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Hundreds hired for Kia factory in West Point, Georgia
AJC ^ | Wednesday, June 10, 2009 | AP

Posted on 06/11/2009 6:44:54 AM PDT by Cronos

Kia Motors has hired almost 700 workers for its west Georgia factory, which is scheduled to go into production in December

Kia’s human resources manager, Randy Jackson, told the Troup County Coalition on Monday that the South Korea-based automaker had just added 90 more employees. The assembly plant expects to have 1,000 to 1,200 workers when it starts production and 2,500 making 300,000 cars per year by the end of 2010.



The new generation Sorento will be the first model in West Point, and a small number of test vehicles have been built since April.

Jackson says suppliers will add another 7,500 jobs, and the ripple effect will bring an additional 30,000 jobs in construction, hotels, restaurants and other businesses to the region


TOPICS: Business/Economy; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: georgia; gm; kia; korea
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To: Kenny Bunk

Your model would work, except this plant is KOREAN.

Actually, they probably run it the same way.


21 posted on 06/11/2009 12:43:00 PM PDT by Alas Babylon!
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To: numberonepal

you mean “tenets” of reality, right? :)


22 posted on 06/12/2009 2:56:07 AM PDT by Cronos (Ceterum censeo, Mecca et Medina delendae sunt + Jindal 2K12)
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To: Cronos
you mean “tenets” of reality, right? :)

Uh huh. See what you get for relying on spell check and not actual proof reading.

23 posted on 06/12/2009 3:44:07 AM PDT by numberonepal (Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
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To: Kenny Bunk

Simple fact is, the entire production factory-line design does not meed the worker to have a PH.D.

He just needs to make part A fit with part B.

Once a year, he might realize that things would be more efficient/effective if we adjusted things some way, and he gets to be employee of the month.


24 posted on 06/12/2009 3:53:52 AM PDT by djf (Man up!! Don't be a FReeloader!! Make a donation today!)
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