Hyundai's Metaplant Georgia announces press-shop expansion to support EV6 ramp
The Bryan County, Georgia assembly plant will add a new 4-press tandem stamping line, feeding body panels for the next-generation EV6 and a planned third model.
Hyundai Motor Group said it will add a new 4-press tandem stamping line at its Metaplant America campus in Bryan County, Georgia. The $485 million expansion is tied to the next-generation EV6 and will also support a third electric model slated for 2027.
The line will run 5,500-ton servo presses and represents one of the single largest stamping investments in the South since the original Metaplant commitment. Hyundai said the new capacity will be supplied primarily by Novelis Bay Minette aluminum sheet once that facility is online, with coil supply gaps bridged by imports from Hyundai Steel.
State officials framed the press-shop announcement as further validation of Georgia's EV industrial cluster. The project will create roughly 420 production jobs and is expected to come online in the first half of 2027.
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Jordan Keene
OEM programs, EV drive units, and tier-1 supply chain reporting from Detroit.
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