We are extremely proud to call KMMG the home for the Kia Sorento and Kia Optima in the U.S. Both vehicles continue to lead the way for the Kia brand.
It is a wonderful time to be associated with this brand and the proof is in our record-breaking sales numbers and the many accolades our products continue to receive. We are truly building a world class product here at KMMG.
The dedication our team members have for building a top quality vehicle at an affordable price is second to none. We are maximizing our momentum with much more to come from the Kia brand and this facility in the months and years ahead... read more
West Point, Ga. Jan. 18, 2012 – Today, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal made his first official visit as Governor to Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG). Deal was greeted by...
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West Point, Ga. Jan. 3, 2012 – Today, Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG) announced the completion of a $100 million expansion that has increased the annual production capacity of...
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Team members will train at Kia’s state-of-the-art R&D center
West Point, Ga. Jan. 3, 2012 – Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG) is sending 160 team members to Korea in...
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West Point, Ga. Nov. 28, 2011 – Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. presented $5,000 to the city of Valley recently to sponsor the 2011 Christmas Merry Go Round, an event...
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West Point, Ga. Nov. 17, 2011 – This week, Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG) will celebrate the second anniversary of the plant’s official start of mass production on Nov....
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West Point, Ga. Nov. 14, 2011 – Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG) has given a $5,000 donation to the Chattahoochee Council for Boy Scouts of America as a sponsor...
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This is from the Sept. 16 edition of the CBS Evening News featuring Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc.
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West Point, Ga. Sept. 19, 2011 – Today, Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG) announced the completion of a railway expansion being done in conjunction with more than $100 million...
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West Point, Ga. Sept. 15, 2011 – Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia (KMMG) transferred ownership of 18 vehicles to area fire departments yesterday. The vehicles were allocated to the LaGrange, West...
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- Optima Hybrid achieves an average of 64.55 miles per gallon during drive through the 48 contiguous U.S. states
- Drivers use just over 5.5 tanks of gasoline to complete 14-day,...
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West Point, Ga. Sept. 2, 2011 – Following the completion of a series of expansion projects to raise annual capacity, the first U.S.-built* 2012 MY Kia Optima midsize sedan rolled...
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(WEST POINT, GA.) August 26, 2011 — Two motorists are preparing to drive a 2011 Kia Optima Hybrid into the pages of the Guinness Book of World Records this week...
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West Point, Ga. Aug. 15, 2011 – On Wednesday, members of the American Red Cross visited Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG) to present awards in appreciation of KMMG’s $1.5...
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West Point, Ga. August 4, 2011 – On Wednesday, Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG) presented a donation to the West Point Parks and Recreation Department’s 16-and-under baseball team who...
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West Point, Ga. —Today, Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG) presented a $2,000 donation to the
West Point Parks and Recreation Department softball and baseball teams who are advancing to...
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WEST POINT — Earlier today, Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG) celebrated production of the 300,000th vehicle at the West Point, Ga. automobile manufacturing facility.
Mass production of the...
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West Point, Ga. June 2, 2011 — Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG) has begun a series of expansion projects in each of the plant’s four main shops – stamping,...
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Certification puts KMMG at the top of the rankings for world OEMs
West Point, Ga. May 27, 2011 – On Thursday, Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG) was formally presented...
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WEST POINT — Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG), which has produced more than 250,000 vehicles since November 2009, recently completed 52 team member promotions to recognize the contributions...
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West Point, Ga. May 4, 2011 —Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG) announced today a donation of $1.5 million to the American Red Cross to assist with tornado relief efforts...
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WEST POINT — Officials at Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG) announced today that J. Randy Jackson has been promoted from director to vice president. In Jackson’s new role,...
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Equipment to build a new stamping press arrives in West Point, Georgia
West Point, Ga. April 19, 2011 – One of the final, and largest, pieces of Kia Motors Manufacturing...
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West Point, Ga. — The first major machinery for Kia Motors’ West Point manufacturing plant expansion arrived in the United States on Wednesday when the ship M/V Chongming Voyage 90...
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West Point, Ga. — Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG) is sending more than 200 team members to Korea for two weeks to receive intensive skill-up training, and a “once-in-a-lifetime”...
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WEST POINT — Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG) announced today that it has received ISO 14001 environmental certification, another important milestone for Kia’s first North American automobile assembly...
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West Point, Ga. — Commemorating the one year anniversary of the start of production of the 2011 Kia Sorento CUV, Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG) announced the installation of...
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WEST POINT — Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG) announced today the re-opening of its online application process for the third wave of hiring at the West Point, Ga.,...
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West Point, GA, October 1,2010 — Yesterday Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG) celebrated the launch of a second shift of production at its new West Point facility. KMMG...
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West Point, Ga. — Commercial Bank & Trust of Troup County has been selected to open a banking office inside the KMMG plant in West Point.
CB&T President and...
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West Point, Ga. — On Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG) celebrated production of the 100,000th Kia Sorento at its West Point, Ga. automobile manufacturing facility....
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West Point, Ga. — Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG) donated 20 all-new Kia Sorentos to the Technical College System of Georgia at a special event held today at the...
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West Point, Ga. — Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia’s (KMMG) Team members contributed to a voluntary plant-wide collection of wildlife rescue supplies in response to the oil spill in the Gulf...
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West Point, Ga. — Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia (KMMG) transferred ownership of three 2011 Kia Sorentos to the Troup County School System. The vehicles will be allocated to Callaway High...
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West Point, Ga. — Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG) celebrated production of its 50,000th Kia Sorento today in its new West Point, Ga. manufacturing facility.
More than 1,300...
