Construction of Kumho Tire's greenfield tyre factory in the US state of Georgia is recommencing after a seven year delay. The tyre maker says the first tyres will be produced in the US$413 million Macon plant in early 2016, and 100 per cent of the tyres manufactured there will be supplied to OEM customers - not least to the Kia plant in Georgia, which is only 177 kilometres (110 miles) away, and Hyundai's facility in Alabama, located 296 kilometres (184 miles) from the Macon county tyre factory site. Kumho adds that when the 4 million tyres a year capacity plant is complete, the company's overseas manufacturing capacity will be larger than its capacity within Korea.
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