Honda to consolidate American plants

Honda announced plans on Friday to combine all of its automobile manufacturing facilities in the U.S. related to frame, engine, transmission, and related engineering and purchasing operations into one new company, to be named Honda Development & Manufacturing of America, LLC (HDMA). The new company also will integrate the automobile product development operations of Honda R&D Americas, LLC (HRA). The unification of Honda’s manufacturing operations and merger with auto product development will be effective April 1, 2021.

Auto-related Honda companies to be wholly or partially consolidated into HDMA include:
• Honda of America Mfg.
• Honda Manufacturing of Alabama
• Honda Manufacturing of Indiana
• Honda Transmission Manufacturing of America
• Honda Precision Parts of Georgia
• Honda Engineering North America
• Honda R&D Americas
• Honda Accessory America