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Kia hits 200,000 cee'd production mark after just 18 months
Production of the Kia cee'd at the Zilina factory in Slovakia has topped the 200,000 mark, just 18 months after the first car rolled of the line at the companys brand new and environmentally certified one billion Euro facility.
Now producing all three cee'd family versions - five door, SW and pro_ceed - as well as European-only versions of the Sportage, Zilina is hitting the highest quality levels alongside production records.
This year, Zilina has set a string of new productivity records with 915 units made in a single day on Monday 21st April, 4,474 units in a single week starting 7 April and 19,300 units in one month- April.
"This is another truly significant day for Kia," enthused Mr In-Kye Bae, President and CEO Kia Motors Slovakia. "We produced out 100,000th cee'd last September, only 10 months after start up, and with the addition of the ceed wagon and pro_ceed three door hatchback we have reached our 200,000th ceed after only eight more months. We are proud to have achieved record productivity while maintaining excellent build quality."
Mr Paul Willis, Chief Operating Officer (COO), Kia Motors Europe, added, "Since the Kia cee'ds launch in Europe in December 2006 and the UK in February 2007, the cee'd family, with its choice of five-door, three-door and wagon body styles, plus attractive styling, high quality and 5-star EuroNCAP safety standards, has played a significant role in winning over thousands of new consumers to the Kia brand.
Last month, the Kia cee'd was honoured by TUV which presented Kia with a DFE (Design for environment) and a LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) environment certificate confirming that the design and manufacturing processes behind the successful Kia cee'd are indeed "environmentally friendly". Kia is the first Korean brand to receive such recognition.
Thanks to the high quality and durability of cars manufactured in Slovakia, all Kia cee'd models sold in Europe come with the unique Kia 7 year, 100,000 mile warranty. Now thats confidence in what we are selling.