Honda in Ohio, by the numbers
Even before Honda's announcement Tuesday that it will invest up to $4.4 billion to build a battery factory in Ohio, the automaker had a long and significant presence in the state. A snapshot:
$14.2 billion ... Honda's total investment in Ohio (not including the upcoming battery factory)
14,400 ... Number of Ohio workers today
Five ... Number of Honda's Ohio operations: Marysville Auto Plant, the East Liberty Auto Plant, the Performance Manufacturing Center, the Anna Engine Plant and the Honda Transmission Plant in Russells Point.
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45 ... The number of years since Honda announced, on Oct. 11, 1977, that it would spend $35 million to build its first factory in Ohio (a motorcycle plant in Marysville, with 64 workers)
40 ... The number of years since Honda announced, in 1982, that it would spend $250 million to build an auto assembly plant in Marysville
11 million ... The number of Honda Accords produced in Marysville, as of 2017
29.1 million ... total Honda and Acura vehicles produced in North America so far
Source: Dispatch research, Honda
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Honda investments in Ohio add up to billions
