Lots of jobs. Will we have enough water for them, though?
A major Kia supplier announced Wednesday that it will locate its first U.S. plant in LaGrange near the Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia facility.Sewon Precision plans to create 700 jobs and invest $170 million in a facility to manufacture automotive components for the Kia plant in West Point over a three-year period.
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LoyaltyIsMyHonor 12.20.07 at 10:28 am
Wow, I can see the tax exemptions coming now. Or did we already grant them the exemptions?
IndyInjun 12.20.07 at 11:47 am
They only signed up after Glenn Richardson tossed the GREAT cocktail napkin in the trash. It was too booze-soaked to be of use after Ben Harbin’s amendments.
cheapseats 12.20.07 at 12:25 pm
Hooray! Jobs for Alabama!
Andisheh Nouraee 12.20.07 at 12:26 pm
Forget Kia — what about Chia? Do we have enough water in Georgia for Chia?
ChuckEaton 12.20.07 at 1:37 pm
Andisheh-
In light of the water crisis, I think a state law banning all Chia pets is imminent.
EAVDad 12.20.07 at 1:55 pm
It took me a few minutes, but I got to say … K-k-k-k KIA is pretty damn funny!
Bill Simon 12.22.07 at 12:39 am
I wonder how demanding, intelligence and intellect-wise, these new jobs will be at Kia.
Because, if Kia is anticipating a pool of workers that matches the education level of Korean educated workers, they are going to be in for one heckuva shock when they meet the products of Georgia public schools as job applicants.
jenny 12.22.07 at 2:21 pm
Bill, LOL. There is a decent supply of homeschool grads. Maybe they’ll hire some of those. Hahah. Still laughing.
Romegaguy 12.22.07 at 4:10 pm
Kia wants good employees so they will rule out the homeschool brats
Icarus 05.08.08 at 7:55 pm
We now know what will NOT be built at West Point:
http://www.leftlanenews.com/kia-scraps-pickup-truck-plans-for-us.html
“…The new truck was slated to be based on the 2010 Kia Sorento and produced at the company’s new plant in West Point, Georgia. “
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