East Liberty Auto Plant is a

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factory in East Liberty,

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. The assembly plant opened in 1989. East Liberty is about 45 minutes northwest of

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Honda East Liberty Plant (East Liberty, Ohio)

It was the first plant in North America to implement Honda’s 'New Manufacturing System' in 2000. Today, the plant produces the

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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. * Location: East Liberty, Ohio * Started production: December 1989 * Plant size: 1.9 million square feet * Capital investment: US$1.1 billion * Associates: 2,800 * Produces: **

(from September 2006-present) **

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(from March 2012-present) **

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(from May 2017-present) ** Honda Civic (2001-2005) * Annual production capacity: 240,000 cars and light trucks * Operations: ** Stamping ** Welding ** Painting ** Testing ** Milking ** Plastics injection molding ** Assembly and sub-assembly ** Quality assurance ** Shipping & export * Additional parts produced: ** Stamped parts exported to Honda of Canada Mfg. for Civic 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.

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