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April 2, 2002
Location Announcement |
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April 16, 2002
Groundbreaking Ceremony |
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November 2002
Start of Construction |
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February 19, 2003
First Steel Beams Erected |
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February 23, 2003
Production and Maintenance Advertisement |
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Fall 2003
First Production and Maintenance Hires |
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January 5, 2004
Production Team Members Start Work |
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January 5, 2004
HMMA 2004 Kick-Off Event |
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January 2004
Some Maintenance and Production Team Members Go to Korea for Training |
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February 5, 2004
The first of HMMA's two 5,400 ton stamping presses departs from Tokyo, Japan |
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March 9, 2004
The stamping press arrives at Alabama State Port Authority’s Pier D-2 in Mobile. The 268,520 pound crown and 262,171 stamping bed of the press are transported via barge up the Alabama River. The remaining parts are loaded onto more than 80 trucks for transport to the HMMA Plant Site |
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March 15, 2004
Crown and stamping bed of the press arrive in Burkeville via the Alabama River and are loaded onto dual lane trucks for transport to the HMMA Plant Site |
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June 2004
Completion of Facility, Part-Time Trials Begin |
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July 2004
Trial Production of the Next-Generation Sonata Begins |
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May 20, 2005
Grand Opening Ceremony |
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Spring 2005
Job 1 Vehicle Production Begins |
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April 18, 2006
Production of the Next-Generation Santa Fe Begins
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2007
Plant approaches full capacity producing approximately 1,200 vehicles per day.
May 2007
Breaks ground on new 4-cylinder Theta engine plant
September 2008
Theta engine plant begins producing 4-cylinder engines.
November 2009
HMMA produces its 1,000,000th vehicle.
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