Manufacturing

Kia's suppliers: Up close and personal

Kia is clustering suppliers around its West Point, Ga., plant to keep it flexible.
LC
By:
Lindsay Chappell
June 01, 2009 05:00 AM
Kia in Georgia

Where: West Point

Plant opening: Dec. 2009 or Jan. 2010

Product: Kia Sorrento SUV

Annual capacity: 300,000 to start

Top manager: Byung Mo Ahn, CEO of Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia

WEST POINT, Ga. — Visitors quickly notice three things about the plant Kia Motors Corp. is constructing here. It's very big, very white and very remote.

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