Kia Names Launch Date Of Plant In Kazakhstan's Kostanay Region
Date
9/10/2024 5:21:28 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, September 10. Kia car plant
in the Kostanay region of Kazakhstan will be launched in October
2025, said General Director of the enterprise Kim Dae-Ki, Trend reports.
He made the remark during a visit by Kazakh President
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to the plant, the construction of which began
in October 2023.
"The first test vehicle is expected to roll off the assembly
line in July next year. The plant will be launched in October 2025,
and at the initial stage, the car company plans to produce the
Sorento model. The updated Sportage model will be produced from
January 2026," he said.
Tokayev was also informed that the plant's design capacity is
approximately 70,000 cars per year. The plant will create 1,500
permanent jobs. It is planned to use technological solutions that
ensure high efficiency and environmental friendliness of
production. It will be a modern, automated enterprise equipped with
70 robots on the welding, painting, and assembly lines of cars.
The cost of the project is $200 million, of which about 80
percent is direct foreign investment.
Noteworthy that, during the visit, Tokayev was also presented
with a project to create a cluster of components next to the new
plant. Construction of the Localization Center has already begun.
Kia is pulling out all the stops to bring in global suppliers of
components and spare parts for cars.
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