Honda is to spend around $215m on Ohio operations to add new powertrain manufacturing equipment, a technical training centre at its engine plant in Anna, plus a heritage centre and office space at Marysville, Ohio.
A $180m spend at Anna will expand aluminium die casting and engine parts production.
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The technical centres for powertrains at Anna and auto manufacturing in Marysville will train engineers, equipment service technicians and line workers.
Honda has started construction on a new 160,000 sq ft building near its existing operations in Marysville to house the training facility, a heritage centre and office space for a new shared services company formed in April to reorganise existing support services in North America. This $35m operation is scheduled to open in autumn 2014.
The heritage centre will be open to the public, and will show off Honda’s 36-year history in Ohio – it announced plans in 1977, opened a Gold Wing motorbike plant in 1979 and started building the Accord in 1982.
