by Kyle Molyneux | Thu 16 Feb 2023
10,000th ADT from Norwegian line
After 50 years of production, the Elnesvågen plant outside Molde in Norway, where the Doosan range of Articulated Dump Trucks (ADTs) is produced, is this month celebrating the completion of the 10,000th machine to be built at the plant. According to Plant Manager, Jan Roger Lindset, the Doosan ADT with production number 851951 is to be delivered to Rental Group in Norway.
Production began at the plant in 1972 when the business was called Glamox. Since then, the brand has had a number of names such as Moxy, Moxy Industrial, Brown Engineering, Moxy Trucks, Moxy Engineering and in 2008, the name changed to Doosan when the South Korean manufacturer bought the factory and the product. In 2021, Hyundai Heavy Industries bought the Doosan construction equipment range including the ADT line, and the name of the business was changed to Hyundai Doosan Infracore (HDI). There are currently 150 employees at the Elnesvågen plant, but with both Doosan and Hyundai ADTs now being produced at the factory, the workforce is expected to expand to meet an expected 40% growth in production.
Note: Hyundai Doosan Infracore is replacing the Doosan brand on its construction equipment and introducing its new brand named Develon which is now in a transition period.
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