Honda Marysville Auto Plant (MAP) is a
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles, and power equipment, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, reaching a product ...
manufacturing facility located approximately six miles northwest of
Marysville, Ohio
Marysville is a city in and the county seat of Union County, Ohio, United States, approximately 27 miles (44 km) northwest of Columbus. The population was 22,094 at the 2010 census, a 38.59% increase from 2000.
Marysville's longtime slo ...
, and 42 miles northwest of
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, and t ...
, near the intersection of
US 33
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and
State Route 739. It is one of the most integrated and flexible auto plants in North America. Operations include stamping, plastics injection molding, welding, painting, sub-assembly and assembly. The assembly plant opened in 1982.
*Location: 24000 Honda Pkwy Marysville, Ohio
*Started Production: November 1982
*Plant Size: 3.6 million square feet
*Capital Investment: US$4 billion
*Employees: 4,200
Models
; Current
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Honda Accord
The , also known as the in Japan and China for certain generations, is a series of cars manufactured by Honda since 1976, best known for its four-door sedan variant, which has been one of the best-selling cars in the United States since 1989. ...
sedan, hybrid (1982–present)
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Acura TLX
The Acura TLX is a four-door entry-level luxury sedan sold by Acura, a luxury division of Honda, since 2014. It is the successor to both the TL and TSX models. As of 2021, the discontinuation of the RLX leaves the TLX as the flagship sedan in ...
(2014–present)
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Honda/Acura NSX (2016–present), built at Performance Manufacturing Center (PMC)
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Honda CR-V (2018–present)
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* Honda Integra, a compact car
* Integra Air, a Canadian airline
* Integra Bank, a regional bank headquartered in Evansville, Indiana
* Integra Hellsing, a main character of the manga and anime series ''Hellsing''
* Integra Ma ...
(2022)
; Discontinued
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Acura ILX
The Acura ILX is a subcompact executive car manufactured and marketed by Honda under the Acura brand, based on the ninth-generation Civic sedan. The ILX replaced the Canadian market exclusive Acura CSX. The ILX was Acura's first gasoline-electri ...
(2015–2022). Replaced by Acura Integra.
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Acura RDX (2006–2012; moved to East Liberty)
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Honda Gold Wing
The Honda Gold Wing is a series of touring motorcycles manufactured by Honda. Gold Wings feature shaft drive and a flat engine. Mooted by press in September 1974 as "The world's biggest motor cycle manufacturer's first attack on the over-750cc ...
motorcycles 1979-2009, built at
Marysville Motorcycle Plant
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Acura TL (1998-2014) Replaced by Acura TLX.
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Honda Accord
The , also known as the in Japan and China for certain generations, is a series of cars manufactured by Honda since 1976, best known for its four-door sedan variant, which has been one of the best-selling cars in the United States since 1989. ...
(coupe, discontinued 2017)
Overhaul
Marysville plant is equivalent in size to 39 Wal-Mart stores under one roof.
[ Honda overhauled the Marysville plant over several years one department after another without losing a day of production. During overhaul, Honda replaced old hydraulic welding systems designed for specific models with programmable electronic welding robots that can weld different vehicle body types for better flexibility and higher productivity.][ Work started in 2002 in advance of the launch of the 2003 Accord.][ The company also built a 20-million-gallon pond behind the plant to recycle rainwater for helping to cool the plant. By recycling runoff from parking lots and roofs, the 7-acre pond system would significantly reduce the use of groundwater and save energy cost.][ It uses a new waterborne coating system, with 84 Motoman robots, that reduces emissions of hazardous substances by 41 percent.][
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Update
In December 2015, construction of a new paint shop for Line 1 began, costing US$210 million. The new facility has an annual capacity 229,000 units. When completed in December 2017, it would be the most energy-efficient paint line of the company's auto production network in U.S. and add 300,000-square-foot to Marysville plant. It replaces a facility built in 1985. Auto body painting can account for upward of 60 percent of an auto plant's total energy use, therefore, cutting its energy use would have a significant environment impact. The new facility uses a more compact and energy-efficient four-coat, two-bake short process, eliminating one primer-coat curing oven. The new paint process reduces volatile organic compounds
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are organic compounds that have a high vapour pressure at room temperature
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emissions by nearly 66 percent.
Honda invested US$220 million in Marysville plant, including an all-new welding shop with 342 new robots for US$165 million to prepare for the new Inner Frame construction technique for the 2018 Accord.[ Honda also expanded rear door-line production capability to accommodate dropping the coupe from the line-up for model year 2018; brought in-house the sub-assembly of front-end modules of the Accord and added a new sub-assembly for the Intelligent Power Unit, which consists of the battery pack and its control systems, for the 2018 Accord Hybrid.]
See also
*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.
It was the first plant in North America to implement H ...
* Marysville Motorcycle Plant
* Japanese community of Columbus, Ohio
References
External links
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Buildings and structures in Union County, Ohio