List of Kia design and manufacturing facilities#Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia .28KMMG.29
32.919422222222 - 85.119047222222Koordinaten: 32 ° 55 ' 9.92 "N, 85 ° 7' 8.57 " W
The Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. is an automotive manufacturer with corporate headquarters in LaGrange, Georgia. The foundation dates back to the 13th March 2006, when Kia 's corporate president Chung Eui -sun and Governor Sonny Perdue contracts for the construction of a car factory in nearby West Point, signed, in which up to 300,000 units in January 2012 to be 360,000 units annually can be made and should provide more than 3,000 workers a stable job. For the construction we had estimated a capital in the amount of 1 billion U.S. $.
The factory site in West Point covers a total area of 2,259 acres. The foundation stone was laid on October 20. The construction phase of the work took more than three years to complete, so that the mass production of the Kia Sorento started off only on November 16, 2009. Meanwhile, Perdue had held the opening of the new motorway exit 6 off Interstate 85 and Kia Parkway and Kia Boulevard. However, the official plant opening ceremony itself took place in February 2010. In October finally ran to the production of the Hyundai Santa Fe.
A few months later the work more equipment, which ultimately a plant expansion necessitated received. After expanding the production of the Kia Optima was in September 2011 to then. The maximum annual capacity currently stands at 360,000 units. The expansion took an investment of U.S. $ 100 million to complete and lasted until 2 January 2011. With this step, the work also got to the railway network its own connection.
In the vehicle identification number, the company uses the World Manufacturer Codes 5XX for passenger cars, 5XY for sport utility vehicles and 5XZ for buses. At the eleventh position of the factory code G is specified for West Point.
Model Overview
Hyundai Santa Fe since 10/2010
Kia Optima since 09 /2011
Special
- Donation in the amount of U.S. $ 1.5 million to the American Red Cross for Tornado Disaster Relief (4 May 2011)
- Donation of 18 Sorentos from pre-production to the fire stations in West Point, LaGrange, Manchester and Lanett. (15 September 2011)