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Honda Invests Another $50 Million to Increase Ohio Casting Capacity
Honda Transmission Mfg. of
America Inc., Russells Point, Ohio, announced a $50 million expansion to increase capacity for casting aluminum transmission cases at its Russells Point diecasting facility. T e 75,000-sq.-ft. expansion at the plant will house high pressure diecasting operations and include a new melting furnace to support the addition of a third transmission assembly line that began construction in December 2010. Honda Transmission currently receives approximately 100,000 lbs. of molten aluminum per day from two aluminum suppliers in Indiana. “T e new melting furnace will implement technologies that will improve effi ciencies and reduce our environmental impact,” said Plant Manager Gary Hand. “T ese improved effi ciencies will reduce waste and energy consumption.” Honda said the project will bring its
total new capital investment in its Ohio operations to more than $400 million. “T is latest investment in Ohio is another example of how we intend to meet the needs of our global customers by implementing advanced technologies in our production operations and in our products,” said Honda Transmission President Yuji Takahashi. The investment also includes
construction of a new associate entrance, lobby entrance and activity center at the south end of the facility. When completed, Honda Transmission’s casting, machining, forging and assembly operations will encompass 1 million sq. ft. Earlier this year, Honda
Transmission completed a $25 million renovation of the plant’s aluminum machining lines and steel gear production and made eff orts to increase fl exibility on its assembly lines. T e modifi cations resulted in adding domestic production of six-speed automatic transmissions for some Honda Odyssey models.
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