Michigan Lands New Hyundai Auto Tech Center

Michigan business recruiters, on the other hand, are fast racking up a flurry of Detroit-metro auto-industry wins. Topping that list is Hyundai America Technical Center, which recently decided to relocate and expand its headquarters in a $117-million, 400-employee facility in Superior Township, near Ann Arbor. The decision counters the expectations of a number of auto industry analysts, who presumed that the Hyundai project would instead take a sharp southward swing.

Hyundai, however, is barely moving at all in relocating the headquarters of its technical center operation, which conducts emissions testing, engineering, research, development and design for Hyundai and Kia autos. Hyundai America Technical Center's 41-employee current headquarters is located in Pittsfield Township, only eight miles (13 kilometers) south of Superior Township.

Michigan's biggest competition for the Hyundai subsidiary headquarters came from Montgomery, Ala., where the parent firm is building a $1-billion, 2,000-worker plant.

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