In another blow to the US car manufacturers Kia announced yesterday that it will be investing $1.2 billion dollars in an automotive assembly plant in West Point Georgia. The new plant will employ 2,500 workers and come on stream in 2009.
At full capacity the plant will be turning out 300,000 vehicles every year. Kia expects to have annual sales of 800,000 vehicles in North America by 2010.
Another Asian Car Maker to Open a Plant in the US