Kumho Tire and Macon-Bibb Mayor Lester Miller announced the expansion Thursday.
The plant, which opened with a capacity of about 4 million tires a year, will be able to make another 500,000 tires a year.
Local news outlets report a groundbreaking is supposed to be held in May for the 20,000 square-foot (1,850 square-meter) expansion. The original $600 million plant opened in May 2016, hiring 400 people.
The plant will include a new automated production unit, a proprietary Kumho system that s supposed to help boost efficiency.
Seoul-based Kumho is the world’s 18th largest tire maker, operating a total of eight tire plants in China, South Korea, Vietnam and the U.S.
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Kumho Tire and Macon-Bibb Mayor Lester Miller announced the expansion Thursday.
The plant, which opened with a capacity of about 4 million tires a year, will be able to make another 500,000 tires a year.
Local news outlets report a groundbreaking is supposed to be held in May for the 20,000 square-foot (1,850 square-meter) expansion. The original $600 million plant opened in May 2016, hiring 400 people.
The plant will include a new automated production unit, a proprietary Kumho system that’s supposed to help boost efficiency.
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Seoul-based Kumho is the world’s 18th largest tire maker, operating a total of eight tire plants in China, South Korea, Vietnam and the U.S.