sabatini (RSS feed) on May 2nd, 2012 at 9:31AM
Hyundai sales are up 10 percent already this year, after ending 2011 on a 20-percent uptick. With its Alabama assembly plant already running over capacity, something had to change. In response, the Korean automaker will be adding 877 jobs at its Montgomery assembly plant to begin a third shift, starting in September 2012. Hyundai said the plant is now responsible for creating over 3,000 total jobs, with the latest expansion adding some 20,000 units of annual capacity this year. Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama builds both the Sonata and Elantra sedans. While this move will work as a... Read More
