East Liberty Auto Plant

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

The Honda East Liberty Auto Plant as seen from Ohio State Route 347.

Today, the plant produces the Honda CR-V and Acura RDX. 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.^[1]

• Location: East Liberty, Ohio
• Started production: December 1989
• Plant size: 1.9 million square feet
• Capital investment: $1.1 billion
• Associates: 2,500
• Produces:
  • Honda CR-V
  • Acura RDX
• Annual production capacity: 240,000 cars and light trucks
• Operations:
  • Stamping
  • Welding
  • Painting
  • Testing
  • Plastics injection molding
  • Assembly and sub-assembly
  • Quality assurance
  • Shipping & export
• Additional parts produced:
  • Stamped parts exported to Honda of Canada Mfg. for Civic production

See also

• Marysville Auto Plant
• Marysville Motorcycle Plant
• Japanese community of Columbus, Ohio

References

1. The 66th Ohio Technology Education Association, Annual Spring Conference (included a tour of the East Liberty plant)

External links

• Honda of Ohio

Coordinates: 40°19′45″N 83°33′00″W / 40.329289°N 83.549891°W