Executives from HD Hyundai, HD Hyundai XiteSolution, parent company of HD Hyundai Construction Equipment, Develon and Wallenius Wilhelmsen attended the grand opening of the North American Customization Center in Brunswick, Ga., last week.
“This state-of-the-art facility will help us reduce the lead time needed to get fully assembled machines to our customers,” said Stan Park, president and CEO, HD Hyundai Construction Equipment North America.
“Our new customization plant in Brunswick will allow us to expedite our services for our dealers and our customers,” said Chris Jeong, president/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.”
Through this consolidated customization plant, HD Hyundai Construction Equipment NA and Develon 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.
With this new facility, HD Hyundai will be better equipped to meet dealer needs for complete configurations and advanced hydraulic modifications.
Longtime logistics partner Wallenius Wilhelmsen will continue to provide logistics support, while the 93,000-square-foot plant will follow the successful 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.
The customization facility in Brunswick is located close to Interstate 95, allowing for convenient transportation once Develon machines are ready for shipment, optimizing delivery lead times. Develon maintains its North American headquarters in Suwanee, Ga., including a parts distribution center for readily available Develon machine parts. Additionally, starting in August 2024, Develon operates a dedicated warehouse in Georgia.
