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26
KIA Motors_2004 Annual Report
Expansion
Kia Motors is aiming to join the ranks of the leading
international automakers by building an R&D center in
the US and offshore production facilities with a
combined capacity of 730,000 units.
Ground was broken for Hyundai/Kia America Technical
Center Inc. in Superior Township, near Detroit, Michigan,
in April 2004. The project is an expansion and
reorganization of the existing R&D operation at Ann
Arbor, Michigan. Linked with the Design & Technical
Center in Los Angeles and proving ground and test site
in California's Mohave Desert, the new center will be
equipped to design and test new models. With upgraded
capabilities, the Michigan facility will control technology
development of cars designed to satisfy local market
requirements.
Kia Motors Slovakia (KMS), the plant under construction
at Zillina, Slovakia, will have an annual capacity of 200,000
units, which can be expanded to 300,000, depending on
the market conditions. The new plant is scheduled to be
fully operational in the second half of 2006 and will
produce compact sedans and recreational vehicles for
sale in Europe.
Kia Motors is also planning a second plant at Yancheng,
in China's Jiangsu Province. After completion at the end
of 2006, the com pany will have com bined annual output
capacity of 430,000 units in China. Kia will be capable of
producing a full lineup locally and aims to introduce a
series of highly competitive new models to Chinese
buyers.
KMS, Slovakia
• SOP: FY2006
• Capacity:200-300k
• Ownership: 100%
• Line-up: C-seg Sedan,SUV
Europe Engineering Center, Germany
the Process of Turning Possibility into Reality