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Honda of Canada Mfg. is located in Alliston, Ontario and is the automobile manufacturing division of Honda Canada Inc.

[edit] Manufacturing

The Honda of Canada Manufacturing (HCM) plants in Alliston are built on 450 acres (1.8 km²) of land and have their own recreation centre with a full NHL-sized hockey arena, physical fitness areas, a baseball diamond, and volleyball and tennis courts.

Currently, the two main plants have approximately 4300 employees and have an annual capacity of 1 390,000 cars per year. Plant 1 was built in 1986. A stamping and bumper painting line was added in 1989. Honda's second plant in Alliston began production in 1998, originally building Honda Odyssey vans for the 1999 model year. Production of the Odyssey in Canada stopped in 2004 to make room for the Ridgeline.^{[citation needed]} Production of the Honda Pilot in Canada stopped in 2007 to allow Civic sedans to be built in Plant 2.

In May 2006, Honda announced it would build a CAD$154 million engine plant in Alliston, Ontario, to supply engines for the Civic model.^{[citation needed]} The plant is scheduled to open in the fall of 2008.

November 12, 2008, saw the end of Ridgeline production here at the Alliston Assembly facility. Ridgeline production has been moved to Honda's Alabama assembly line. A total of 3,791 units bound for the Canadian market, 3679 units bound for the American market, 551 units bound for the Mexican market, and 130 units bound for South America have been built to date for the 2009 model year. The discontinuance of Ridgeline production will make room for more Civic production at Plant 2.

[edit] Vehicles Produced

Plant 1

• Acura CSX
• Honda Accord (1986 - 1988)
• Honda Civic coupe, sedan, and SI

Plant 2

• Acura MDX
• Honda Ridgeline (2006 - 2009)
• Honda Pilot (2003 - 2005)
• Honda Civic sedan

[edit] Controversy

An employee with chronic fatigue had initially won a wrongful dismissal case against Honda Canada and was awarded $500,000 in punitive damages with two years back pay. However, in June 2008 the highest court in Canada ultimately erased the punitive damages award and reduced the back pay to 15 months salary.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ "Punitive damages award against Honda wiped out", CTV.ca (2008-06-27). Retrieved on 27 June 2008. 

[edit] External links

• Honda Canada Corporate