Kia Motors India with the tag line Inspired by India has started its trial production in Andhra Pradesh. Kia is manufacturing new compact SUV at its Anantapur plant for which the trial production has started. The South Korean car maker has started the construction of production facility in 2017 and is nearing completion.
The plant has brought in investment to the extent of around 7000 crores. This plant will also manufacture electric vehicles. It has employment of around 3000 directly and has employed 7000 of them indirectly.
The new compact SUV will be launched in May this year it is reported. The AP plant is the 15nth manufacturing facility of Kia motors. This will be the first car manufacturing facility in AP.
There are many component suppliers located around this unit. This makes the manufacturers work easy to get the spare parts locally and at a cheaper rate. The component makers will also survive with the business that they got locally from the Kia car manufacturers.
