October 2006
Breaking ground
With America's first Kia groundbreaking ceremony, Kia takes its first step into the state of Georgia.
Scroll to watch a Kia get built, station by station — the same sequence that happens on the floor in West Point, Georgia.
Steel coils are unrolled, sheared to size, and carried through four press stations, each shaping the panel further under thousands of tons of force.
Robotic arms bring individually stamped panels together and weld them into a single rigid body-in-white structure.
Multi-stage coating lines apply primer, color, and clearcoat in a controlled, dust-free environment.
Chassis, powertrain, and interior components come together on the general assembly line, station by station.
Every unit passes more than 60 quality checks before it ever leaves West Point, Georgia.
Kia's flagship U.S. plant, running since 2009.
Telluride · Sorento · Sportage · EV6 · EV9 — all built under one roof.
One of the largest single economic investments in Georgia history.
The fastest of any Kia vehicle manufacturing plant worldwide to reach five million units built.
How Team Members show up for West Georgia, and for each other.
From a groundbreaking in the red clay to five million vehicles built by hand and by robot — the story of Kia's flagship U.S. plant.
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With America's first Kia groundbreaking ceremony, Kia takes its first step into the state of Georgia.
Construction of the West Point, Georgia plant ran for three years, beginning in 2006.
The moment Kia Georgia's first vehicle rolled off the line.
After moving from one to two, then three shifts starting in 2009, Kia Georgia reached one million vehicles built in record time.
Led by the Telluride, in production since 2019, Kia Georgia reaches three million vehicles built.
Kia launches a new brand logo, reborn with a new identity and a new brand.
Kia Georgia begins production of the EV9, the state's first electric vehicle, preparing for the future of mobility.
Kia and IONNA partner to install an EV charging station on campus, strengthening Georgia's EV ecosystem.
Kia celebrates the launch of the all-new Telluride, built exclusively for North America, with the Times Square New Year's Eve countdown.
Kia Georgia partners with Georgia Power to install a solar canopy, generating clean energy on-site.
Kia Georgia reaches five million vehicles built while adding hybrid to its lineup — reborn as a flexible plant capable of producing ICE, EV, and hybrid vehicles alike.