BEHIND THE SCENES AT KIA MOTORS
The finished products sit ready for distribution to wider Europe and beyond
closely with Johnson Controls .”
Martin Lokaj , Supply Chain Manager at Kia Motors Slovakia , added : “ We aim to make these supplier synergies with Korea and are using common parts , so we will always act on supplier recommendations from HQ . 70 percent of materials are coming from within the EU , the other 30 percent is mainly from USA . Also , 25 percent of the EU materials come from within Slovakia which we feel is important , as it adds to the national economy and overall GDP .”
It is clear Kia Motors has a friendly , motivated and successful team at the Zilina plant and this is helping it go from strength to strength . So is there potential for even more growth in the coming years , and will this lead to the building of more facilities ?
Kia Motors CEO , Han-Woo Park , concluded : “ In the future we have eventualities on productivity and our size can be increased if need be . When we need to we will consider investment if demand exceeds the amount of cars we can possibly supply .”
“ We want to increase our production capacity without the need to build other plants , so with this plant in Slovakia we will just increase production . Next year we will increase production without physically increasing the size of the plant .”
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