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Honda Expands Engine Built in Ohio
"We're now focused on producing dissimilar things in a similar fashion," said Rick Schostek,
Honda's senior vice president for North America, at the CAR Management Briefng Seminars
(cargroup.org), referring to the $180-million facilities expansion that Honda is undertaking
at its powertrain plant in Anna,
OH. They make four engines
t Rick Schostek, senior vice president Honda North
there now. When the expansion
America, says Honda is now focused on building a
is complete, they'll be producing
wider range of vehicles and engines as efficiently as
12 diferent engines. Twelve
it built a more limited range in the past.
diferent engines, all made in a
similar way.
The bulk of the multimillion-dollar
investment is for aluminum die
casting and engine part production
at Anna for the Earth Dreams
engines the company is rolling
out, which combine fuel efciency
with performance.
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Honda is spending an additional
$35-million to build a 160,000ft2 training and heritage center
near Marysville. The center will
teach Honda workers how to stay
"efcient" as vehicle technology
becomes more sophisticated,
Schostek said. The heritage center
will showcase Honda's threedecade plus history in North
America with the hope, in part,
of attracting young people to the
automotive industry, Schostek
said. The center is scheduled to
open to the public in the fall of
2014.
In the past three years, Honda
has invested $2.7-billion in North
America. Included in this massive
investment is the $70-million
Performance Manufacturing
Center, also in Ohio, where the
Acura NSX super car will be built.
Schostek said this small volume
production facility should be a
"lab for future innovation." He
also added that Honda plans to
do more R&D; in North America
in the future.—ZP