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Aug 21, 2018 · Rail manufacturer Hyundai Rotem will shutter its South Philadelphia plant by the end of August, ending a 10-year run in South Philadelphia after a debacle that nearly crippled SEPTA two summers ago.
Aug 20, 2018 · Written by Railway Age Staff. Hyundai Rotem will write the final chapter of an unhappy Philadelphia story when it closes its railcar plant later this month. The South Korean company is vacating its 300,000-square-foot factory on Weccacoe Avenue in South Philadelphia where it has been for 10 years. Starting in 2009 Hyundai built 120 Silverliner ...
Aug 17, 2018 · Hyundai Rotem is pulling its last office staffers from its 10-year-old, 300,000-square-foot factory on Weccacoe Avenue in South Philadelphia and vacating the premises, said Lois Kang, aide to Philadelphia City Councilman David Oh. "We did a lot of work trying to keep the company here," Kang said. At its height, the plant — just south of ...
Aug 21, 2018 · Hyundai Rotem assembled 120 Silverline Vs at its Philadelphia plant. The South Korean company is vacating its 91,000m2 factory on Weccacoe Avenue in South Philadelphia where it has been for 10 years. Hyundai Rotem assembled 120 Silverliner V commuter EMU cars for Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (Septa) from 2009 onwards, and ...
Oct 31, 2013 · Hyundai Rotem, well established in East Asia and Western Europe, was lured to Philadelphia in 2006 by the contract with SEPTA, a sizable one for a company still establishing itself in the American market. In the intervening years, more and more global manufacturing companies have made similar moves as U.S. cities increasingly begin expanding ...
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Jul 5, 2016 · Under the $274 million contract, Hyundai-Rotem was liable for $200 per day that each of the cars was delivered late. That resulted in around 65,000 late days totaling $13 million. That money was used to overhaul 33 regional rail push-pull cars at the South Philadelphia facility. Transportation authorities in both Denver and Boston have also ...
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Aug 16, 2018 · Aug 16, 2018. Hyundai Rotem, a South Korean company that was awarded a $274 million SEPTA contract in 2006 that turned into a debacle, has its lease expiring at the South Philadelphia buildng from ...
