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    1. Earthmoving

    Hyundai, Develon Open Georgia Customization Plant

    Sept. 6, 2024
    The HD Hyundai customizations team will take machines from shipping ready to work ready.
    Related To: Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas, Inc.
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    HD Hyundai CE has opened its first Hyundai Customization Plant in Brunswick, Georgia, where Develon will relocate its machine delivery process. The center’s primary purpose is to "streamline the machine delivery process while maintaining adequate inventory" according to the companies.

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    Hyundai representatives attending the facility opening ceremony.
    Hyundai representatives attending the facility opening ceremony.

    Through this consolidated customization plant, Hyundai will be able to manage assembly work and modifications required by North American dealers and its customers.

    Longtime logistics partner Wallenius Wilhelmsen will continue to provide logistics support, while the 93,000-square-foot plant will follow the path of 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, including 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.

    “Our new customization plant in Brunswick will allow us to expedite our services for our dealers and our customers,” says Chris Jeong, president and CEO at Develon. “It’s a much larger facility than the previous customization plant, with dedicated space for our machines, and will better meet the custom needs of our dealers and our customers with an array of final assembly options.”