May 5, 20178 yr Honda cuts production of Accord in Marysville as sales fall A nationwide plunge in demand for sedans is hitting Ohio autoworkers, leading to the cancellation of weeks’ worth of production by Honda in Marysville. ( . . . ) At the Marysville plant, Honda says it is canceling two production days each month through September, and the normal one-week break in July will be followed by an extra week of no production. The plant has about 4,000 workers. While the lines are idle, employees can take vacation time or report to work for nonproduction duties. ( . . . ) Honda has no extra breaks planned for its plant in East Liberty that makes the CR-V crossover and other models. The plant, which has 2,250 workers, has been scheduling Saturday overtime shifts to meet demand. MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170505/honda-cuts-production-of-accord-in-marysville-as-sales-fall
June 2, 20178 yr Honda starts production of Acura SUV in Ohio after $85M investment By Dan Eaton, Staff Reporter - Columbus Business First June 1, 2017, 6:44am EDT Five of six Acura vehicles now call Ohio home. Production of the Acura MDX sport-utility vehicle began Wednesday at the East Liberty Auto Plant joining the Acura RDX crossover on those lines. The Acura TLX and ILX sedans are built down the road at the Marsyville plant, while the NSX supercar is assembled in a facility of its own also in Marysville. ( . . . ) Honda Motor Co. announced the shift of MDX production from Alabama to Ohio earlier this year. ... Honda invested $85 million in plant improvements to facilitate the move to Ohio, which also frees up the line in Alabama to increase production of the Honda Pilot SUV. MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/06/01/honda-starts-production-of-acura-suv-in-ohio-after.html
June 3, 20178 yr I hate crossovers I hate crossovers I hate crossovers Get sedans dumbasses But what about when you need to go off-road?
June 8, 20178 yr (vocal fry voice) "Like the time I had to park on my uncle's lawn for my cousin's graduation party!"
July 15, 20177 yr Honda reveals redesigned Accord, moves hybrid production from Japan to Ohio: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2017/07/14/honda-reveals-redesigned-accord-moves-hybrid-production-japan-ohio/478981001/
September 20, 20177 yr Honda to hire 300 workers, invest $267 million for new Accord By Dan Gearino, The Columbus Dispatch Updated: September 19, 2017 at 11:43 AM The 10th generation of the Honda Accord is bringing 300 new jobs to Ohio, the automaker said Tuesday as the revised model began mass production. Hiring has begun for the jobs, of which 200 will be at the flagship Marysville auto plant, bringing total employment at the complex to 4,200. The other 100 jobs will be at the company’s Anna engine plant. Along with jobs, Honda said it is spending $267 million on factory updates for the Accord. That includes $220 million at the Marysville plant, which will add a $165 million welding department featuring 342 welding robots. The remaining $47 million will go to the Anna plant, which makes 1.5-liter and 2.0-liter turbocharged engines for the new model. MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170918/honda-to-hire-300-workers-invest-267-million-for-new-accord
January 17, 20187 yr Some recent news related to Marysville-made Honda vehicles: -- The Honda Accord, which is currently the primary vehicle made in Marysville, was named 2018 Car of the Year at the 2018 North American International Auto Show: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/01/15/honda-accord-wins-prestigious-car-of-the-year.html -- The CR-V crossover, which is Honda’s best selling vehicle, will be adding some its production responsibilities to the Marysville Auto Plant later this year: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/01/16/honda-adding-production-of-booming-cr-v-to.html
May 25, 20187 yr http://www.dispatch.com/galleries/20180327/honda-to-trim-production-of-accords-at-marysville-plant Even being named 2018 Car of the Year wasn't enough to counter-act the industry-wide trend toward crossover-type vehicles. The redesigned 2018 Accord has sold 37,430 units in January and February, which is down 13 percent from the prior-year period. Because of this, Honda announced that they will trimming 11 production days at its Marysville plant between April and the end of July to allow demand for the Accord to catch up with supply. Honda is giving their 4,200 employees at the plant the option to take vacation days, unpaid days or report to the plant for non-production tasks. Honda makes the Accord, the Acura TLX and Acura ILX at the Marysville plant.
