Renault Samsung Motors Co., the South Korean unit of French carmaker Renault SA, said Monday it has started building a new South Korean logistics center, in which it will invest 40 billion won (US$40.1 million).

The logistics center in Hamyang, some 330 kilometers southeast of Seoul, will be completed in 2012, the company said in a statement.

Renault Samsung aims to produce 200,000 vehicles this year, up 12 percent from a year earlier.