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.
| Honda East Liberty Auto Plant | |
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The Honda East Liberty Auto Plant as seen from Ohio State Route 347. | |
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| Operated | December 1989 |
| Location | East Liberty, Ohio, United States |
| Coordinates | 40°19′45″N 83°33′00″W / 40.329289°N 83.549891°W |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Products | |
| Employees | 2,800[1] |
| Volume | 1,900,000 sq ft (180,000 m2) |
| Owner(s) | Honda |
| Website | ohio |
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
editAnnual production capacity: 240,000 cars and light trucks
- Honda CR-V (September 2006–present)
- Acura RDX (March 2012–present)
- Acura MDX (May 2017–present)
- Operations:
- Stamping
- Welding
- Painting
- Testing
- Milking
- Plastics injection molding
- Assembly and sub-assembly
- Quality assurance
- Shipping & export
- Stamped parts exported to Honda of Canada Manufacturing for Civic production
Former products
edit- Honda Civic (1995–2005)
- Honda Crosstour (2009–2015)
- Honda Element (2003-2011)
- Acura CL (1997-1999)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Honda's East Liberty Auto Plant Marks 30 Years of Production". December 18, 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ The 66th Ohio Technology Education Association, Annual Spring Conference (included a tour of the East Liberty plant)[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Payne, Henry (November 22, 2016). "All-new Honda CR-V rolls out at versatile Ohio plant". The Detroit News. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
- ^ "Honda's East Liberty Auto Plant Marks 30 Years of Production". December 18, 2019.