Seoyon E-Hwa’s facility at Selma’s Craig Industrial Park produces several molded plastic interior trim parts for vehicles assembled at the massive Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama plant in Montgomery. This expansion is in conjunction with new vehicle production beginning later this year at HMMA’s plant.

Based in South Korea, Seoyon E-Hwa’s roots date to the early 1970s and the beginning of that nation’s auto industry. Today, the company has plants around the world and serves automakers including Kia, Volkswagen, Ford and Nissan, according to its website.

GROWTH PLANS

Seoyon E-Hwa’s expansion project was formally announced Tuesday during an event at the Selma-Dallas County Public Library.

Local officials cheered the company’s growth plans.

“I’m just excited that they are here in Selma and Dallas County, that we are open for business, and that we are growing and our companies are growing,” state Sen. Malika Sanders-Fortier told the Selma Times-Journal. “We are so excited to have 60 people who’ll have the opportunity to be employed …

“Every time I hear about a new job, I’m excited for that,” she added.

Vardaman said he expects to see additional growth projects taking shape in Dallas County.