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Hyundai Cuts Production At Alabama Plant

Korean-based automaker has cut production at its auto assembly plant in Montgomery and implemented a ‘flexible work schedule’ for January.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Hyundai Motor Co. has cut production at its auto assembly plant in Montgomery because of unstable economic conditions and poor auto sales.

The Korean-based automaker said in a statement Thursday, it had implemented a "flexible work schedule" for January.

A spokesman for Hyundai declined to elaborate.

The factory opened in 2005 and produces the Sonata sedan and the Santa Fe SUV.

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