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 at the monthly “Terry Third Thursday” breakfast series hosted by the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business in Atlanta.   Jackson, a native of […]

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 now open to traffic. The interchange and related new roads in the area provide direct access to the Kia Motors Manufacturing of Georgia, Inc., production […]

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 Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG) facility in West Point from the Port of Savannah.   “The stamping presses use the latest technology to be responsive […]

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 as they held a ceremony to commemorate the arrival of one of the final, and largest, pieces of the press equipment that will be used […]

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 M/V Leopold Staff coasted into the Port of Savannah carrying more than 3,500 tons of automobile-making equipment.     Over the next few weeks, the […]

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 Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG) to travel to Korea for training are back after spending nearly a month at Kia Motors’ Off Line Test (OLT) plant […]

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 Hills Country Club in Carrollton, Ga. During the noon-hour meeting, Jackson spoke about the automotive industry and its fast pace, the benchmark-setting 43,000+ applications received […]

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 meeting with Randy Jackson, director of human resources and administration for Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia (KMMG), addressing board members about the KMMG project and the […]

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 by a tour of the Kia Georgia Training Center. Randy Jackson (second from right), director of human resources and administration for KMMG, spoke to the […]

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., during a visit Thursday to the Kia Georgia Training Center in West Point.   “Partnerships are especially important to this joint economic development and tourism […]