Chennai: Hyundai has completed manufacturing 10 million cars in India on the occasion of its silver jubilee year, and Chief Minister MK Stalin attended the event and signed on the 10 millionth car on Wednesday (June 30).
Visiting Hyundai campus yesterday, Stalin praised the car manufacturer for manufacturing 1 crore cars in a short span time and growing as the largest exporter of cars in the country.
CM said, “To me, Hyundai is not just the company that has made the largest investment in the state or the company that is leading in export, but a company that has placed Sriperumbudur as an industrial hub in the world map.
Hyundai is contributing largely for industrial development in the state and I wish that the company should continue to expand further. Other companies should also expand and should increase their investment in the state,” said Stalin, while delivering his address on the occasion of silver jubilee celebration of Hyundai plant in Sriperumbudur.
As a leading car exporter, so far, Hyundai has sold 31.3 lakh cars to 88 overseas countries and it has resulted in not the development of the company but also in the economic growth of the state.
Recalling the outset of production of cars of Hyundai in 1998, Stalin said that the projects kicked off by former chief minster M Karunanidhi have grown manifold and in a historic example company’s second plant was also inaugurated by Karunanidhi in 2008.
Stalin also recalled the praise showered by Karunanidhi on Hyundai company back in 1998 for recruiting Tamils in the company and said that Hyundai recruited 1,238 persons and out of them 90 per cent were Tamils. Similarly, 637 persons were locals from places adjoining Sriperumbudur such as Irungattukottai, Keevalur, Thandalam and Chettimedu.