New Honda transmission means $49M investment in plant north of Dayton

Honda, a major Ohio employer, is building a new 10-speed transmission in Georgia — and that investment means an investment in a plant north of Dayton, the company said.

Honda said Monday it has launched global production of its 10-speed automatic transmission at Honda Precision Parts of Georgia in Tallapoosa, Ga.

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Honda also announced that it has invested nearly $150 million in two U.S. manufacturing plants for production of the industry’s first 10-speed automatic transmission for front-wheel-drive vehicles.

The new investment includes $100 million for a new assembly line and production updates in Georgia and an additional $49 million to provide new equipment and increased production capacity at Honda Transmission Mfg. of America, Inc. in Russells Point, Ohio, the company said in a release.

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Honda said in an announcement that the transmission “features a low-friction design, which will deliver outstanding drivability in new Honda and Acura vehicles. It will appear first in upper grades of the all-new 2018 Honda Odyssey minivan, launching this spring, and will be applied to additional light-truck and car models in the future.”

The Georgia plant was established in 2006 and annually produces more than 375,000 transmissions for Honda and Acura automobiles. The Central Ohio transmission plant began production in 1996 and now produces more than one million transmissions per year for Honda and Acura vehicles built in North America.

Honda has about 13,000 employees overall in Ohio, with about 1,000 Dayton-area workers commuting to the automaker’s Central Ohio plants.

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