Hyundai set to launch trial production at Nošovice plant

Trial production is set to begin at carmaker Hyundai’s first European plant, located in Nošovice in the Czech Republic. A spokesman revealed that the firm received a final permit allowing for production to begin on November 3. A ceremonial launch will then be held one week after that. Roughly 18,000 cars are expected to be produced at the site by the end of the year. The factory represents an investment of 1.1 billion euros; the company is expecting to produce 200,000 cars next year, and to employ more than three thousand workers by 2011.