East Liberty Auto Plant
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. | |
| Operated | December 1989 |
| Location | East Liberty, Ohio, United States |
| Coordinates | 40°19′45″N 83°33′00″W |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Products | |
| Employees | 2,800 |
| 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. 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.
The East Liberty plant became the lead plant in global production of the CR-V in 2016. 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..The plant has around 2,800 employees.