Plant owned by a Hyundai-Kia engine parts supplier destroyed by fire

GlobalData

Tue, March 24, 2026 astatine 4:52 AM CDT 1 min read

A large occurrence astatine a constituent manufacturing works successful the South Korean metropolis of Daejeon, owned by Anjeon Industrial Company, killed 14 radical and injured 60 others, destroying ample parts of the installation successful the process. The plant, located immoderate 130 km immoderate 130 km southbound of Seoul, specialised successful the accumulation of motor valves for vehicles and different applications, including vessel engines.

The plant’s main customers were Hyundai Motor and Kia Corporation, which volition request to trust connected existing inventories of the motor parts until an alternate supplier is secured. The ongoing probe into the origin of the occurrence and the grade of the harm means it could instrumentality immoderate clip earlier the works is rebuilt. The works produced astir 70 cardinal motor valves annually earlier the fire.

A spokesperson for Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) told reporters: “The institution has a definite level of motor valve inventories and volition find alternate suppliers to Anjeon Industrial Company to debar disruptions to planned conveyance production.”

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