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West Point, Ga. April 21, 2010 — Due to the strong interest of individuals throughout the region, Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc., announced today it is keeping open its online...
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WEST POINT, Ga. March 8, 2010 — Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG) announced today that it will be serving as the event sponsor for the Chattahoochee Council of the...
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WEST POINT, Ga. Feb. 26, 2010 — Officials with Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia (KMMG), Inc. were joined by dignitaries from the Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group, the State of Georgia, local city...
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WEST POINT, Ga. Feb. 4, 2010 — Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG) announced today that it has received more than 31,000 applications to date for hundreds of available...
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WEST POINT, Georgia, November 16, 2009 — The first U.S.-built Kia vehicle , a white 2011 MY Sorento CUV, rolled off the production line today at Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia...
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Nov. 3, 2009 (West Point, Ga.) — For the first time since February 2008, Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG) has opened its online application process. Anyone interested in a...
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Written By Henry Unger with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Here is a link to the original article published in the AJC on Oct. 20, 2009
I’ve heard rumors that there’s...
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WEST POINT, Ga. (October 19, 2009) —In appreciation for the hard work and dedication of the City of West Point to the Kia project, officials with Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia,...
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WEST POINT, Ga. (September 21, 2009) — On Saturday morning, around 200 of the 400 team members from Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG) in West Point going overseas for...
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Opelika, Ala. (September 3, 2009) – Although the first car has yet to roll off the assembly line of Kia Motors’ West Point, Ga., plant, the economic impact in the...
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NAMYANG, Korea, (August 21, 2009) — Team member training at Kia’s state-of-the-art research and development center in Namyang, Korea is going very well according to officials at Kia Motors Manufacturing...
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WEST POINT, Ga. (August 18, 2009) — With the beginning of this week’s group of almost 90 new hires, Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG) has reached a milestone by...
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WEST POINT, Ga. (August 13, 2009) — Due to the tremendous turnout this past weekend, Kia Autosport of Columbus, Ga. will be bringing over 100 vehicles to Kia Motors Manufacturing...
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WEST POINT, Ga. (August 5, 2009) — On Monday morning, 43 Team Members at Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG) left the comforts of home to begin two weeks of...
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WEST POINT, Ga., (August 4, 2009) — Kia Autosport of Columbus, Ga. will be bringing dozens of new Kia vehicles to Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG) in West Point...
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LaGrange, Ga., June 9, 2009 — Randy Jackson, director of human resources for Kia Georgia, had many helpful tips for prospective employees of the coming local automotive industry Monday —...
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LaGrange, Ga., April 16, 2009 — After spending more than two years in temporary offices at West Georgia Technical College (WGTC) on Orchard Hill Road in LaGrange, Kia Motors Manufacturing...
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WEST POINT, Ga., March 13, 2009 — Electric Pictures, a Perth, Western Australia-based TV production company, visited Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG) last week for a positive story as...
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WEST POINT, Ga. Jan. 28, 2009 — Hiring and training continues at Kia’s first North American automobile assembly plant in West Point as a strong local work ethic has paid...
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Atlanta — Randy Jackson, the director of human resources and administration for Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG), gave an update on the West Point Kia project during his speech...
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ATLANTA — Governor Sonny Perdue today announced the Georgia Department of Transportation’s new Interstate 85 interchange at Exit 6 in Troup County has been completed ahead of schedule and is...
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West Point, Ga. Oct. 28, 2008 — More than 3,500 tons of equipment that will be assembled into two automotive stamping presses have begun arriving at the $1 billion Kia...
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West Point, Ga. Oct. 28, 2008 — Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue and KMA/KMMG President and CEO Byung Mo Ahn welcomed more than 300 dignitaries, local citizens and Kia team members...
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Savannah, Ga. Oct. 9, 2008 – The first major machinery destined for Kia Motors’ West Point, Ga., manufacturing plant arrived in the United States on Wednesday night when the ship...
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WEST POINT, Ga. Sept. 24, 2008 — Returning with a wealth of new knowledge from both professional and cultural perspectives, the first group of hourly team members from Kia Motors...
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CARROLLTON, Ga. June 10, 2008 — On Tuesday, Randy Jackson, Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc.’s (KMMG) director of human resources and administration, addressed the Rotary Club of Carrollton at Sunset...
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WEST POINT, Ga. June 5, 2008 — The Kia Georgia Training Center in West Point was the site for the state board of the Technical College System of Georgia’s June...
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Georgia Economic Developers Visit KMMG — On Thursday, members of the Georgia Economic Developers Association (GEDA) visited Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia (KMMG) for a tour of the construction site, followed...
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West Point, Ga. May 16, 2008 – Georgia legislators and West Georgia community and economic development leaders praised the partnership between Georgia Quick Start and Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc.,...
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On Thursday, May 15, Randy Jackson, the director of human resources and administration at KIA Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG), was the keynote speaker at the Chambers County (Ala.) Career...
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(SEOUL) March 26 2008 — Euisun Chung, President, Kia Motors Corporation, was joined by Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue and other company and state dignitaries as they cut the ribbon today...
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ATLANTA — Governor Sonny Perdue and Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia today invited interested Georgians to begin submitting applications for positions at the Kia auto assembly facility currently under construction in...
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(SEOUL) October 21, 2006 — Kia Motors Corporation (KMC) today carried out the groundbreaking ceremony on the site of its first-ever U.S. manufacturing facility in West Point, Troup County, Georgia....
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SEOUL, South Korea, March 13, 2006 — Kia Motors Corporation (KMC) today announced plans to construct a $1 billion automotive assembly and manufacturing plant in West Point, Ga., at a...
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