Honda to build new factory in Mexico
DETROIT — Honda Motor Co. says it will build an $800 million factory in Mexico to make small cars for customers in North America.
The company says the plant will meet growing demand for small cars in the region.
The automaker will hire 3,200 workers for the plant in the state of Guanajuato (Wan-a-WAH-toe). The factory will be able to make 200,000 cars and engines a year. It’s expected to open in 2014.
Honda also says it will restart a second shift at a factory in Marysville, Ohio, to build more Accord and Acura TL midsize cars. Shifts also will be added at plants that make the Civic in Greensburg, Indiana, and Alliston, Ontario.
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