List of Kia design and manufacturing facilities: Difference between revisions
mNo edit summary |
|||
| Line 48: | Line 48: | ||
Located in [[Kwangju]], Korea on approximately 925,000 square meters of land, the facility produces commercial vehicles including the Grace, Retona, Pregio, Frontier, Rhino, Trade, Combi and other large-size buses. |
Located in [[Kwangju]], Korea on approximately 925,000 square meters of land, the facility produces commercial vehicles including the Grace, Retona, Pregio, Frontier, Rhino, Trade, Combi and other large-size buses. |
||
==Slovakia== |
|||
In 2005, Kia opened it's Slovakia plant, at an inital cost of 1 bill Euro, in [[Zilina]], 200 kilometres north-east from [[Bratislava]] with an eventual capacity of 300,000 units a year. |
|||
::[http://www.easier.com/uploads/cache/thumbs/9868/200x200/7734/kia-facotry-in-slovakia.jpg '''See:''' Kia Slovakia plant] |
|||
==References== |
==References== |
||
Revision as of 14:49, 5 April 2010
Kia Motors maintains facilities in the Korea, the United States, Eastern Europe and China.
Korea
The Sohari plant along with two other facilities, the Hwasung and Kwangju (Gwangju) plants, comprise Kia's Korean manufacturing centers.[1] As of 2001, the three plants produced 600,000 (Hwasung-passenger), 340,000 (Sohari-passenger vehicles) and 210,000 (Kwangju-commercial vehicles) annually.
Sohari plant
The Sohari Plant was Kia Motors first integrated automobile manufacturing plant,[2] established in 1973. Subsequently, the plant manufactured Kia's first internal combustion engine,[2] followed by the manufacture of it's first automobile, the Kia Brisa (1974-1982). In 1975, Kia exported its first vehicle, the Brisa pickup, to the Middle Eastern nation of Qatar.[3]
The South Korean government forced Kia to halt car production in 1981, assessing the Korean auto market as too competitive.[4] The government allowed the company to resume manufacturing in 1986 with its agreement to build the Ford Festiva for export.[4]
The Sohari Plant manufactured the Kia Pride and its rebadged variants the Ford Festiva[4] and Mazda 121, as well as the subsequent Kia Avella and it's variant, the Ford Aspire. The factory currently manufactures the Kia Carnival/Sedona (and its variant the Hyundai Entourage, 2007-2009) and Kia Rio.[5]
The plant is located in Soha-dong, Gwangmyeong, South Korea, near the country's capital of Seoul in the Gyeonggi province — with ready access to labor, other resources and transportation facilities, as well as the Seoul metropolitan area.[6]
Hwasung plant
Located in Woojeong-myeon, Gyeonggi Province and established in 1991, 3.3 million square meter of land and manufactures Optima, Spectra, Enterprise, Sportage and Carens models. By July 2001, cumulative production had passed the 3 million mark. The facility maintains a proving ground with a high-speed oval, 12 different test tracks extending to a total length of 14Km and 32 different road surfaces.
Kwangju (Gwangju) plant
Located in Kwangju, Korea on approximately 925,000 square meters of land, the facility produces commercial vehicles including the Grace, Retona, Pregio, Frontier, Rhino, Trade, Combi and other large-size buses.
Slovakia
In 2005, Kia opened it's Slovakia plant, at an inital cost of 1 bill Euro, in Zilina, 200 kilometres north-east from Bratislava with an eventual capacity of 300,000 units a year.
References
- ^ "Global". Kia Global.
- ^ a b "Kia Motors Overview". Edmunds.com.
- ^ "Kia Hits 5 Million Exports". Carpages.co.uk, 26th March 2005.
- ^ a b c "2d Korean Car Maker To Enter U.S. Market". The New York Times, Doron P. Levin, February 17, 1992.
- ^ "All New 2006 Kia Rio Makes World Debut at North American International Auto Show in Detroit". Autointell.com.
- ^ City official page
| Companies |
| ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Related topics | |||||||||||||
An affiliate of Hyundai Motor Company | |||||||||||
| Parent | |||||||||||
| Subsidiaries and divisions | |||||||||||
| Current models |
| ||||||||||
| Future models | |||||||||||
| Discontinued models | |||||||||||
| Concepts and prototypes |
| ||||||||||
| Others | |||||||||||