Kia Makes a Record Number of Cars and Engines in Europe
Last year, Kia made production records in Europe with 252,000 cars and more than 359,000 engines rolling off the assembly lines at is Zilina plant in Slovakia. Kia’s European arm built 10 percent more cars and posted a 12 percent increase in engine production.
Kia said that it is planning to further raise output in Slovakia, aiming to produce 285,000 vehicles this year, while the opening of a second engine shop in 2011 will allow the company to build as much as 450,000 engines annually.
Kia employs more than 3,900 people at Zilina with all vehicles exported to Europe and Russia. The company’s biggest markets in the region are Russia, which absorbed 23 percent of total production followed by Great Britain with 10 percent, Germany with 9 percent and Spain with 8 percent.
The soon-to-be replaced Cee’d series accounted for 41 percent of production at the Slovakian plant followed closely by the Sportage with 40 percent.
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