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UPDATE: Kia Picks Georgia for $1B Plant

WEST POINT, GA-Gov. Sonny Perdue's office confirms for GlobeSt.com Kia Motors Corp. plans to break ground in April on an estimated one-million-sf manufacturing campus in this town. Georgia beat out at least five other Southeastern states for the project.

By Alex Finkelstein | Updated on March 13, 2006

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WEST POINT, GA-Kia Motors Corp., a division of Korea-based Hyundai Motor Co., has selected Georgia ahead of at least five other Southeastern states for its planned $1.2-billion, one-million-sf manufacturing campus.

Gov. Sonny Perdue’s office has confirmed for GlobeSt.com Kia plans to break ground in April and have the plant open by 2009. The plant is expected to have a work force of 2,500. Kia plans to produce an average 300,000 passenger cars annually, along with an undetermined number of SUVs or minivans, sources in the governor’s office tell GlobeSt.com.

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