HYUNDAI TRANS KAZAKHSTAN
Hyundai Trans Kazakhstan, a subsidiary of Astana Motors, is a full-cycle plant for the production of Hyundai passenger cars.
The plant has a production capacity of 50 thousand cars annually. In 2022, the plant produced 37,205 cars, in 2023, 48,857 cars. In 2024, 45,410 cars were manufactured. Since 2020, the company has produced 165,595 cars in total.
Hyundai Trans Kazakhstan manufactures 8 Hyundai models: the Tucson, the Sonata, the Elantra, the Santa Fe, the Palisade, the Staria, the i30, the Bayon, the i20, and the Custin. In 2024, a production line for Genesis executive-class cars was launched. Through welding and painting (Completely Knocked-Down, CKD), the plant manufactures Hyundai Accent, Hyundai Tucson, and in March 2025, it will start CKD production of yet another model, the Hyundai Santa Fe.
Hyundai Trans Kazakhstan performs all operations in strict compliance with the approved production process of Hyundai Motor Company. Each car is tested for compliance with Hyundai international standards.
In November 2023, Astana Motors launched a project to expand production areas and upgrade workshops. The goal of the project is to automate key processes and increase CKD production capacity from 12,000 to 24,000 cars annually to launch production of new models with welding and painting.
The first stage of this upgrade, which included construction of a new workshop and a Pre-Delivery Inspection (PDI) workshop, was completed in July 2024. As a result, the production area of Hyundai Trans Kazakhstan increased by 6000 square meters to expand the total area of the plant to 40,000 square meters.
During the second stage of upgrade planned for January 2025 to March 2025, the welding, paint, and assembly workshops will be reconstructed and upgraded, and CKD production of yet another model, the Hyundai Santa Fe, will be launched.
The welding shop upgrade includes installation of 4 welding robots, 111 welding guns, an automatic conveyor, an automatic roof roller, and a welding jig for the Santa Fe model. The new equipment will allow the plant to produce up to 7 bodies per hour. To produce each body, 45 parts must be welded and 1624 welding spots applied.
The paint workshop will also receive additional and new equipment, which will double the workshop production capacity and allow 6.5 bodies to be painted per hour. The cataphoresis lines and production areas (application of sealant, mastic, and polishing) will be upgraded, a new oven for drying paint coatings will be installed, and the paint chamber will be upgraded. In addition, 6 Yaskawa robots and an automatic conveyor for feeding bodies to the paint line will be installed.
The upgrade of the assembly workshop will also double its productivity – to 6 cars per hour. The length of the assembly line will increase from 16 to 27 assembly stations. The workshop will receive an automatic chassis conveyor line with EMS body hangers for transporting bodies, conveyors for the interior and exterior parts assembly lines, additional manipulators, and a robot for applying sealant to windshields. AGV robot tractors will be used to transport bodies from the paint workshop to the assembly workshop.
On completion of the second stage of upgrades, KZT 48.5B will have been invested in the plant.
Today, the plant has 1300 jobs. In 2025, Hyundai Trans Kazakhstan will increase its personnel to 1700.
History
On October 23, 2020, the plant, including body paint and welding workshops, plastic part paint workshops, and a component warehouse, was fully launched. Astana Motors fulfilled its obligations to build the Hyundai Trans Kazakhstan plant and implemented the project within one year during the pandemic. More than 120 engineers from South Korea were involved in installation of equipment at the new production facility in different stages.
The Hyundai Trans Kazakhstan project was implemented with the support of the Ministry of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Development Bank of Kazakhstan, the Industrial Development Fund, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, KazakhExport Export Insurance Company, and the Akimat of Almaty.
- Documentary film “The Tucson: How It Was Made in Kazakhstan”: in Kazakh, in Russian.
- Documentary film “ON DRIVE: 30 Years of Astana Motors.”
Hyundai Trans Kazakhstan, a subsidiary of Astana Motors, is a full-cycle plant for the production of Hyundai passenger cars.
The plant has a production capacity of 50 thousand cars annually. In 2022, the plant produced 37,205 cars, in 2023, 48,857 cars. In 2024, 45,410 cars were manufactured. Since 2020, the company has produced 165,595 cars in total.
Hyundai Trans Kazakhstan manufactures 8 Hyundai models: the Tucson, the Sonata, the Elantra, the Santa Fe, the Palisade, the Staria, the i30, the Bayon, the i20, and the Custin. In 2024, a production line for Genesis executive-class cars was launched.Through welding and painting (Completely Knocked-Down, CKD), the plant manufactures Hyundai Accent, Hyundai Tucson, and in March 2025, it will start CKD production of yet another model, the Hyundai Santa Fe.
Hyundai Trans Kazakhstan performs all operations in strict compliance with the approved production process of Hyundai Motor Company. Each car is tested for compliance with Hyundai international standards.
In November 2023, Astana Motors launched a project to expand production areas and upgrade workshops. The goal of the project is to automate key processes and increase CKD production capacity from 12,000 to 24,000 cars annually to launch production of new models with welding and painting.
The first stage of this upgrade, which included construction of a new workshop and a Pre-Delivery Inspection (PDI) workshop, was completed in July 2024. As a result, the production area of Hyundai Trans Kazakhstan increased by 6000 square meters to expand the total area of the plant to 40,000 square meters.
During the second stage of upgrade planned for January 2025 to March 2025, the welding, paint, and assembly workshops will be reconstructed and upgraded, and CKD production of yet another model, the Hyundai Santa Fe, will be launched.
The welding shop upgrade includes installation of 4 welding robots, 111 welding guns, an automatic conveyor, an automatic roof roller, and a welding jig for the Santa Fe model. The new equipment will allow the plant to produce up to 7 bodies per hour. To produce each body, 45 parts must be welded and 1624 welding spots applied.
The paint workshop will also receive additional and new equipment, which will double the workshop production capacity and allow 6.5 bodies to be painted per hour. The cataphoresis lines and production areas (application of sealant, mastic, and polishing) will be upgraded, a new oven for drying paint coatings will be installed, and the paint chamber will be upgraded. In addition, 6 Yaskawa robots and an automatic conveyor for feeding bodies to the paint line will be installed.
The upgrade of the assembly workshop will also double its productivity – to 6 cars per hour. The length of the assembly line will increase from 16 to 27 assembly stations. The workshop will receive an automatic chassis conveyor line with EMS body hangers for transporting bodies, conveyors for the interior and exterior parts assembly lines, additional manipulators, and a robot for applying sealant to windshields. AGV robot tractors will be used to transport bodies from the paint workshop to the assembly workshop.
On completion of the second stage of upgrades, KZT 48.5B will have been invested in the plant.
Today, the plant has 1300 jobs. In 2025, Hyundai Trans Kazakhstan will increase its personnel to 1700.
History
On October 23, 2020, the plant, including body paint and welding workshops, plastic part paint workshops, and a component warehouse, was fully launched. Astana Motors fulfilled its obligations to build the Hyundai Trans Kazakhstan plant and implemented the project within one year during the pandemic. More than 120 engineers from South Korea were involved in installation of equipment at the new production facility in different stages.
The Hyundai Trans Kazakhstan project was implemented with the support of the Ministry of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Development Bank of Kazakhstan, the Industrial Development Fund, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, KazakhExport Export Insurance Company, and the Akimat of Almaty.
- Documentary film “The Tucson: How It Was Made in Kazakhstan”: in Kazakh, in Russian.
- Documentary film “ON DRIVE: 30 Years of Astana Motors.”