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 coasted into the Port of Savannah carrying state of the art automobile-making equipment. The shipment left Pyeongtaek, Korea March 11 and has since navigated across […]

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” cultural experience. On Saturday, March 19, the first group of 70 team members left for Korea.   The training will take place at Kia Motors’ […]

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 plant.   “This is a great achievement for KMMG,” said Steve Garner, KMMG’s manager of facilities. “It demonstrates our commitment to the environment and our community. […]

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 five large inflatable characters from Kia’s popular “Joyride Dream” commercial which debuted as the brand’s first-ever Super Bowl ad in February, 2010. The Sorento has […]

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., automotive facility. Since its first round of hiring in 2008, KMMG has hired more than 2,000 team members which manufacture the extremely popular 2011 Kia Sorento […]

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 hired more than 600 new team members to prepare for the addition of the second shift – which begins production today – bringing the total number […]

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 CEO Frank McRae said that he is proud for the bank to be associated with Kia in this endeavor. “We look forward to the opportunity […]

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.   KMMG started production of the all new 2011 Kia Sorento CUV on Nov. 16, 2009. The 100,000th Sorento was a brand new SX model […]

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 Kia Georgia Training Center in West Point, Ga. The vehicles are being donated to benefit the automotive education programs at the 20 technical colleges in […]

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 of Mexico. For five consecutive days, collection bins were made available to team members to donate paper towels, heavy duty trash bags, baby blankets and […]