East Liberty Auto Plant

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Honda East Liberty Auto Plant
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The Honda East Liberty Auto Plant as seen from Ohio State Route 347.
East Liberty Auto Plant
OperatedDecember 1989 (1989-12)
Location East Liberty, Ohio, United States
Coordinates 40°19′45″N83°33′00″W / 40.329289°N 83.549891°W / 40.329289; -83.549891
Industry Automotive
Products
Employees2,800 [1]
Volume1,900,000 sq ft (180,000 m2)
Owner(s) Honda
Website ohio.honda.com

East Liberty Auto Plant is a Honda automobile factory in East Liberty, Ohio, United States. The assembly plant opened in 1989. East Liberty is about 45 minutes northwest of Columbus, Ohio.

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It was the first plant in North America to implement Honda’s 'New Manufacturing System' in 2000. [2] Today, the plant produces the Honda CR-V and the Acura RDX and MDX. The East Liberty Auto Plant was the first plant on the continent to employ low-emission, water-borne paint and the first to use laser welding in mass production. [3]

The East Liberty plant became the lead plant in global production of the CR-V in 2016. [4] Engineers working in the plant are responsible for providing the first set of hard-tooled parts and complete body unit builds for nine other CR-V plants around the world to follow and replicate. The team have to perfect the parts and manufacturing processes. The plant's 200,000-square-foot welding shop was expanded and underwent a makeover with 200 new robots. The plant began to produce the 2017 CR-V in November 2016. The East Liberty plant exports vehicles to many countries including Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and Russia. [4] .The plant has around 2,800 employees. [5]

Products

Annual production capacity: 240,000 cars and light trucks

Former products

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References

  1. "Honda's East Liberty Auto Plant Marks 30 Years of Production". December 18, 2019.
  2. "Honda's East Liberty Auto Plant Marks 20 Years of Automotive Innovation (18 Dec 2009)". ohio.honda.com. Honda of America Mfg. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  3. The 66th Ohio Technology Education Association, Annual Spring Conference (included a tour of the East Liberty plant) [ permanent dead link ]
  4. 1 2 Payne, Henry (November 22, 2016). "All-new Honda CR-V rolls out at versatile Ohio plant". The Detroit News. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  5. "Honda's East Liberty Auto Plant Marks 30 Years of Production". December 18, 2019.