On July 11, 2013, Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia Inc. announced that its one millionth vehicle, a snow white pearl 2014 Sorento SXL, rolled off the assembly line at the company’s automobile manufacturing facility in West Point, Ga.
The Sorento CUV mass production, representing an initial investment of $1 billion, began at Kia’s on November 16, 2009.
The plant, together with on-site and local suppliers, is responsible for the creation of more than 11,000 jobs in West Point and the surrounding region.
A $100 million expansion completed in early-2012 increased annual capacity to 360,000 vehicles and the Optima mid-size sedan, which was added to the line in 2011, has been Kia’s best-selling vehicle in the U.S. for 19 consecutive months.
“Building one million vehicles in less than four years is a tremendous achievement and one that each one of our more than 3,000 team members can take great pride in,” stated Byung Mo Ahn, group president and CEO for Kia Motors America and Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia.
“People are the heart and soul of this company, and our team members’ commitment to world class quality is one of the major driving forces behind Kia’s unprecedented sales and market share growth in the U.S. over the last few years.”
Source: Kia
