The largest Honda auto engine plant in the world has continually increased its "made from scratch" capabilities since it opened in 1985 - more than 15 million engines ago. Learn more about this plant and the four- and six-cylinder engines it produces, along with the precision parts that go into those engines.

The Honda Element is made in a plant that's a lot like the vehicle - unconventional. Every plant department has embraced environmental ideas that might seem a bit far out – like toilets that use recycled water. Built in 1989, the plant produces popular vehicles including the Element and CR-V and now the all-new Honda Accord Crosstour. Learn more about this industry-leading facility.

The first Japanese auto plant in America wasn't designed to become a monument to risk-taking, although there was plenty around in 1982 when the first Honda Accord came off the line. Today the plant produces a diverse lineup of vehicles, including the Honda Accord Sedan and Coupe, the Acura RDX and the Acura TL. Learn more about this highly flexible manufacturing facility.

The Troy, Ohio warehouse was established in 1982 to provide service parts to Honda dealers in the region. With an expansion in 2007, it blossomed into the giant regional American Honda Midwest Consolidation Center employing over 200 people. The operation replenishes parts and materials for nine other Honda distribution centers throughout the United States.

The expansion reflected Honda's growing sales in the United States. Parts and components for cars, trucks, motorcycles and power equipment – from Honda's plants, as well as those of supplier companies – are consolidated here.

The Midwest Consolidation Center sits on 58 acres adjacent to Interstate 75 and contains half a million square feet of warehouse space. The facility has been designed to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.

Secret weapons should be, well secret. And Honda Engineering is full of secrets on how cars and trucks can be put together safely, efficiently and with high quality. Honda Engineering North America designs and builds the tooling used to produce our unique, high-quality vehicles. Learn more about the state-of-the-art machinery and equipment built by this skilled team of engineers.

Where are Honda and Acura vehicles built? Nearly 80% of those sold in America are built domestically. Where are they designed? More than a third are designed in the Buckeye State by a talented team of engineers.

Honda's R&D capabilities in America predate U.S. manufacturing by several years. The company realized early that the creativity and ingenuity of Americans could be put to use designing products for the American market – and people around the world who like American-styled products.

The newest part of Honda's research and development center in Raymond, Ohio is a $30 million crash-test center, yet the total investment by Honda in the research campus exceeds half a billion dollars. You're familiar with some of the products designed there – the Honda Ridgeline pickup, the Honda Element, the Honda Civic Si and many others.

By being near Honda's parts purchasing operations and the manufacturing plants, Honda designers and engineers can have a big say in how our cars and trucks come together – and benefit from the workplace wisdom of our associates and supplier companies.

>> Honda R & D Americas Web Site

As one of the leading manufacturers of cars, trucks and auto components in America, Honda has a vast supplier network in this country. Honda Trading America does its part by coordinating and managing purchases of steel, aluminum, plastics and raw materials for Honda and its suppliers.

Employing 127 associates, Honda Trading America also supports global sourcing of equipment, materials and parts for Honda operations around the world. Honda Trading America was established in 1972 and it opened its Marysville, Ohio, office in 1987. It has facilitated the export of American-made automobile components (along with hay, soybeans, meat and wine, and other products) to Japan since 1979.

Honda Transmission Manufacturing has a mission. Actually, more than 800 thousand of them produced by over 1,000 Ohioans. "Mission" is slang for a transmission, and Honda Transmission Manufacturing makes more than three quarters of a million of the automatic variety each year for vehicles produced here in North America. Learn more about Honda's automatic transmission manufacturing in Ohio.