Sejong Georgia LLC, which supplies mufflers to Kia, recently announced that it will invest $27.8 million in a new manufacturing facility in LaGrange, Ga. The company will create 250 jobs.
Based in Wulsan, Korea, Sejong will manufacture muffler and exhaust systems for Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. The company has secured a 23-acre site—the former Federal Mogul facility on Lukken Industrial Drive West—in LaGrange.
Sejong plans to retrofit the 108,000 square foot building on the site and will begin production in October 2009. The company is a longtime Kia supplier and this will be its second U.S. plant. Sejong has a facility in Fort Deposit, Ala. to supply Hyundai. “Our new location in LaGrange will be the perfect site for us to supply Kia with our top-quality exhaust systems,” said Sejong Georgia president H.S. Kim. “We look forward to growing our business in West Georgia.”
Sejong is one of several Kia suppliers that have located in Georgia in recent months. Last month Dongwon Autopart Technology announced plans to locate a plant in Meriwether County, creating 300 jobs. In August, Hyundai Mobis signed on to locate a facility in West Point, creating 600 jobs. Other automotive suppliers, including Pretty Products, DaeLim USA and Sumika Polymer Compounds America, Inc. have announced West Georgia facilities in recent months with jobs totaling approximately 250.
Parent company Sejong Industrial Co., Ltd, founded in 1976, is a leader in the Korean auto part industry. The company has become one of the world’s top five automotive suppliers with a strong investment in R&D and a drive for quality.
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