A renowned licensed dealer in vehicles manufactured by Korean automobile Kia Company Rana motors on 2 May 2023 opened a state of the art vehicle assembly plant in the country to assemble different types of Kia brands for an estimated 1.3 billion West African market.
The plant has been described as the biggest ever constructed in the history of Ghana.
The plant constructed by Korean engineers and their Ghanaian counterpart is “certainly unique in every way”.
“This plant is of the same high standard quality, same controls and assessment, consumers can be 100 percent assured of quality and performance” Chief Operating Officer of Rana motors Kassem Odaymat announced during the colorful commissioning ceremony.
The new Amasaman branch of Rana motors is a one-stop hub and center of excellence embodying vehicles and related accessories.
Rana motors can now boast of five modern showrooms and workshops equipped with latest the diagnostic and repair equipment, 10 mobile workshops and a host of highly skilled engineers and workforce in the Accra, Tema, Spintex, Kumasi and Takoradi branches.
The ambassador of the republic of Korea, His Excellency Lim Jung-Taek addressing gatherings at the opening ceremony indicated that the assembly plant will provide an opportunity for technology exchange and skills transfer that can build local capacity of Ghanaians to manufacture their own vehicles as well as create an environment for Ghana to own its automotive industry.
The state-of-the-art facility is capable of producing more than 35,000 vehicles per year.
