THE 10,000th Doosan ADT built at the Elnesvågen plant outside Molde in Norway has rolled off the production line.
Production started at the plant in 1972 when the business was called Glamox. Since then, the brand has had a number of names and in 2008, the name changed to Doosan when the South Korean manufacturer bought the factory and 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 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.
The Doosan ADT range comprises two 6×6 models – the DA30-7 and DA45-7 Stage V compliant machines. The range was extended at bauma 2022 with the launch of a new 4×4 version of the DA45-7 ADT, intended to compete with rigid dump trucks in the 40-tonne class.
According to plant manager Jan Roger Lindset, the milestone 10,000th Doosan ADT is to be delivered to Rental Group in Norway.