May 25, 20187 yr However, there is better news for other Honda products: -- The redesigned 2019 Acura RDX crossover vehicle began production in East Liberty this month. Honda invested $54 million at East Liberty to build the RDX, where it also builds the larger Acura MDX and the similar Honda CR-V: http://www.dispatch.com/business/20180515/acuras-redesigned-sporty-rdx-now-rolling-out-of-east-liberty-plant -- Honda also started mass production of the 2019 Insight hybrid at its Greensburg, Indiana assembly plant this month. However, that production in Indiana is resulting in Honda putting another $29 million into its Ohio operations. This investment is going toward the Russells Point-based Honda Transmission Manufacturing of America plant, which will produce the twin electric motor units described as “the heart” of the Insight’s gas-electric hybrid powertrain. Additionally, the Insight's battery pack will be assembled at the Marysville Auto Plant, and the 1.5-liter gas engine will be built at the Anna Engine Plant: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/05/14/honda-investing-in-ohio-as-insight-production.html
June 29, 20186 yr More about the sales of the Acura RDX crossover vehicle being produced in East Liberty: http://www.dispatch.com/business/20180628/acuras-new-rdx-closing-in-on-sales-records
August 3, 20186 yr Honda tracking to sell more light trucks than cars in 2018 Light trucks have overtaken cars as Honda’s best-selling vehicles. American Honda Motor Co., for the first time in its history, said Honda-branded light trucks are on pace to outsell its cars in 2018. Reporting July sales Wednesday, the automaker said 434,169 sport utility vehicles, crossovers and minivans have been sold to date while only 406,357 cars have rolled out of lots. The overall company did sell more SUVs and crossovers than cars in 2017 thanks to the light-truck-heavy sales of its Acura luxury brand, but the Honda marque itself never has been heavier on the SUV side. MORE: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/08/01/honda-tracking-to-sell-more-light-trucks-than-cars.html
February 21, 20196 yr Honda jobs propel 2 Ohio counties to tops in US for employment in foreign-owned companies When it comes to foreign investment, nothing packs a punch like Honda does in Union and Logan counties. Because of the Japanese automaker, the two counties northwest of Columbus rank No. 1 and 2 in the country in the share of workers employed by foreign-owned companies, according to estimates released last week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In Union County, 39.8 percent of employees work for foreign-owned companies. In Logan County, 34.3 percent do. By comparison, 5.3 percent of Ohio workers and 5 percent of U.S. workers are employed by foreign companies. ... (There are) 21 Japanese employers in Union County and the county also is the home of a research and development operation of Nestle, a Swiss-based food company. But Honda is the big driver, so to speak, employing nearly 7,000 workers in Union County and nearly 4,000 in neighboring Logan County. Both counties also are home to other foreign companies that provide parts and supplies to Honda. Logan County, for example, has Midwest Express Group, a Honda-affiliated logistics company with about 1,000 workers, and AGC Glass, a Japanese company with about 500 workers. Population growth is now following these jobs and Union County has surpassed Delaware County as the state’s fastest-growing county. ... Honda now has about 15,000 employees in Ohio, making it the 13th largest employer in the state, according to the Ohio Development Services Agency. MORE: https://www.dispatch.com/business/20190210/honda-jobs-propel-2-ohio-counties-to-tops-in-us-for-employment-in-foreign-owned-companies
April 22, 20196 yr The industry-wide trend away from sedans is affecting Accord production at Honda's Marysville plant: Honda suspending second shift at Marysville Auto Plant as it cuts back Accord production The Honda Marysville Auto Plant will scale back production of Honda Accords this summer. The company announced that it will suspend second-shift production on Line 1 of the Marysville plant starting Aug. 1. Overall, 55,000 fewer vehicles will be produced each year, mostly Honda Accords at the Marysville plant. The second shift is expected to resume in a few years. ( . . . ) The Marysville Auto Plant has been making the Accord since 1982. The plant built 337,471 Accords in 2018, according to a Honda spokesperson. The plant, which also assembles Honda CR-Vs, Acura ILXs and Acura TLXs, is capable of producing 440,000 vehicles a year, according to Honda’s 2018 report. ... The temporary shift suspension will also impact production at the Anna Engine Plant in Shelby County and at Honda Transmission in Logan County. MORE: https://www.dispatch.com/business/20190418/honda-suspending-second-shift-at-marysville-auto-plant-as-it-cuts-back-accord-production
