Honda UK Manufacturing

Honda of the UK Manufacturing Ltd (informally HUM) was a British automotive manufacturing company, and the United Kingdom-based manufacturing subsidiary of the multinational automotive company Honda. Based in Swindon, England, HUM operated manufacturing plants that included casting, engine assembly, pressing, welding, painting, and car assembly activities. At the time of its closure, it employed around 3,400 people at the plants, which occupied a site covering around 370 acres.

Honda United Kingdom Manufacturing Ltd.
Company typeSubsidiary
(Private limited company)
IndustryAutomotive
Founded1985
Defunct30 July 2021
Headquarters
Swindon, Wiltshire
,
United Kingdom
Key people
David Hodgetts
(Managing Director, Honda UK)
Jason Smith
(Director, Honda UK Manufacturing)
ProductsAutomobiles, engines
Number of employees
approx. 3,400
ParentHonda Motor Co., Ltd (1985 – March 2021)
Panattoni (March–July 2021)
Websitewww.hondamanufacturing.co.uk

By 2009, Honda had invested almost £1.4 billion in the Swindon plants. In 2008, they produced 230,423 cars. In 2016, annual unit production was down to 134,146 units. In early 2019, it was announced the entire manufacturing plant in Swindon would close. The plant closed on 30 July 2021, ending over 36 years of Honda production in Europe.

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