The New Kia Plant In Georgia

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On March 13, 2006, Kia Motors America (KMA), Kia's sales and marketing company in the U.S. , and the State of Georgia executed the Site Acquisition and Development Agreement, which announced plans to construct a $1 billion automotive assembly and manufacturing plant on 2,259 acres of land in West Point, Ga., the first plant for Kia in North America .

"We take pride in how far we've come, creating a foothold in the American market, including our first U.S. manufacturing plant — Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia — currently under construction in West Point, Georgia," said Byung Mo Ahn, group president and CEO of Kia Motors America and KMMG. "The state-of-the-art plant will begin producing new Kia vehicles in fall 2009, and at full capacity it will have the capability to manufacture 300,000 vehicles annually. This project is the largest in history for the State of Georgia and is already having a positive impact on the economy. When the plant goes online KMMG will have created 2,500 jobs for which we have already received more than 43,000 applications; additionally, as many as another 6,000 jobs will be created by various plant suppliers."

The 43,000+ applications were received in just 30 days, a number that set new automotive benchmarks for both the quantity of applicants during the allotted timeframe and because they were all received online.

"The numbers are truly remarkable," says Randy Jackson, director of human resources and administration for KMMG. "These applicants are educated and experienced, truly demonstrating the quality of Georgia's workforce. Georgia and its neighboring states have a prepared, educated and experienced workforce ready to build the future."

Currently, KMMG is in the process of hiring salaried and operating team members who will be building Kia's next generation Sorento. Kia is searching for team members who will help reinforce its commitment to sell innovative, high-quality vehicles at affordable prices when production begins in the last quarter of 2009.

Construction at the plant is expected to be finished early in 2009. Test vehicles are scheduled to begin production in March of that same year. During the testing phase, vehicles will be examined for quality prior to mass production later in the year.

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[charger19691]

I own a 2011 Forte LX and I love it. I bought a Kia because I was glad to see that Kia decided to put some Americans to work and invest big dollars in the US workforce. Thank you Kia Motors. You guys are really on the move now!

[jlowery1990]

I work here

[heartlessvietboy]

We need to stop wasting resources and continue to use the same Facility until it fails on us.

[sccracing]

@heartlessvietboy Wow dude, is that a real question? You're not comparing apples to apples my man. This is an assembly plant NOT a casino. Casinos require high quality (in terms of vanity and visual appeal) materials which are very expensive, like stones for flooring and counters, and other fancy looking fixtures. Don't go around comparing a factory to a casino man...And also consider the cost of research and development which is hundreds of millions $ every several years.

[heartlessvietboy]

This is a $1 Billion Dollar Facility? The Hotels in Las Vegas are $2 Billion Dollars.

[ProtegeTuype]

@ddeeclausius

Me too !!

Go Kia

[ddeeclausius]

lol I just bought a kia the other day! excellent car