A Korean automotive parts firm is set to open it's first U.S. plant in Columbus, by year's end.
Illustration of Dongnam Tech auto carpet products. (Courtesy)
DongNam Tech, will open a 100,000 sq.-ft., 26-acre factory in Jan., 2009 that will make carpet and floor mats for several car makers including General Motors, Hyundai, Kia, and Nissan.
The $29 million plant, to be built in the Muscogee Technology Park will create 350 jobs, according to a Governor's Office statement.
The plant is one of many suppliers that have opened facilities in western Georgia, to service the Kia Motors assembly line, presently under construction near West Point. The $1.2 billion plant is scheduled to open in early to mid 2009.
Construction cranes at Kia plant lifting girders into place, June, 2008. (Dave Bender)
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