Hyundai Motor and Kia have opened a dedicated training hub in Gyeongju to help smaller parts suppliers build AI capabilities and lift manufacturing quality as the auto industry shifts towards electric vehicles, software-defined vehicles and other future mobility technologies.
The new AI Specialised Joint Training Centre was unveiled at the Hyundai Motor Group Global Win-Win Cooperation Centre, a partner-only facility the group says is the largest of its kind in South Korea. Acc...
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ording to Hyundai’s announcement, the centre is intended to give suppliers free, customised training across quality, technology and global competitiveness, with a particular focus on firms that still depend heavily on internal combustion engine components.
The companies said the programme is meant to do more than introduce staff to AI in theory. Instead, it is being structured around workplace application, including assessments of each supplier’s AI readiness, job-specific lessons, practical problem-solving exercises using real factory defect data, and forums designed to encourage an AI-oriented culture inside partner companies.
Hyundai and Kia are initially prioritising quality-related roles, with plans to train about 900 employees from first- and second-tier suppliers this year, according to the company. From next year, the group said it intends to broaden the scheme and increase the number of participating suppliers and trainees each year, extending the initiative across the wider parts supply chain.
The curriculum includes generative AI tools for producing work standards and quality documents, AI-based vision inspection systems for automated defect detection, and data-driven risk management training aimed at identifying process problems before they affect output. The companies say suppliers will work on their own production data during the exercises, so that improvements can be applied directly on the factory floor.
Industry coverage from South Korean business publications said the launch comes as suppliers face mounting pressure to adapt to a changing mobility landscape, with the group seeking to reinforce the resilience of its parts network while modernising it for the AI era.
A Hyundai Motor and Kia representative said internalising field-oriented technology is essential to quality and productivity gains and argued that supplier competitiveness is closely tied to the group’s own global standing. The centre, they said, will support both AI transformation and shared growth among partner firms.
The project also reflects a broader pattern in Hyundai Motor Group’s AI push. In recent months, the group has expanded collaboration with Nvidia on autonomous driving and physical AI infrastructure, underscoring how it is pairing factory-level training for suppliers with larger technology partnerships aimed at vehicles, robotics and smart manufacturing.
Source: Noah Wire Services