April 23, 20196 yr 36 minutes ago, Columbo said: The industry-wide trend away from sedans is affecting Accord production at Honda's Marysville plant: Honda suspending second shift at Marysville Auto Plant as it cuts back Accord production IMO this is a very surprising move because Honda's UK plant is shutting down. They only make Civic and CRV there. I would have expected a decent amount of that production to shift here to the US or Canada... Marysville (MAP) and ELP (Honda East Liberty) are both making CRVs right now. HMIN (Honda Mfg. of IN, in Greensburg, Indiana) is making Civic 4-doors, Honda Insight (basically a hybrid 4-door Civic) and CRV. HCM (Honda of Canada MFG, near Toronto) is making Civic and CRV as well, and they make the 2-door & Civic SI. All this makes me think Honda would shift more CRV production to MAP, away from HMIN or HCM, to allow them to start making Civics for Europe and Civic Type R's (all Civic Type R's sold globally were made at Honda UK). What further confounds it is HMA (Honda Mfg. of Alabama, in Lincoln AL) 100% makes 4 models right now... Pilot, Ridgeline, Odyssey, and Passport. Pilot has been selling like crazy, Odyssey has been doing well, and Ridgeline has had a slow go of it but not unexpected due to its unibody frame (what's really interesting is Ridgeline still takes the #1 spot in almost every mid-sized Truck competition). Passport is a wild card, but I can see a lot of people going for it that want a bit more than CRV. All Acura MDX / RDX production shifted up to ELP. So to me it seems like HMA is overloaded too... that's demand that ELP can handle if they shift out some of their CRV production to MAP. Hoping some of these shifts happen and Marysville gets its 2nd shift back soon. Edited April 23, 20196 yr by SWOH
July 10, 20195 yr Honda high among the most 'American-made' cars and light trucks in the U.S. The most American manufacturer might be Japanese, at least by one measure. Six Honda and Acura models cracked the top 10 of the annual Cars.com American-Made Index, which singles out the vehicles the site believes contribute the most to the U.S. economy. The 2019 list is topped by the Jeep Cherokee, which is built in Belvidere, Illinois, but the next three entries are a trio of Honda light trucks made built in Alabama — Odyssey, Ridgeline, Passport. The Alabama-built Pilot also is in the top 10 as are two Ohio-assembled vehicles, the Acura MDX and RDX, both of which are built in East Liberty. The report is based on several factors — where a car is assembled, its domestic-parts content, where its engines and transmissions come from and how many U.S. factory workers its parent automaker directly employs relative to vehicle sales. MORE: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2019/07/08/honda-high-among-the-most-american-made-cars-and.html
March 18, 20205 yr Honda closing U.S. plants for 6 days, cutting 40,000 vehicles from production as demand drops Honda is cutting its U.S. production by 40,000 vehicles. The manufacturer Wednesday said it will cease production for six days starting March 23 with production scheduled to resume March 31. That applies to all of its auto assembly plants and engine and transmission facilities in North America. That includes the Marysville and East Liberty auto plants, the Performance Manufacturing Center in Marysville, the Anna Engine Plant and the Russells Point Transmission Plant. The auto industry is poised for a big hit as consumers are curbing plans to buy new vehicles amid the Covid-19 quarantine. MORE: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2020/03/18/honda-closing-u-s-plants-for-6-days-cutting-40-000.html
March 18, 20205 yr A lot of U.S. automakers don't want to highlight how many parts come from China and how the supplier factory shutdowns earlier this year there have affected their ability to build cars.
April 9, 20205 yr Honda's extended production suspension puts 8,000 Ohio employees out of work Honda’s production lines will remain silent throughout April. The automaker, which bases its North American manufacturing in Marysville, said it has extended its production suspension until May 1 at its auto, engine and transmission plants. The shutdown began March 23 and most recently had been extended to April 10. The company is implementing temporary “no work available” days at its plants, which will allow employees – including 8,000 in Ohio – to apply for state and federal benefits to replace income during the production suspension. All Honda associates will continue to receive benefits during the shutdown. MORE: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2020/04/06/hondas-extended-production-suspension-puts-11-500.html
May 10, 20205 yr https://www.dispatch.com/business/20200508/honda-plans-to-resume-north-american-production-monday https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2020/05/08/back-to-work-honda-ready-to-reopen-its-auto-plants.html Honda is ready to start production again. The automaker, which headquarters its North American manufacturing operations in Marysville, said it will start the gradual reopening of its plants in the U.S. and Canada on May 11. Plant openings will be staggered and the first day will be focused on training front-line leaders for new standards of Covid-19 prevention. Associates will be retrained on work processes and the new safety measures prior to returning to production work. Honda plants have been shut down since March 23.
