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Georgia tire plant plans $22M expansion to boost production
April 16, 2021 GMT
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.
Kumho Tire plans to expand Macon plant with $21.8M investment
The company says it s adding a new section to the existing plant that will allow them to make an additional 500,000 tires each year Author: 13WMAZ Staff Updated: 1:28 PM EDT April 15, 2021
MACON, Ga. The Kumho Tire plant in Macon – also the Korean company’s first North American manufacturing facility – is about to get bigger.
At Thursday’s State of the Community address, Macon-Bibb Mayor Lester Miller announced the company approved a nearly $22 million investment to add 20,500 square-feet to the Macon plant.
It would add a new Automated Production Unit (APU) that the company says would improve product quality and increase efficiency, allowing them to produce an extra 500,000 tires a year.
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