Kumho Tire to Launch $225M Factory in Macon, Hire 300+
Press release from the issuing company
Friday, September 6th, 2013
Kumho Tire is ready to roll in Bibb County, bringing more than 300 jobs and a $225 million investment to a big tire plant.
Pat Topping, senior vice president of Macon Economic Development Commission, said in an exclusive Telegraph interview that the venture officially will be announced Thursday. The Kumho manufacturing plant had been on hold for five years because the economy soured, officials have said.
The plant is expected to be about 1 million square feet, which will take time to build. When first announced in January 2008, company officials estimated it would take about 18 months to begin production from the time construction started.
“People will be hired from 2016 to ’17,” Topping said. “It’s a major plant.”
