Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia invited News 3’s Alison Flowers to ride along on the first friends and family tour of the plant. Public tours kick off in two weeks.

Four new Kia suppliers have cropped up in Chambers County…now the Greater Valley Group is ready to fill its residential and retail units.

Kyungree Yang moved from Korea to open a restaurant in West Point in 2007. Now that Kia is up to full speed, more of her “children” are around to make her feel at home.

It’s been three years since Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia broke ground in West Point. Now it’s getting its production up to full speed.

Kia suppliers expected to boost local economy hampered by textile industry loss.

Two more suppliers report how many positions they’ll be filling because of Kia.

Guests will also be given a preview of the 2011 Kia Sorrento during a “ride ‘n drive.“

MOBIS, also a Korea-based company, broke ground one year after Kia Motors Manufacturing in West Point, Ga. Now it’s also gearing up for the official start of mass production, November 16.

Fourteen new suppliers in Alabama and Georgia will mean about 7,500 total jobs.

The Kia plant in Georgia began production this month.
   

Kia is seeking hirees for up to 1,500 production or maintenance team member positions at the new West Point, Ga. plant.

See the production of the all-new 20-11 KIA Sorento.

Work begins on Sorento at first U.S. Kia plant.

The Kia plant is still under construction, but making a donation to a facility in the area.

Deep in the middle of a recession, there’s a boom town rising.