January 12, 20214 yr Honda planning $200M Ohio engine plant expansion, will add 120 new jobs Honda is planning a $200 million expansion at its engine plant. The Anna-based facility was approved for a $2.8 million economic development grant by JobsOhio last month. According to information from JobsOhio, the company plans to add 120 jobs at that facility with an estimated payroll of $5.30 million, while retaining another 2,367 employees. The plant opened in 1985 and has received nearly $3 billion in investments and upgrades in the decades since. The operation has produced engines for more than 30 million Ohio-assembled cars and light trucks since opening. MORE: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2021/01/12/honda-bringing-jobs-investment-to-anna.html
January 14, 20214 yr The new RDX and MDX is freakin sweeeet! MDX 2021 RDX I really wish Acura stuck more to the TLX concept. They toned it down a lot. Edited January 14, 20214 yr by Cincinnatus
January 14, 20214 yr Meh. Not hating, I'm just not really a fan of boy-racer style amorphous hacks and slashes all over the body unless it's actually a race car. Happy to see any Ohio products be well received in the marketplace tho!
January 14, 20214 yr 5 hours ago, TheCOV said: Meh. Not hating, I'm just not really a fan of boy-racer style amorphous hacks and slashes all over the body unless it's actually a race car. Happy to see any Ohio products be well received in the marketplace tho! Ah, Honda (the founder) has deep racing roots. It got away from that to tap into generating revenue with mass-production. This is a good move for the company considering the rise of super and then hyper cars.
January 6, 20223 yr Honda lands seven vehicles among top 20 'most American' list It may be a shock to some but the “most American” vehicles, at least by one study, are being made by Honda. The Japanese automaker, which calls Marysville its North American production headquarters, placed seven vehicles in the top 20 of Cars.com’s annual American-Made Index, more than any other automaker. While the auto industry often is discussed based on where a manufacturer’s headquarters is, the Cars.com list puts it through a lens of localized production. Honda placed four vehicles in the top 10: Ridgeline at No. 6, Odyssey at No. 7, Pilot at No. 8 and Passport at No. 9, all four of which are built in Alabama. Beyond that, the Acura RDX, assembled in East Liberty, was 12th on the list, the Marysville-built Acura TLX was 13th and the Honda Accord, also built in Marysville, was 17th. MORE: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2021/06/24/honda-lands-seven-vehicles-among-top-20-most-ame.html
January 6, 20223 yr https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2022/01/04/heres-what-drove-hondas-sales-growth-in-2021.html Honda Motor Co. rebounded from a tough 2020 despite continued supply chain challenges. The automaker, which headquarters its domestic manufacturing in Marysville, reported an 8.9% increase in sales for 2021 that included record results for light trucks and electrified vehicles.
February 6, 20223 yr Honda lands seven vehicles among top 20 'most American' list It may be a shock to some but the “most American” vehicles, at least by one study, are being made by Honda. The Japanese automaker, which calls Marysville its North American production headquarters, placed seven vehicles in the top 20 of Cars.com’s annual American-Made Index, more than any other automaker. While the auto industry often is discussed based on where a manufacturer’s headquarters is, the Cars.com list puts it through a lens of localized production. Honda placed four vehicles in the top 10: Ridgeline at No. 6, Odyssey at No. 7, Pilot at No. 8 and Passport at No. 9, all four of which are built in Alabama. Beyond that, the Acura RDX, assembled in East Liberty, was 12th on the list, the Marysville-built Acura TLX was 13th and the Honda Accord, also built in Marysville, was 17th. MORE: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2021/06/24/honda-lands-seven-vehicles-among-top-20-most-ame.htmlThat’s the thing most people don’t realize about Honda, they make more American cars than the Big 3 right now. Like the second gen Honda Ridgeline was designed in America at Honda R&D in Ohio, built in Alabama, a lot of purchased items for it come from Ohio. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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