Honda Canada Inc.
Honda Canada Inc. is a subsidiary of Honda Motor Company. The headquarters are located in Markham, Ontario ( Canada). The company has several production sites and offices in Canada. The products are marketed in Canada, the United States and other countries. In addition to cars, the company offers motorcycles. Honda Marine offers outboards on boats, Honda Power Equipment provides, inter alia, generators, water pumps, lawn mower.
History
The office was established in 1969. 1984 additional offices were opened in British Columbia, to supply the West. The site also serves as a technical training center and also includes a spare parts store. In the same year it was decided to open a production facility in Canada. In 1986, automobile production in a new plant in Alliston (Ontario, Canada). It was the first work of a Japanese automobile manufacturer in Canada. In addition, the subsidiary was founded and Acura models Acura Legend and Integra offered in the same year on the market. 1987 Honda Canada Finance Inc. was founded. The aim was to offer the end-user credit and other financing options. 1988 began the production of the Honda Civic hatchback for the North American market. In 1989, the 100,000 th vehicle in Canada was produced. In 1991 another branch was opened in Quebec. In 1992 the production of the Civic Coupe. 1993 Honda Canada produced the 500,000 th vehicle. Began in 1994, the export of vehicles to Taiwan and Brazil. 1995 Honda Canada Inc. was the first automotive manufacturer in North America, the award of the ISO 9002 certificate. In 1997, the one millionth vehicle was produced in Canada. 1998, a further production line was opened, which produces the first minivan " Odyssey ". The minivan is produced for the North American market; a slightly modified minivan ( LaGreat ) is exported to Japan. In 2000, the Honda Insight was introduced to the market, he was North America's first hybrid vehicle. The production of the Acura MDX has been included in Alliston, Ontario. The vehicle is vermarketet world. In 2001, the two millionth Honda vehicle in Canada was sold. In 2004, the three millionth vehicle in Canada was built. 2005, production of the first Honda pick- up trucks with the model name Ridgeline began. Between 2006 and 2008 the company built a new production facility for engines in the vicinity of Honda Canada a production plant in Alliston. The plan was the production of four-cylinder engines. The annual production capacity should be 200,000 engines per year. At this location 340 staff should be employed at the engine production. The cost base for the investment amounted to 154 million U.S. dollars. The four millionth vehicle rolled 2008, production halls. The Honda Civic hybrid won the award AJAC Award for alternative environmentally friendly vehicles.
In addition, the Honda Canada models Honda Civic and Honda Ridgeline have been awarded by the Canadian Automobile Journalists Association as Car of the Year and Truck of the Year. The 5 millionth vehicle left the production hall in 2009 in Alliston. In May 2010, Honda opened a new branch office at the main campus in Markham Ontario.
Product spectrum
- Honda Marine - outboard motors for boats
- Honda Motorcycles - Motorcycles
- Honda Power Equipment - Garden Equipment and Generators
- Honda Engines - Engines
Production sites
Honda Canada Inc. has two manufacturing plants, resulting in Alliston, north of Toronto (Ontario), are located. In 2008 an additional factory for engine production was opened. The capacity of the plant amounts to 390,000 units.
Model Overview
The vehicle identification number used by the manufacturer of the world 's brand code 2HN for passenger cars, minivans, and 2KK for 2HJ and 2HK for sport utility vehicles. The factory code of the letter H for Alliston is in use. For the Acura brand, however, the World Manufacturer Code 2HH in use.
- Plant 1, Alliston, Ontario
- ( Headquarters of Honda of Canada Manufacturing Inc. 1986-2010 )
- Plant 2, Alliston, Ontario