HYUNDAI, ULSAN: CAR CAPITAL OF THE WORLD

The world’s largest car factory is said to be Hyundai’s plant in Ulsan, South Korea.  It sits on a massive 5,050,000 m2 site and employs over 34,000 people that help to produce an average of 5,400 vehicles a day.  Also the plant has its own port where the huge transporter ships that transport the Hyundai vehicles around the world are docked and manufactured.  This shipyard is capable of building a variety of vessels such as Commercial Cargo, Offshore and Naval vessels. The Ulsan Plant is nicknamed the Forest Plant as it includes 58,000 trees as part of its landscape.  The vehicles manufactured in this factory are delivered to 120 different countries worldwide.  One vehicle is produced every 13 seconds across the five sub-plants on site.  Just 5 hours is required to manufacture one Ellantra model, for example.  It involves the construction of 20,000 components to finish a vehicle like this, most of these components are supplied externally.  All the engines, transmissions and bodies required are made in the plant.  In addition to this Ulsan plant Hyundai have factories in key markets such as Alabama, India, China and Czech Republic.