Alabama Automotive Supplier Begins Construction on $23 Million Expansion

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas). Halla Climate Systems Alabama LLC (Shorter, Alabama), started construction earlier this week on a $23 million expansion. Construction is underway on the 120,000 square foot expansion of the existing 135,000 square foot building. The building construction is expected to be completed around the end of this year with equipment installation completed around the being of spring 2008. The expansion will allow the company to increase production of front-end modules and heating and air conditioning systems, which it supplies to the Hyundai automotive manufacturing plant, located in Montgomery, Alabama, for its Santa Fe and Sonata Models.

Raco Alabama LLC (Atlanta, Georgia) was awarded the general construction contract for the expansion.

Halla Climate Systems Alabama LLC is a subsidiary of Visteon Corporation (NYSE:VC)(Van Buren Township, Michigan), parent company and a division of Halla Climate Control Corporation (Taejon, Korea). Halla Climate Systems Alabama is managed and operated by Halla Climate Control Corporation, which consists of over 1,600 employees who manufacture and distribute auto climate control components, air-conditioning systems, heat exchangers and compressors plus other motor vehicle accessories.

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