KIA MOTORS BREAKS GROUND FOR FIRST U.S. PLANT

Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue speaks at the ceremonial groundbreaking for Kia Motors first-ever U.S. manufacturing facility, to be built in West Point, Georgia, October 20, 2006. An estimated 2,900 workers will be employed at the $1.2 billion plant set to begin production in 2009. (UPI Photo/John Dickerson)