Kumho still committed to US plant
According to US news website Macon.com, Kumho Tire still intends to go ahead with its plant in Bibb County, Georgia. The site reported on 22 December that a Kumho delegation told local officials that the tyre maker remains committed to building the plant. “It is their expressed intent to build that plant and to build it here,” commented Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority attorney Kevin Brown at a recent meeting. “It’s costing them money not having that plant here. They need this in the United States.”
“They still have a commitment to build this plant,” added Pat Topping, senior vice-president of the Macon Economic Development Commission. ”It was a good business decision. They’re just looking for economic conditions to improve so they can build it.”
According to Macon mayor Robert Reichert, the Kumho delegation that visited the town shortly before Christmas included Kumho North America president J.B. Kim and other high-ranking officials. They told local officials that the company is in a “workout process” with lenders in Korea. “Until they had cooperation from banks, they could not commit to a starting date,” the mayor told other authority members.
Late last year the Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority considered putting the land set aside for the Kumho plant back on the market; it now appears it is prepared to wait for Kumho.
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